Name
Abstract | ||
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This paper summarizes results from the first science deployment of the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE), conducted on the Juan de Fuca Ridge (46 degrees N, 129 degrees W) at depths between 2200 and 2400 m. Using long baseline acoustic transponders, the ABE descended with precision to a preassigned starting point, then executed dead-reckoned tracklines. It followed the bottom at distances between 7 and 20 m using an acoustic fathometer as a reference sensor. The ABE mapped a new subsea lava flow with a magnetometer, imaged the seafloor with a stereo snapshot video system, and mapped a hydrothermal plume with conductivity and temperature sensors. The ABE completed 7 successful dives and covered over 35 km of tracklines. Detailed power records were logged, which permits extrapolation of the ABE's performance to other missions and higher capacity batteries. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
1998 | 10.1080/00207729808929596 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
dead reckoning | Seismology,Plume,Seafloor spreading,Telecommunications,Control theory,Subsea,Ridge,Benthic zone,Mathematics,Lava | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
29 | 10 | 0020-7721 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
6 | 3.46 | 0 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana R. Yoerger | 1 | 168 | 39.57 |
| Albert M. Bradley | 2 | 67 | 19.12 |
| Barrie B. Walden | 3 | 13 | 10.12 |
| Hanumant Singh | 4 | 579 | 60.82 |
| Ralf Bachmayer | 5 | 15 | 6.37 |