CAU Kiel Institute of Geosciences: Measuring Techniques in Shallow Water - Cruise No. AL631, 22.04.2025 – 03.05.2025, Kiel (Germany) – Kiel (Germany), MScMarineMeasure

Cruise AL631 was a teaching course for students of the MSc Marine Geosciences and BSc Geowissenschaften at Kiel University. In this cruise also PhD students and PostDocs were trained. They had hands-on experience on standard marine geoscientific research procedures on the expeditions from Kiel to the Kiel and Mecklenburg Bay, Western Baltic Sea. The research program focussed on water column measurements and sedimentological observations of the seafloor and subseafloor structures. Work areas were located North and East of Fehmarn Island, in Mecklenburg Bay, and Kiel Bay. CTD profiles (plus density, oxygen) were taken. ADCP measurements (velocities) were carried out at different cross-sections. Different areas were mapped with multibeam echosounder (MBES) and sediment echosounder (SES). Grab samples and gravity cores were taken and described. (Alkor-Berichte AL631)