Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 4/72 |
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Cruise period | 1972-02-18 — 1972-02-29 |
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Status | Completed |
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Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
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Purpose | Research |
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Objectives | 1. To survey the distribution of certain trace metals (zinc, copper,
manganese, nickel lead and cadmium) contained in suspended particulate
material and dissolved in water.
2. To sample the sea bed off the east coast for trace metals in surface
sediments.
3. To measure the ultra violet absorption of filtered sea water as an
index of its soluble organic content. |
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Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
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Cruise report | (0.15 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
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Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 19 Description: 68 T surface 67 S surface |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Trace elements | Quantity: number of stations = 44 |
Meteorology | |
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Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
Geology and geophysics | |
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Dredge | Quantity: number of hauls = 124 |