Multibeam bathymetry survey around the Cape Verde islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Bathymetry and Elevation; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates

Multi-beam echosounders

The dataset consists of processed multibeam bathymetry data acquired during RRS Charles Darwin cruise CD168 in February 2005. The multibeam survey took place around the Cape Verde islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The data were acquired using a 13 kHz Simrad EM12 multibeam echosounder, and were displayed using Neptune software. Sound velocity profiles were obtained and merged with the data to correct for any changes in sound velocity throughout the water column. Processing was undertaken by the scientific party onboard. The main aim was to determine the extent of submarine landslides in the Cape Verde region, the nature of landslide processes, and the overall influence of landslides on island evolution. The data were acquired as part of National Capability funding led by cruise Principal Scientist Douglas Masson of Southampton Oceanography Centre (currently referred to as the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom).

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