Autonomous and remotely operated vehicle technology for hydrothermal vent discovery, exploration, and sampling

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2007-03Author
Yoerger, Dana R.
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Bradley, Albert M.
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Jakuba, Michael V.
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German, Christopher R.
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Shank, Timothy M.
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Tivey, Maurice A.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2780As published
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.89DOI
10.5670/oceanog.2007.89Abstract
Autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles play
complementary roles in the discovery, exploration, and detailed
study of hydrothermal vents. Beginning with clues provided
by towed or lowered instruments, autonomous underwater vehicles
(AUVs) can localize and make preliminary photographic
surveys of vent fields. In addition to finding and photographing
such sites, AUVs excel at providing regional context through
fine-scale bathymetric and magnetic field mapping. Remotely
operated vehicles (ROVs) enable close-up inspection, photomosaicking,
and tasks involving manipulation of samples and
instruments. Increasingly, ROVs are used to conduct in situ
seafloor experiments. ROVs can also be used for fine-scale
bathymetric mapping with excellent results, although AUVs are
usually more efficient in such tasks.
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Author Posting. © Oceanography Society, 2007. This article is posted here by permission of Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 20, 1 (2007): 152-161.