Frank, Martin; Kopp, Heidrun; Hoernle, Kaj; Langmuir, Charles H; Bauer, Benedikt; Berndt, Janine (2026): Sediment echosounder raw data (Atlas Parasound P70 echosounder entire dataset) of RV SONNE during cruise SO314 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.997034
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Published: 2026-09-25 • DOI registered: 2026-10-24
Abstract:
Sediment echosounder data using the Teledyne Reson PARASOUND DS P-70 parametric sub-bottom profiler were recorded during RV SONNE cruise SO314 offshore Papeete (French Polynesia) to Antefagasta (Chile) in the South Pacific outside the EEZs. Data were acquired between 18 August and 03 October 2025. The PARASOUND system was operated continuously to acoustically image the shallow subsurface and sedimentary structures beneath the seafloor along the cruise track. However, the PARASOUND system was temporarily deactivated during OBS recovery work and geological station work, resulting in minor gaps in the otherwise continuous record. The primary low frequency (PLF) of the PARASOUND system onboard RV SONNE is fixed at 18.5 kHz, resulting in the distribution of energy within a 4.5° wide beam. The primary high frequency (PHF) and secondary low frequency (SLF) can be varied between 18 and 24 kHz, and 0.5 and 7.0 kHz, respectively. We operated the system with a full resolution, rectangular shaped and continuous wave pulse (length 0.25 ms) with a maximum transmission voltage of 160 V. The PHF was set to 18 kHz, SHF to 40 kHz, and SLF to 4 kHz, all with a band width of 4.049 kHz. This resulted in a pulse resolution of 0.188 m at water velocity for each of PHF, SHF and SLF. Both SLF and PHF were stored as *.ps3, and *.sgy formatted files about every 200 minutes. The acquired sub-bottom profiler data were written as ASD, PS3 and SGY files.
The dataset comprises the complete raw sediment echosounder record collected during SO314 and is provided without further scientific interpretation or post-processing.
Related to:
Frank, Martin; Kopp, Heidrun; Arndt, Iris; Bartels, Thies; Bauer, Benedikt; Berkholz, Martha; Berndt, Janine; Chen, Zhongxing; Crosby, Ani Jang; Dale, Andrew; Dannowski, Anke; Evers, Florian; Fessler, Sebastian; Filbrandt, Christian; Frederichs, Thomas; Friedrich, Annalena; Glock, Nicolaas; Haas, Peter; Hilgenfeldt, Christian; Hofmann, Jannes; Kahler, Merit; Lange, Dietrich; Lippert, Antina; Murray, Kenneth; Raddatz, Jacek; Rohde, Lea; Sange, Oliver; Schätzel, Julia; Schmülling, Bendikt; Siegburg, Melanie; Timm, Christian; Verdurme, Pauline; Warnatz, Julia; Warwel, Arne; Zindorf, Mark (2025): Testing Solid Earth - Climate Connections and Generation of Crust at the Fast-Spreading Southeast Pacific Rise using time series, Cruise No. SO314, 13th August 2025 - 5th October 2025, Pepeete (French Polynesia) - Antofagasta (Chile). SONNE-Berichte, Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, SO314, 152 pp, https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_so314
Project(s):
AI BaseCamp - Helmholtz DataHub Earth & Environment (AI_BaseCamp)
DAM Marine Data - Research Vessels (DAM_ResearchVessels)
Funding:
European Research Council (ERC), grant/award no. 101071713: T-SECTOR Testing Solid Earth Climate connections Through mid Ocean Ridge time series
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -14.583103 * Median Longitude: -114.499957 * South-bound Latitude: -17.561197 * West-bound Longitude: -132.843989 * North-bound Latitude: -13.825460 * East-bound Longitude: -110.923598
Date/Time Start: 2025-08-18T00:56:28 * Date/Time End: 2025-09-25T00:28:49
Minimum Elevation: -4386.9 m * Maximum Elevation: -4386.9 m
Event(s):
SO314_0_Underway-4 * Latitude Start: -17.561197 * Longitude Start: -132.843989 * Latitude End: -15.002951 * Longitude End: -110.922337 * Date/Time Start: 2025-08-18T00:56:29 * Date/Time End: 2025-09-25T00:29:13 * Elevation: -4386.9 m * Campaign: SO314 (T-SECTOR-SEPR) * Basis: Sonne_2 * Method/Device: ATLAS Parasound P70 Deep-Sea Parametric Sub-Bottom Profiler (P70) * Comment: Event shows start point (date/time & coordinates) of first/last data record using Atlas Parasound P70 echosounder during cruise SO314
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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| 1 | Binary Object | Binary | Frank, Martin | |||
| 2 | Binary Object (Media Type) | Binary (Type) | Frank, Martin | |||
| 3 | Binary Object (File Size) | Binary (Size) | Bytes | Frank, Martin | ||
| 4 | File content | Content | Frank, Martin | |||
| 5 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Frank, Martin | Extracted from file | Geocode | |
| 6 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Frank, Martin | Extracted from file | Geocode | |
| 7 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Frank, Martin | Extracted from file | Geocode | |
| 8 | Comment | Comment | Frank, Martin |
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Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 1 (ProcLevel1)
Size:
93476 data points
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