JAMSTEC multibeam surveys and submersible dives around the Hawaiian Islands: A collaborative Japan-USA exploration of Hawaii's deep seafloor

Data Series 171
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Abstract

This database release, USGS Data Series 171, contains data collected during four Japan-USA collaborative cruises that characterize the seafloor around the Hawaiian Islands. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) sponsored cruises in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2002, to build a greater understanding of the deep marine geology around the Hawaiian Islands. During these cruises, scientists surveyed over 600,000 square kilometers of the seafloor with a hull-mounted multibeam seafloor-mapping sonar system (SEA BEAM® 2112), observed the seafloor and collected samples using robotic and manned submersible dives, collected dredge and piston-core samples, and performed single-channel seismic surveys.

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Robinson, J., Eakins, B., Kanamatsu, T., Naka, J., Takahashi, E., Satake, K., Smith, J., Clague, D.A., and Yokose, H., 2006, JAMSTEC multibeam surveys and submersible dives around the Hawaiian Islands: A collaborative Japan-USA exploration of Hawaii's deep seafloor: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 171, HTML Document, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds171.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title JAMSTEC multibeam surveys and submersible dives around the Hawaiian Islands: A collaborative Japan-USA exploration of Hawaii's deep seafloor
Series title Data Series
Series number 171
DOI 10.3133/ds171
Year Published 2006
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Volcano Hazards Program
Description HTML Document
Country United States
State Hawaii
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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