DEEP SEARCH: DEEP Sea Exploration to Advance Research on Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats

DEEP SEARCH: DEEP Sea Exploration to Advance Research on Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats
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Mission Overview

On this first cruise of the DEEP Sea Exploration to Advance Research on Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats (DEEP SEARCH) program, scientists used a combination of mapping with water column profiling and sampling to improve knowledge of the geology along the U.S. continental margin, the types of communities found on the seafloor, and the mid-water communities that interact with those seafloor communities.

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The DEEP SEARCH science team at the end of the 2017 expedition.

DEEP SEARCH 2017 Comes to an Early End, but the Project Is Just Beginning

It’s Friday, September 22—six days before the scheduled end of DEEP SEARCH 2017—and the Pisces is back in port in Norfolk, VA to avoid yet another hurricane.

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A photo from Dive 454 shows large numbers of fish associated with hard, rocky habitats.
Looking Through Sentry Data
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Screen capture of one of the preliminary processed sub-bottom profiles collected by the AUV Sentry during Dive 455. In this profile, sub-seafloor layers (stratigraphy) are visible as are several of the data artifacts that remain to be removed. Sentry transited at approximately six meters above the seafloor when these data were collected.
Interpreting Sentry’s Geophysical Data
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A few members of the DEEP SEARCH team participated in the time-honored oceanographic tradition of decorating, and then shrinking, Styrofoam cups. These cups can be sent down on any oceanographic equipment (i.e., CTD or AUV), where they will be exposed to the high-pressure environment and compress. It makes for both a fun lesson on depth/pressure and an excellent desktop souvenir.
DEEP SEARCH: Take Two
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