Geophysical Survey and Mapping

Equipment on the RV Investigator

Micro-G LaCoste Air-Sea Gravity System II - The Micro-G LaCoste Air-Sea System II marine gravity meter consists of a highly damped, spring-type gravity sensor that is mounted on a gyro stabilized platform with associated electronics for obtaining gravity readings. Accuracy at sea < 1.00 mGal

Simrad EK60 multi-frequency split-beam echosounder - Installed on RV Investigator. Frequencies at 12, 18, 38, 70, 120, 200, 333 kHz.

Simrad EK80 wide band echo sounder -

Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echosounder -

EM2040c shallow water multibeam echosounder -

Kongsberg EM710 multibeam echosounder -

K-sync controller for beam triggering -

SeaSPY2 Magnetometer -

Simrad ME70 shallow water multibeam scientific and fisheries echosounder -

Applanix POSMV -

Kongsberg SBP120 Sub-bottom Profiler -

Kongsberg/Simrad SH90 fish finding echosounder -

XBT - XBTs deployed by GSM for sound velocity checks

Equipment that was on the RV Southern Surveyor

RVSS EK60 echosounder -

RVSS EM300 multibeam echosounder -

Geophysical Survey and Mapping - Equipment List