RRS James Cook Cruise 35, 7-19 Jun 2009. Sidescan sonar mapping of the Whittard Canyon, Celtic Margin

Huvenne, V.A.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360. 2009 RRS James Cook Cruise 35, 7-19 Jun 2009. Sidescan sonar mapping of the Whittard Canyon, Celtic Margin. Southampton, UK, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, 35pp. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report 42)

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Abstract/Summary

James Cook cruise 035 was aimed at the detailed mapping of the Whittard Canyon system along the Celtic Margin (NE Atlantic). In 12 days, >700 km of track-lines were surveyed with the Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument (TOBI, carrying a 30 kHz sidescan sonar system with phase bathymetry capability, an 8 kHz chirp profiler and a magnetometer) and 6130 km2 of shipborne multibeam data was acquired over the 4 main branches of the canyon. This comprehensive and highly detailed dataset will provide new insights in canyon morphology, formation, sediment transport processes and into the resulting spatial distribution of benthic habitats. In addition, the data formed an indispensable base map for the planning of ROV dives during the follow-on cruise JC036.

Item Type:	Publication - Report (Other)
Additional Keywords:	Celtic Margin, cruise 35 2009, HERMIONE, James Cook, OCEANS 2025, NE Atlantic, submarine canyons, TOBI, Whittard Canyon
Date made live:	25 Nov 2009 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/169695

Item Type:

Publication - Report (Other)

Additional Keywords:

Celtic Margin, cruise 35 2009, HERMIONE, James Cook, OCEANS 2025, NE Atlantic, submarine canyons, TOBI, Whittard Canyon

Date made live:

25 Nov 2009 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/169695