RV Corella 13/72
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
| Cruise identifier | 13/72 |
| Cruise period | 1972-09-18 — 1972-09-23 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To survey the distribution of radioactivity on the sea bed as a continuation of the work begun on CORELLA 11.
2. To collect grab samples if probe survey results indicate the necessity. 3. To collect and measure samples for U/V absorption. 4. To make a number of releases of sea bed drifters. |
| Chief scientist | John W Talbot (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Optics (eg underwater light levels) | Description: ultra-violet light absorption |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Ammonia | |
| Contamination | |
| Other contaminant measurements | Description: solid waste pollution |
| Meteorology | |
| Occasional standard measurements | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: sea and swell |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Dredge | Quantity: number of hauls = 45 |
