Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
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| Ship name (ship code) | RV Edward Forbes (74EF) |
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| Cruise identifier | 7/75 |
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| Cruise period | 1975-05-01 — 1975-05-12 |
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| Status | Completed |
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| Port of departure | Barry, United Kingdom |
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| Port of return | Barry, United Kingdom |
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| Purpose | Research |
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| Objectives | The cruise was a one of a series which commenced in 1974 to investigate the structure of estuarine suspensions as part of the IOS Cohesive Sediment Mobility Project in the Severn Estuary. |
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| Chief scientist | Robert Kirby (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
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| Cruise report | (0.26 MB) |
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| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Bristol Channel |
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| Specific | Severn Estuary and Upper Bristol Channel |
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| Track charts | (0.02 MB) |
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| Measurements | |
| Geology and geophysics | |
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| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Description: Echosounder survey to determine if any dense static suspension were present. |