The Two-Stage ROV for Sediment Sampling on Mariana Trench

JAMSTEC has been developing the remotely operated vehicle system having a limited role to explore the deepest parts of the oceans since April 2005. This ROV system's main mission is to survey sediments in sea bottoms. This system consists of a launcher and a small vehicle. The launcher carries...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yoshida, H., Aoki, T., Osawa, H., Miyazaki, T., Tahara, J., Ishibashi, S., Ochi, H., Watanabe, Y., Mizuno, M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Gravity
Marine technology
Marine vehicles
Microorganisms
Oceanographic techniques
Oceans
Probes
Remotely operated vehicles
Sampling methods
Sediments
Online Access:Request full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:JAMSTEC has been developing the remotely operated vehicle system having a limited role to explore the deepest parts of the oceans since April 2005. This ROV system's main mission is to survey sediments in sea bottoms. This system consists of a launcher and a small vehicle. The launcher carries two types of bottom samplers as well as the vehicle. One launches the small vehicle to make a preliminary survey, launching the sampler to obtain a sample. The samplers can be changed a gravity core sampler for a grabber. The system assembly will be completed by the spring of 2006 and then its sea trials will be started.
DOI:10.1109/OCEANSAP.2006.4393893