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7th International Workshop on Marine Technology – Martech Workshop 2016, 26-28 October 2016, Barcelona.-- 1 pagePeer Reviewe

Benefits of chartering RV´s for the offshore industry. Scientific Charter Experiences with BO Sarmiento de Gamboa

16th European Research Vessels Operators Annual Meeting (16th ERVO), 11-12 June 2014, CSIC (UTM-CMIMA), Barcelona, Spain.-- 16 pagesPeer Reviewe

Marine Technology in Spain: a Challenge to Achieve High Quality Research in Marine Sciences

Marine Technology Workshop (Martech05), 17-18 November 2005, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona.-- 2 pages, 1 figurePeer Reviewe

Overview on Marine Research Infrastructures, Scientific capacities, areas of research operations

EU PolarNet Meeting, 6 October 2015, Lisbon .-- 13 pagesPeer Reviewe

Review of lessons learned after five years of shallow water autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) operations

The Unidad de Tecnología Marina (UTM) acquired in 2010, due to the wide scientific requirement to obtain high quality images of the seafloor, a couple of AUV´s for shallow waters applications with the aim to support marine research operations in coastal waters. The vehicles has been used as a routine science vehicle but also for technical development. During these years a valuable experience has been gained for future operation on either, coastal and open waters with new and more performant platforms.Peer Reviewe

Sigsensual: A Project to Develop an Ocean Bottom Seismometer Prototype and its Associated Signal Processing Software

Marine Technology Workshop (Martech05), 17-18 November 2005, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona.-- 2 pages, 2 figuresPeer Reviewe

EGIM shallow water performance assessment and validation

Presentación para el European Multidisciplinary seafloor and Water‐Column Observatory Eevelopment (EMSODev) Kick-off Meeting, 22-23 September 2015, Heraklion, Crete.-- 10 pagesPeer Reviewe

R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa: a New Vessel for Spanish Marine Research

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Very high-resolution seismo-acoustics in the study of seagrasses. The case of posidonia oceanica (Mediterranean sea)

The study of active structures offshore requires very-high resolution seismic imaging in order to observe the most recent layers below sea floor. In the other hand, high penetration methods are necessary to observe deeper reflections for understanding the evolution of the structure throughout the time. The aim of our study is to establish the seismic potential of the offshore segment of the Carboneras Fault, Eastern Betics, based on multiscale seismic imaging. Three different scale methods have been acquired and are compared here: very-high-resolution sub-bottom profiler TOPAS, very-high-resolution single-channel seismic (Sparker) and high-resolution multi-channel seismic. From seismic profiles, faulted Quaternary layers suggest that the Carboneras Fault is active. Sediment coring and dating analysis are used to consider ages for key reflectors observed in TOPAS profiles, and a change in the vertical slip-rate through the Quaternary is inferred.Peer Reviewe