The Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology; photo by Joe Kennedy

IN THE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MANOA

Sea-Going Facilities

The following research vessels and their supporting shipboard technical group, are available to researchers for gathering geophysical, geochemical and other open ocean and coastal data and samples:

	R/V Kilo Moana (AGOR26 swath ship)
	R/V Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa (submersible and ROV mothership) .
	Pisces IV and Pisces V (pictured), research submersible with a depth capability of 2000m.
	RCV-150, a remotely-operated underwater vehicle

Sea-going instrumentation includes equipment for digital seismic reflection, gravity, magnetics, coring, dredging, and water column studies, the HAWAII MR1 side-scan sonar system, and fiber optic-based deep-towed FOCUS camera system. In addition, software is available for multi-channel seismic processing and geophysical data analysis.

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