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 = 15 Description: chemical pollution |
| Other contaminant measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 12 Description: radioactive pollutants |
| 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 |
