Tethys II SED2
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | Tethys II (35TT) |
| Cruise identifier | SED2 |
| Cruise period | 2004-04-13 — 2004-04-20 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France |
| Port of return | Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Collection of sediment cores on the Rhone and Tet prodelta areas for the estimation of recent sedimentation rates using radionuclides.
Mooring of currentmeters and tripod on the Rhone prodelta. |
| Chief scientist | Olivier Radakovitch (European Research Centre for Environmental Geosciences) |
| Project | EUROSTRATAFORM |
| Coordinating body | Phil Weaver - SOC |
| Cruise report |  (0.08 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Mediterranean Sea |
| Specific | The study area was restricted to the Rhone and tet Prodelta, in the Gulf of Lion (northwestern Mediterranean Sea) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of cores = 30 Description: Sediment cores (30 cm length) collected by Fluchat or USNEL grab for the analyses of radionuclides |
| Moorings, landers, buoys | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Current meters | 43° 19' 0" N 4° 52' 0" E — Three current meters at shallow water depths near the Rhone mouth |
