Publications
“EM302 Multibeam Survey of the Sangihe-Talaud Region, North Sulawesi, Indonesia”, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, USA, 2010.
, “Coarse and Fine Scale Patterns of Community Structure of Benthic Habitats Along the US Atlantic Continental Margin”, Benthic Ecology Meeting. Portland, ME, 2016.
, “Evidence of Extensive Gas Venting at the Blake Ridge and Cape Fear Diapirs”, 2012 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, United States, 2012.
, “Lessons learned during exploration mapping of US East Coast 2011 – 2012 onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer using water column backscatter data”, Kongsberg FEMME 2013. 2013.
, “New Views of the U.S. Atlantic Margin Mapped for UNCLOS Applications”, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union , vol. 86. San Francisco, CA, USA, pp. 0-2, 2005. Gardner_05_AGU_US_Atlantic_Margin_Mapped_for_UNCLOS_applications.pdf (72.17 KB)
, “NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 2012 Field Season in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Continental Margin”, 2012 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, United States, 2012.
, “NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 2015: Exploring from the Atlantic to the Pacific”, JHC/CCOM Seminar Series. Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM)/Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC), 2015. 2015 CCOM Seminar Abstract_Final.pdf (85.82 KB)
, “Standardized Geomorphic Characterization of the Extensive Cold-Water Coral Mound Province of the Blake Plateau, USA”, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022. 2022.
, “Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas”, Oceanography , vol. 30(1). Oceanography Society, pp. 60-65, 2017. oceanography_30-1_supplement.pdf (22.32 MB)
, “Evidence for extensive methane venting on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin”, Geology, vol. 41. pp. 807-810, 2013.
, “Mapping and Geomorphic Characterization of the Vast Cold-Water Coral Mounds of the Blake Plateau”, Geomatics, vol. 4(1). MDPI, pp. 17-47, 2024.
, “New Technologies for Ocean Mapping”, Oceanography, vol. 30(1). Oceanography Society, pp. 43-45, 2017. oceanography_30-1_supplement.pdf (22.32 MB)
, “Technology: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer”, Oceanography , vol. 25. pp. 12-15, 2012.
, “Exploring Deep Sea Habitats for Baseline Characterization Using NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer”, 2015 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, 2015.
, “Mapping and Geomorphic Characterization of the Vast Cold-Water Coral Mounds of the Blake Plateau”, 8th International Symposium Deep-Sea Corals. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2023. ISDSC8_Sowers_et_al_Poster_Final.pdf (4.02 MB)
, “OS51D-1907. The Evolution of Information Management in Oceanographic Exploration”, 2012 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). 2012.
, “OS51D-1912. Exploration and Discovery of Hydrocarbon Seeps, Coral Ecosystems, and Shipwrecks in the Deep Gulf of Mexico”, 2012 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). 2012.
, “OS51E-1925. Integration of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Seafloor Mapping, Little Hercules ROV, and Sentry AUV Data into Ocean Exploration Operations and Public Data Holdings”, 2012 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). 2012. Integration of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Seafloor Mapping-120312.pdf (938 KB)
, “To Explore or to Research: Trends in modern age ocean studies”, 2013 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union (AGU). San Francisco, CA, 2013.
, “Bathymetric Terrain Model of the Atlantic Margin for Marine Geological Investigations, Version 2.0”, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, MA, 2016. ofr2012-1266_V2_Clean_23Feb16.pdf (1.21 MB)
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