Survey & Instrumentation

Working closely with the marine geosciences division, the Survey & Instrumentation division specialises in the following areas of geotechnical surveying:

• Seabed surveying and imaging using Reson multi-beam systems
• Sub-seabed surveying using sub-bottom profiling systems (e.g. boomers)
• Seabed grab and core sampling
• Geotechnical testing of seabed materials

The group also lends support to the applied oceanography, applied marine biology and analytical chemistry divisions in the provision of technical skills and instrumentation for:

• Coastal and marine survey (biological and physical parameters from chlorophyll concentrations to turbulence)
• Field measurement of hydrodynamic parameters
• Offshore site investigation
• Deployment and recovery of specialist equipment in shallow water