| Title | Seafloor mapping in a hypertidal estuary: Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Todd, B J |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 140, 2022, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/330560  Open Access |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | GeoHab Conference; Venice; IT; May 16-20, 2022 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| NTS | 11E/04; 11E/05; 21H/01; 21H/08 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -64.5000 -63.5000 45.5000 45.0000 |
| Subjects | Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; seafloor topography; estuaries; coastal environment; coastal studies; tidal environments; Minas Basin |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs |
| Program | Marine Geoscience for Marine Spatial Planning |
| Released | 2022 08 26 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The nature of the seabed and the subsurface of the Minas Basin is poorly understood; the only known geophysical profiles date to the mid-1960s. The
ultimate objective of the research program is to map the entire seabed of Minas Basin using multibeam sonar either from a surface vessel or from an autonomous underwater vehicle. However, in this hypertidal setting, any vessel/AUV mapping campaign
requires an upper bathymetric limit to which to survey. Thus, the first step in reaching complete seabed coverage was to map to the lowest possible "depth" (i.e. exposed seabed) during periods of low tide. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 330560 |
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