Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
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Ship name (ship code) | RV Corella (74CX) |
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Cruise identifier | 5/73 |
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Cruise period | 1973-03-13 — 1973-03-27 |
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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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Objectives | 1. To survey the distribution of selected dissolved and particulate trace metals
(cadmium, copper, mercury, miclcel and zinc) in the English coastal region of
the northern North Sea, the southern North Sea and the eastern English Channel.
2. To measure the ultra violet absorption of sea water on the above grid as an
index of its dissolved organic content.
3. To measure the aluminium content of sea water over the above grid (UEA project).
4. To recover the moored current meters laid in the Thames Estuary during CORELLA Cruise 2/73. |
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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 | (0.16 MB) |
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Ocean/sea areas | |
General | English Channel North Sea |
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Measurements | |
Chemical oceanography | |
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Phosphate | Description: Silicate, phosphate and aluminium samples were all collected.
No. of samples not noted. |
Silicate | Description: Silicate, phosphate and aluminium samples were all collected.
No. of samples not noted. |
Trace elements | Description: A trace metal survey took place during the cruise. Suface and bottom sampling took place.
No. of samples not noted. |
Contamination | |
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Suspended matter | Description: A trace metal survey took place during the cruise. Suface and bottom sampling took place.
No. of samples not noted. |
Trace metals | Description: Silicate, phosphate and aluminium samples were all collected.
No. of samples not noted. |
Trace metals | Description: A trace metal survey took place during the cruise. Suface and bottom sampling took place.
No. of samples not noted. |