Feature Articles

THE BREMEN LANCE INSERTION RETARDATION METER FOR ASSESSING SEAFLOOR STABILITY
Marcus Fabian, Norbert Kaul (Universität Bremen) and Tom Gmeinder (Eckelmann AG) introduce a new tool used to check the ocean bottom’s properties by logging and integrating the motion of a penetrating lance.

USING AUVS TO INVESTIGATE SHIPWRECKS: DEEPWATER ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE GULF
Daniel Warren, Robert Church and Robert Westrick (C & C Technologies Inc.) use AUVs to open a new era in deepwater archaeology using 21st century oilfield technology.

BATHYMETRIC SURVEYING ACTIVITIES IN ISTANBUL’S BOSPHORUS STRAIT
Dr. Ahmet Unlutepe (Strabag Inc.) describes repeating depth measurements to monitor construction activities for the immersion of tunnel tubes.

SEG 2008 78TH ANNUAL MEETING, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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THE SEARCH FOR THE USS GRUNION AND 70 MEN ON ETERNAL PATROL
Gerald Reilly (Reilly Business Services) recounts the disappearance of a World War II submarine and a family’s personal quest to explain history.

WALLEM GROUP TESTS COMMUNICATIONS OF THE FUTURE TO INCREASE CREW SAFETY
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SUBMERGED PREHISTORIC SITES: ‘NEEDLES IN HAYSTACKS’ FOR CRMS AND INDUSTRY
Michael K. Faught (Panamerican Consultants Inc.) and Nic Flemming (National Oceanography Centre) explain how submerged prehistoric sites are increasingly creating headaches for permitting agencies.

UNDERSEA DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY PACIFIC 2008 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
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MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS IN CHINA
Yan-bo Gao (Dalian Maritime University) and Yan Li (National Ocean Technology Center) look at the research and advancements in Chinese marine biotechnology in recent years.

DEVELOPMENT AND PROPAGATION OF INTERNAL WAVES IN THE MONA PASSAGE
Jorge E. Corredor (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) tells how an EPA-Rutgers-UPRM collaborative undertaking reveals propagation of an internal wave train in the Caribbean’s Mona Passage.

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