Senckenberg am Meer

Research vessel “SENCKENBERG”

Acquisition and commissioning: newbuilding 1976 in Oldersum/East Frisia, financed by the Federal Minister of Research and Technology (90%) and the State of Hesse (10%);
overall length: 29.71m
beam on frames: 7.42m; 165 GRT;
propulsion: 470 hp diesel engine (main engine)
equipment: hydraulic cranes, echograph, sediment echo sounder, radar, on-board computer, DECCA, DGPS, SYLEDIS
cruising area: small-scale deep-sea fishing (entire North Sea and Baltic Sea), operating range 2000 nm resp. 14 days
manning: 5 (two watch vessel)
owner: Briese
main charterer: Senckenberg am Meer.
contact: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kröncke

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Workboat “SAM II”

• Length: 630 cm
• Width: 200 cm
• weight: 1800 kg
• Load capacity: 8 pers.
• Engine: 2×4-stroke outboard 45 hp each Cabin
• Navigation: depth sounder
• D-GPS track plotter
• Speed: max. 23 kn

Workboat “Scanner”

• Length: 650 cm
• Width: 200 cm
• weight: 2100 kg
• carrying capacity: 8 pers.
• engine: 90 hp, jet drive
• Cabin and measuring well
• Navigation: depth sounder, D-GPS trackplotter, radar
• Speed: max. 6,5 kn

This drone allows cm to take accurate images of the sampling areas. The images can later be merged into a map on the computer and geo-referenced by the drone’s built-in GPS. This allows for better planning of investigations and sampling in the field and tracking of changes over time. In addition, the drone can be used to create 3D models by approaching and photographing the target from multiple angles.

Contact : Alexander Knorrn

• 3D-Laserscanner FARO Focus 3D-130

• 3D Scanner Artec Space Spider:

  • This high-resolution, handheld 3D scanner based on blue light technology is ideal for capturing small objects or fine details in high resolution. It has a capture accuracy of 0.05 mm without the need for targets.

    Contact: Dr. Lydia Beuck; Dr. Max Wisshak

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) achieves magnifications of up to 100,000 times. In the SEM, an electron beam is passed line by line across the object to be imaged (rastered). This knocks electrons out of the surface of the object, which are then collected by a detector. This produces a detailed black and white image of the scanned surface. The SEM is equipped with a secondary electron detector (SE), a backscattered electron detector (BSE), and a cathodoluminescence detector (CL). In addition, a microcomputed tomography detector is also attached to the sample chamber (see below).

Contact: Dr. Max Wisshak; Dr. Lydia Beuck

In micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), an X-ray beam passes through the object and is picked up by a detector on the other side. Several hundred such images are taken from different angles and combined to form a three-dimensional image. This makes the internal structure of objects visible in a non-destructive way and can be displayed with a much finer resolution compared to clinical CT.
Our micro CT is a detector on the VEGA 3 scanning electron microscope (SEM). The specimens are placed on a special table in the SEM vacuum chamber. This results in a maximum sample size of less than 5 mm. The penetration of the sample by X-rays is limited by the maximum voltage of the SEM cathode (30kV). The maximum resolution is 0.001 mm.

Contact person: Dr. Lydia Beuck; Dr. Max Wisshak

The principle of the settling tube, as with the Atterberg cylinder, is based on the rate of fall of the various grain sizes within a cylinder through a liquid. The sediment sample must be desalinated and separated from silt components by washing through a 0.063 mm sieve. The rate of fall depends on the grain shape, the surface condition of the grain, and the temperature of the liquid. These parameters are taken into account when calculating the grain sizes.

Contact: Dr. Alexander Bartholomä; Ingo Albers

The Sedigraph is used to determine grain sizes smaller than 0.063 mm by means of X-rays. The sample must be desalinated and free of organic matter. The dry silt is ground and homogenized by ultrasound. In the sedigraph, the solution is loaded into a cell and measured over a certain period of time, which depends on the sampled grain size. The grain size is a result of the changing concentration of sediment density in the cell, which is detected by the X-rays as changing passage numbers. Uncertainty factor of this method is the non-determinable homogeneity and splitting of the sample by ultrasound. This is because the longer one sonicates, the more the clay minerals are fragmented.

Contact: Dr. Alexander Bartholomä, Ingo Albers