Research Group Marine Technology – Environmental Research

A modern multichannel seismic equipment is used to collect very high resolution data sets in conjunction with digital echosounding and swath mapping data. Beyond technical and software developments for data acquisition and processing, we focus on multifrequency seismoacoustic imaging of small scale structures in surface sediments as well as comparisons of seismic records with drilling and core data.

Working Area

Hydrothermally driven fluid migration over sedimented oceanic crust – Channel-levee systems in deep-sea fans – High resolution seismic stratigraphy – Current controlled sedimentation in mud wave fields and drift deposits – Gas hydrates in hemipelagic sediments – Software development for seismic data acquisition, processing and archival – Optimization of marine seismic instrumentation for high resolution – Pre-site surveys for scientific drilling.

Methods

Digital sediment echosounding, swath mapping of seafloor – high resolution multichannel seismics – seismic data processing and interpretation – correlation between drill holes and seismics and seismic modelling.