Lange, Dietrich https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2654-7963
Kopp, Heidrun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6898-1568
Royer, Jean-Yves https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-7715
Henry, Pierre
Çakir, Ziyadin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3050-5619
Petersen, Florian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3526-6541
Sakic, Pierre https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-0532
Ballu, Valerie
Bialas, Jörg https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8802-5277
Özeren, Mehmet Sinan
Ergintav, Semih
Géli, Louis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-4577
Article History
Received: 16 November 2018
Accepted: 4 June 2019
First Online: 8 July 2019
Competing interests
: H.K., D.L. and F.P. are inventors of a patent to install stations on the seafloor using a deep-sea cable<sup>49</sup>. This method is not necessarily required for the installation of the stations which can also be done conventionally with a remotely operated vehicle or using a free-fall procedure. All other authors declare no competing interests.