The Two-Stage ROV for Sediment Sampling on Mariana Trench

Author

Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Aoki, Taro ; Osawa, Hiroyuki ; Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ; Tahara, Junichiro ; Ishibashi, Shojiro ; Ochi, Hiroshi ; Watanabe, Yoshitaka ; Mizuno, Masashi

Author_Institution

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokosuka

fYear

2007

fDate

16-19 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

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.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; remotely operated vehicles; sediments; AD 2005 04; AD 2006; JAMSTEC; Mariana trench; remotely operated vehicles; sediment sampling; Gravity; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Microorganisms; Oceanographic techniques; Oceans; Probes; Remotely operated vehicles; Sampling methods; Sediments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006 - Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0138-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0138-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSAP.2006.4393893

Filename

4393893