Cruise report for R/V Wecoma cruises W8209A and B to Pacific study area W-N, September - October 1982

Cruise W8209A concentrated on CTD-nephelometer casts, on the recovery of 1-year and 3-year BAPL corrosion experiments, and on the recovery and deployment of 1-year current meter/sediment trap moorings. W8209B collected hydrocasts for radon analyses and for trace-metal studies, surface water samples for analyses of metals and nutrients, gravity cores for the determination of geotechnical properties and sedimentary processes, and box cores, three-quarters of each of which were used for benthic faunal analysis and the remaining quarter subsampled for microbiology and general sedimentology. 14 CTD casts were completed, along with 7 hydrographic sampling stations for radon and suspended sediments. 5 current meter/sediment trap moorings, 2 corrosion experiments and 14 cores were collected. One current meter/sediment trap mooring was put in place. 9 figures, 9 table