Seafloor Surveys using Deep-towed Vehicles for Mineral Resource Investigation off Taiwan

This paper presents the seafloor survey results obtained in 2017 using two deep-towed vehicles, FITS and TVG, developed by the Institute of Undersea Technology at National Sun Yat-sen University, for investigating mineral resource potential offshore northeastern Taiwan. The seafloor surveys were con...

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Published inOCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Chen, Hsin-Hung, Chou, Yu-Cheng, Wang, Chau-Chang, Lin, Yuan-He, Lin, Jia-Min, Liao, Yi-Chun, Chen, Song-Chuen, Wei, Cheng-Yueh, Chen, Jui-Er, Wang, Yunshuen
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2018
Subjects
FITS
Imaging
Meters
Mineral resources
Rocks
Sea floor
seafloor imaging
seafloor sampling
Southern Okinawa Trough
TVG
Volcanoes
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Summary:This paper presents the seafloor survey results obtained in 2017 using two deep-towed vehicles, FITS and TVG, developed by the Institute of Undersea Technology at National Sun Yat-sen University, for investigating mineral resource potential offshore northeastern Taiwan. The seafloor surveys were conducted at five sites in the Southern Okinawa Trough via three cruises. A total of 39.4 kilometers of seafloor observation was accomplished, and plenty of seafloor characteristics and ecological phenomena were observed through FITS and TVG in the three cruises.
DOI:10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604576