Sea/Ocean |
English Channel (MANCHE MER) |
Ports |
Port of departure : Brest (France)
Port of return : Brest (France)
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Scientific Authority |
MORPHODYNAMIQUE CONTINENTALE ET CÔTIÈRE - UMR 6143 24, rue des tilleuls Université de Caen (Campus 1) 14000 Caen Cedex +33 (0)2 31 56 57 55 m2c.direction@unicaen.fr https://m2c.cnrs.fr/ |
Participating bodie(s) |
IFREMER CENTRE DE BREST |
Discipline(s) |
- MARINE GEOSCIENCES
- BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
- PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Code |
Label |
Quantity |
PI |
B71 |
Particulate organic matter (inc POC |
70 |
AVOINE Jacques |
D01 |
Current meters En 5 points |
- |
LE HIR Pierre |
D90 |
Other physical oceanographic meas. Gradiometre |
- |
LE HIR Pierre |
G02 |
Grab |
21 samples |
AVOINE Jacques |
G90 |
Other geosciences meas. Analyse physique et chimique des sédiments |
21 measurements |
AVOINE Jacques |
H16 |
Transparency (eg transmissometer) Mesure en continu de la turbidite a 3 m sous la surface |
- |
LAFITE Robert |
H90 |
Other chemical oceanographic meas. Coulter Counter |
- |
AVOINE Jacques |
P01 |
Suspended matter |
112 stations |
AVOINE Jacques |
P03 |
Petroleum residues |
40 stations |
AVOINE Jacques |
P04 |
Chlorinated hydrocarbons |
40 stations |
AVOINE Jacques |
P05 |
Other dissolved substances |
40 stations |
AVOINE Jacques |
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Summary of measurements |
- -HYDROLOGY/SUSPENDED SOLIDS: 56 stations at high and low tides, at 3 depths (surface, mid-depth and 1 m bottom) for TSS, T, S; 70 stations for TSS granulometry and total organic matter; 40 stations for detailed study of organic matter; 4 large-volume sampling stations for studying the specific surface area of suspended particles and SEM; continuous measurement of turbidity at 3 m below the surface (200 nautical miles).
-SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS: 21 grab samples for physical and geochemical analyses. -COURANTOMETRY: reading of 8 AANDERAA current meters.
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Positionning system |
Geodetic system : VALEUR INDEFINIE
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