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RESEARCH PROJECTS 62 Geosciences and Coastal Processes IRISH SEA MARINE ASSESSMENT (ISMA) Research Centre/Department/School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences Contact PI: Andy Wheeler (a.wheeler@ucc.ie) Researchers: Mark Coughlan, Boris Dorschel Start Year: 2010 End Year: 2015 Funding Body: Gaelectric Developments Ltd Funding: €91k The Irish Sea Marine Assessment (ISMA) is a collaborative research survey undertaken by University College Cork, the INFOMAR programme (Geological Survey of Ireland & Marine Institute), and Gaelectric Developments Ltd. Its purpose is to produce integrated seabed and sub-seabed mapping products to assist in a fundamental understanding of the seabed and how it changes through time, thereby deriving information pertinent to the development of offshore renewable energy resources. Four study areas where surveyed. The Codling Deep is a long north-south deep (or channel) in which tidal currents flow strong. The seabed it typified by mobile sands and gravels, and areas covered by cobbles (stoney ground) rich in seabed life. The sub-seabed geology is complicated with localised drift bodies and numerous erosional surfaces. The next three areas are relatively flat and experience decreasing current intensity resulting in a decrease in seabed sediment-type particle size from sand (Lambay area) to fine sands (Rockabill area) to muds (Northern Mudbelt). All three areas show sub-horizontal layers of deposits below the seafloor consisting of sands to muds underlain by glacial diamict tills (muds with bolders) and rock. The Northern Mudbelt sub-seabed shows shallow accumulation of (biogenic) gas (although not enough to form a geohazard). In total 352.65 km2 (35,265 hectares) of seabed was mapped, 534 km of sparker seimic lines were shot imaging into the sub-seabed by 50 m, 2179 km of pinger seismic lines (down to 30 m penetration) were also recorded. 269 sediment samples were taken, 171 biological samples were taken with an additional 7 faunal samples frozen for DNA studies. 20 cores where sunk into the seabed up to a depth of 3 m from as well as 5 Reineck box-cores which preserve the upper 30 cm for palaeoenevironmental and geotechnical studies. 975 good quality digital still photographs of the seabed were taken in 15 areas and a 1 month long measurements of variation in current speeds throughout the water column was also taken for one key location.
GRIFFITH: GEOMATICS FOR GEOSCIENCE Research Centre/Department/School: CMRC Contact PI: Gerry Sutton (g.sutton@ucc.ie) Researchers: Declan Dunne, Ying Wu, Trung Pham Start Year: 2008 End Year: 2012 Funding Body: NDP Funding: €850 000 Web: http://griffith.ucc.ie/ Research Projects Listing The Griffith Geomatics for Geoscience initiative involves a high level of collaboration between the CMRC and the GSI. The objectives of the project are: 1. To facilitate open access to GSI data via web enabled services 2. To achieve innovations in geoscience data management and delivery 3. To build experience within and collaboration between the GSI and CMRC 4. To engage the interest of the Irish geoscience community by providing examples of the benefits of data sharing. Three Postdoctoral researchers are working on the Geomatics for GeoScience project in CMRC, and are focused on developing: 1. An integrated database for geological data 2. An interoperability platform enabling web-enabled delivery of metadata and data 3. Web-enabled 4D visualisation of geological datasets. The Griffith Geomatics for GeoScience project has been funded under the Griffith Geoscience Research Awards scheme. The funding for the award is part of the National Geoscience Programme 2007 – 2013 coinciding with the timeframe of the NDP (National Development Plan). In total 8 GeoScience related projects are active under the Griffith programme. The award is administered by the Geological Survey of Ireland. KEY PUBLICATIONS & OUTPUTS Best practice recommendations for: • Geological data models, geological data formats, and metadata profiles • Interoperability of geographic information and services • Conforming to ISO, OGC and INSPIRE standards • Ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and associated semantic resource tooling • Web-delivery of geological data and metadata • Web-enabled visualisation of geological data Development of: • Integrated database system • Data loading tools for integrated database system - ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) using Natural Language Processing for schema matching • Semantic interoperability framework using ontologies and controlled vocabularies • Geological data and metadata web delivery system • Web-enabled visualisation tools for geological data • Demonstrator geoportal Multibeam Bathymetry RESEARCH PROJECTS 63
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