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RV Cirolana CIR8A/73
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) |
Cruise identifier | CIR8A/73 |
Cruise period | 1973-09-27 — 1973-10-06 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
Port of return | Greenock, United Kingdom |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | 1. To test techniques for sampling trace metals in oceanic water.
2. To give the Technicon Auto Analyser a sea-going trial. 3. To supplement hydrographic observations made during the ICES Overflow '73 Survey in the region of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge. |
Chief scientist | Peter G W Jones (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) |
Cruise report | (0.15 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | Irish Sea and St. George's Channel North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Specific | 56-30N;11-00W to 60-30N;06-00W |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Surface measurements underway (T,S) | Quantity: number of stations = 4 Description: S only |
Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 26 |
CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 2 |
Other physical oceanographic measurements | Description: sea going trial of Technicon auto-analyser |
Chemical oceanography | |
Phosphate | Description: sea going trial of Technicon Auto-analyser |
Nitrite | Description: sea going trial of Technicon Auto-analyser |
Alkalinity | Description: sea going trial of Technicon Auto-analyser |
Trace elements | Quantity: number of samples = 15 Description: comparison of different sampling techniques |
Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 12 |
Contamination | |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 12 Description: radioactive pollutants |
Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 15 Description: chemical pollution |
Meteorology | |
Occasional standard measurements | |
Other meteorological measurements | Quantity: activity duration in days = 9 Description: Continuous sea and swell measurements |
Geology and geophysics | |
Multi-beam echosounding | Quantity: activity duration in hours = 65 |