Publications

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Methods for quantitative studies of seafloor hydrothermal systems using 3D visual reconstructions
Adrian Bodenmann, Blair Thornton, Ryota Nakajima & Tamaki Ura, 2017, Robomech Journal, 4(22)
DOI: 10.1186/s40648-017-0091-5
Type: article
Generation of high‐resolution three‐dimensional reconstructions of the seafloor in color using a single camera and structured light
Adrian Bodenmann, Blair Thornton & Tamaki Ura, 2017, Journal of Field Robotics, 34(5), 833–851
DOI: 10.1002/rob.21682
Type: article
Continuous growth of hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts since 17 Myr ago on Takuyo-Daigo Seamount, NW Pacific, at water depths of 800-5500 m
Akira Usui, Keisuke Nishi, Hisaaki Sato, Yoshio Nakasato, Blair Thornton, Teruhiko Kashiwabara, Ayaka Tokumaru, Aya Sakagu, Kyoko Yamaoka, Shingo Kato, Shota Nitahara, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Koichi Iijima & Tetsuro Urabe, 2017, Ore Geology Reviews, 87, 71-87
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.09.032
Type: article
Automatic extraction of thickness information from sub-surface acoustic measurements of manganese crusts
Umesh Neettiyah, Blair Thornton, Mehul Sangekar, Kazuo Ishii, Takumi Sato, Adrian Bodenmann & Tamaki Ura, 2017
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084917
Type: conference
A real-time chemical analysis of rocks at the bottom of the deep-sea Development of a quantitative analytical method
Tomoko Takahashi, Blair Thornton, Takumi Sato, Toshihiko Ohki, Koichi Ohki & Tetsuo Sakka, 2017
DOI: 10.1299/jsmermd.2016.1A2-16b2
Type: conference
Autonomous survey system of underwater manganese crusts using acoustic and visual instruments
Yuya Nishida, Kenji Nagahashi, Takumi Sato, Adrian Bodenmann, Blair Thornton, Akira Asada & Tamaki Ura, 2017
DOI: 10.1299/jsmermd.2016.1A2-17b2
Type: conference
Analysis of underwater long-pulse LIBS signals using artificial neural networks
Blair Thornton, Soichi Yoshino & Tomoko Takahashi, 2017
Type: conference