SUMMER SCHOOL FIELD SURVEYING FACILITIES

The MED MARE HUB has at its disposal highly sophisticated equipment, which can be used for: (i) Hydrographic (bathymetric) surveying,
(ii) Marine Geophysical surveying and
(iii) Sediment geotechnical site investigation.

The MED MARE HUB has a purpose survey boat 16m long. The survey boat has a large cabin for the installation of acquisition and processing data systems, and a large deck with a winch suitable for deploying over the site or astern. The following equipment is on board the survey boat.

Hydrographic (bathymetric) surveying
  • Elak Nautic (Hydrostar) Single beam dual frequency echo-sounder
  • Elak Nautic Seabeam 1185 Multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES)   (600 m maximum depth)
Marine Geophysical surveying Sub-bottom Seismic Profilers
  • Sub-bottom profiler: Kongsberg - Geoaccoustics, GeoPulse Plus (Chirp)
  • Sub-bottom profiler Kongsberg - Geoaccoustics, Geopulse with 4 and 9 transducers
  • Sub-bottom profiler Sparker S.I.G. (50 to 1500 joules)
  • Bolt Airgun (10 to 40 inch³)
  • Digital Acquisition System Triton Imaging Inc
Seafloor Imaging Sonars (Side Scan Sonars)
  • EdgeTech 4200 SP digital towfish dual frequency with 200m armoured tow cable capable  of operating in water depth up to 600m and 4200-P Topside Processor with Discover Software.
  • E.G&G. 272 TD towfish with 50m, 200m and 600m double armoured tow cable capable of operating in water depth up to 300m and EdgeTech 4100 P Topside Processor with Discover Software.
Marine Magnetometry
  • Marine magnetometer Overhouse type SeaSPY (Marine Magnetics)

Seafloor Viewing
  • Remote operated vehicle (R.O.V) Benthos MKII - Operational depth 200 m
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Ferentinos George

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