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🌊 Caribbean Sea Seafloor Mapping with MBES: Discovering Pockmarks and Marine Geology 🌊
This video explores a pockmark field in the Caribbean Sea, located between 115 and 145 meters depth, using advanced seafloor mapping technologies. With the help of Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES), scientists create high-resolution bathymetry and Digital Terrain Models (DTM) that reveal the hidden morphology of the seafloor.
🔹 Pockmarks are circular or subcircular seafloor depressions formed by the escape of fluids such as methane and gas seeps from the subsurface. Their presence is a key indicator of submarine geological processes and can provide valuable insights into seafloor stability, fluid dynamics, and potential marine ecosystem risks.
📍 In this study, researchers mapped a pockmark field in the Caribbean Sea, contributing to a better understanding of marine geology, submarine morphology, and the role of gas emissions in shaping the ocean floor.
👉 Join us in this journey of underwater mapping and ocean exploration, where science meets technology to uncover the secrets of the deep sea.
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