RV Pelagia PE95B
Cruise summary report
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| Ship name (ship code) | RV Pelagia (64PE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | PE95B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 1995-09-05 — 1995-09-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of departure | A Coruña, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of return | Het Horntje, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purpose | Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | The aims:
1) To understand, define, quantify and model the organic and inorganic partice transport and the accumulation, diagenetic and burial processes and fluxes and the time scales involved, in relation to the oceanographic conditions and benthic boundary layer dynamics along shelf-slope-abyssal plain transects in contrasting environments. 2) To relate benthic community development and composition to settling, quantity and quality of organc matter input, to benthic boundary layer dynamics and redox conditions at and in the seabed, and to the seasonal variability of particulate organic matter input. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Tjeerd van Weering (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project | Ocean Margin Exchange Program | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (1.51 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General | English Channel Bay of Biscay North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specific | Bay of Biscay; Goban Spur, Meriadzek Terrace, Galiclan Margin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track charts | (0.05 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water bottle stations | Description: Oxygen concentration and electrical resistivity in the bottom water and sediment were sampled in situ. No. of profiles not noted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oxygen | Description: Oxygen concentration and electrical resistivity in the bottom water and sediment were sampled in situ. No. of profiles not noted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geology and geophysics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core - soft bottom | Description: A number of cores were collected during the cruise. No. of cores not noted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling | Description: Oxygen concentration and electrical resistivity in the bottom water and sediment were sampled in situ. No. of profiles not noted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: number of surveys = 1 Description: An underway acoustic survey took place during the cruise. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Bottle station | Reference numbers Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Quality control flags Reference numbers Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Quality control flags
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| 9 CTD/STD cast | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Density of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Density of the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
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| Discrete samples | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Bottom Lander | Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments Sediment resistivity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 Box core | Concentration of proteins in sediment Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments Sediment microfossil morphology parameters Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters Sediment resistivity Unclassified pigment concentrations in sediment Geological sample density Concentrations of biopolymers in sediment Geological sample radioactivity Sediment water content, porosity and surface area Carbon concentrations in sediment Sediment grain size parameters Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters Nitrogen concentrations in sediment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 CTD frame plus rosette sampler | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column Silicate concentration parameters in the water column Density of the water column Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Multicorer | Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters Sediment resistivity Sediment water content, porosity and surface area Carbon concentrations in sediment Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters Nitrogen concentrations in sediment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Piston corer | Sediment age Sediment microfossil morphology parameters Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties Geological sample density Sediment water content, porosity and surface area Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Stand-alone pumps | Metadata parameters |
