Coastal Processes and Seabed Mapping

Some of the main focus areas of scientists within this group include: Sediment Transport, Boundary Layer Processes, Sediment Dynamics, Shoreline Erosion, Seabed Dynamics and Seabed Mapping.
Current Projects
Completed Projects

ACES: Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study. 100kHz and 410kHz side-scan sonar surveys in the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight

Climate Change

ECOMOUND: Environmental Controls on Mound Formation along the European Margin.

HIMOM: Hierarchical Monitoring Methods for Tidal Flats. To provide a system of methods to determine system status and changes which are expressed by biological and physical variations within inter-tidal areas

Stock Assessment of Scallops on the SE Irish Coast: To Provide key information relevant to long-term scallop fishery development and management priorities.

TOBI: TOBI PORCUPINE AND ROCKALL MARGIN STUDY - regional side-scan sonar seabed mapping of carbonate mound provinces on the European Atlantic Margin

 

Inventory of benthic samples from the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight: Two projects were undertaken for the Irish hydrocarbon industry that provide a GIS-based metadata inventory of geological and environmental data for the Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight funded by the Petroleum Intfrastructure Programme

CARACOLE: Video survey of Irish deep-water coral reefs with the ROV Victor

Sand and Gravel: Reconnaissance Assessment of Coastal Seabed Sand and Gravel Resources in the form of Seabed Mapping and Quantification

Seabed Biochemical & Engineering properties: Seabed Biochemical and Engineering properties in the Northern Porcupine Seabight, site investigations.

Tide Gauge Network: To assess the feasibility of installing a national tide-gauge and tidal information network funded by the Marine Institute.

Valentia Tidal Gauge Network