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Morphology and sediments of the Flemish Banks (cruise 92/G11)
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | Ghent University, Laboratory of Physical Geography, Research Unit of Marine and Coastal Geomorphology |
Country | Belgium |
Time period | From 4 to 8 May 1992 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Belgian Continental Shelf - Flemish Banks (Middelkerke Bank, Kwintebank, Buiten Ratel, Oost Dyck, Gootebank) |
Observations | |
Parameters | Sediment resuspension; Sediment accumulation rate; Sediment acoustics |
Description | |
Summary | a) Bathymetric recording over shelf banks. Side scan sonar recordings on shelf banks and swales. Purpose: detection of volumetrical, morphological and sedimentological changes of seafloor, study of residual sediment transport paths. Platform: Belgica. Instrumentation: see 'Instruments'. Sampling method: continuous analog echosounding; continuous sonograph recording. b) Analog bathymetric data are digitized and corrected for tidal movements. Analog sonographs are processed to bedform maps. Positioning performed with Syledis (accuracy: 5m). c) Continuous profiling along reference lines. d) Spatial resolution of bathymetric data: one data per 2.5 metres. Slant range of sonograph recordings: 100m per channel. e) Volumetric time series on the Flemish Banks: between 3 and 10 years. f) Bathymetric recordings: 329 miles. Sonograph recordings: 64 miles. g) Sources of data: Lab. of Physical Geography. |
Originators | Ghent University, Laboratory of Physical Geography, Research Unit of Marine and Coastal Geomorphology |
Availability | |
Organisation | Ghent University, Laboratory of Physical Geography, Research Unit of Marine and Coastal Geomorphology |
Availability | Organisation |
Contact | Prof. C. Vernemmen |
Address | Ghent University, Laboratory of Physical Geography, Research Unit of Marine and Coastal Geomorphology |
Telephone | +32 9 264 46 95 |
Facsimile | +32 9 264 49 70 |
carlos.vernemmen@rug.ac.be | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) |
Local identifier | 11022005 |
Global identifier | 1041 |
Last revised | 2009-08-12 |