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RV Cirolana CIR2/93

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Cirolana (74CZ)
Cruise identifierCIR2/93
Cruise period1993-02-03 — 1993-02-18
StatusCompleted
Port of departureLowestoft, United Kingdom
Port of returnLowestoft, United Kingdom
PurposeResearch
Objectives1. To make simultaneous physical and chemical measurements (Tetrapod, CTD, thorium/uranium (Th/U) radionuclides) at 2 sites in the E Irish Sea over a 25 hour period (AE0104).
2. To lay the Tetrapod near the mouth of Morecambe Bay for a long-term deployment (recovery in April), as part of the COSEDS programme (AE0207).
3. To lay 2 current meter moorings in the Morecambe Bay area, to provide data for a hydrographic model. (AE0104).
4. To survey all the Tetrapod sites before occupation using side-scan sonar, sledge-mounted TV and Day grab samples, to check bedforms and sediment type (AE0104,207).
5. To obtain a sample of uncontaminated mud from west of the Isle of Man for an investigation of the Th/U/Pb radiochemical methods (AE0104).
6. To survey the entrance of the channel leading to Barrow using side-scan and TV sledge (AE0201).
7. To collect live Dab from a contaminated region of Liverpool Bay and the relatively clean waters of Cardigan Bay for a study of the effects of pollutants on Dab chromosomes and the immune system (AE0106).
8. To collect sediment samples in relation to the new dredge spoil site in the entrance of Morecambe Bay (AE0201).
Chief scientistPeter John Kershaw (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory)
Cruise reportRV Cirolana CIR2/93 cruise report ci2_93.pdf (0.13 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralIrish Sea and St. George's Channel
SpecificIrish Sea.
Track chartsRV Cirolana CIR2/93 cruise track — trk3837.html
Measurements 
Physical oceanography 
Current metersQuantity: number of deployments = 3
Description: 4 current meterss & 1 near-bed velocity meter deployed
Chemical oceanography 
RadioactivityDescription: Thorium/Uranium analysis of sea water
Biology and fisheries 
Other biological/fisheries measurementDescription: Immune response studies
Geology and geophysics 
GrabDescription: Day grab survey.
Core - soft bottom
Long/short range side scan sonar
Other geological/geophysical measurementsDescription: U/W TV
Moorings, landers, buoys 
Physical oceanography 
Current meters53° 57' 0" N  3° 13' 59" W — deploy near-bed velocity meter
Current meters53° 58' 0" N  3° 2' 59" W — deploy 2 current meters
Current meters53° 57' 0" N  3° 6' 0" W — deploy 2 current meters