Principal Investigator:Blasco, Steve M Licensed Year(s):2009200820072006
2005
20042003 Summary:
The objective of the seabed mapping program is to conduct a regional survey of the Beaufort Shelf over the next four years. Ice scouring processes, benthic habitats, abandoned artificial islands, pingo-like features, gas seeps, seafloor foundation conditions, sub-sea permafrost and coastal stability will be investigated.
The Coast Guard vessel CCGS Nahidik will be used to collect seabed sedi...
Principal Investigator:Blasco, Steve M Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The amphibious vehicle will be mounted with an echosounder, sidescan sonar, subbottom and seismic profiling equipment to run a test survey along the coast of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. The CCGS NAHIDIK will tow a sidescan sonar system over the seafloor to rerun track lines surveyed in previous years to allow for the detection and measurement of the characteristics of new scours on the seafloor of ...