From mid-March through to the end of April, the R.V. Celtic Voyager was tasked with the mapping of the seabed off the West Clare coast.
Due to the ideal wave regime, favourable seabed morphology and proximal port facilities, this area has been identified as a suitable region for the future deployment of wave energy converters. Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) leads a project to help realise this potential.....Read More
Published: 07/05/2013
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In July and August 2012, the RV Keary and RV Geo spent several weeks mapping the seabed around Inishbofin, Inishturk and Killary Harbour. The vessels were based in Inishbofin harbour for the duration of the survey.
Initially, two specific sites were mapped for BIM (Bord Iascaigh Mhara) who are investigating the potential of deep-water aquaculture sites in the area. In addition, a larger area around the islands was mapped to provide bathymetric data for oceanographic current modelling to be carried out by the Marine Institute, along with extending INFOMAR coverage into the area around the islands.....Read More
Published: 01/11/2012
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Between the 13th and 18th June 2012, the RV Keary carried out seabed mapping off the coast of Bunmahon, Co. Waterford. This survey was conducted in support of the INTERREG funded Atlanterra Project, which has designated the Bunmahon area as a Geo-park.
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Published: 24/10/2012
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The 2012 survey season began with the RV Keary and RV Geo vessels making a return to Dundalk Bay, to continue mapping as part of the INISHydro Project. Both vessels have been re-mobilised and kitted out with survey instrumentation after wintering in Dublin.
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Published: 19/06/2012
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After finishing the first survey leg of the 2011 season in Waterford Harbour, the Geological Survey of Ireland's (GSI) 7m RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat), RV Geo, was taken out of the water in late June and transported by land to Wexford for the second leg - surveys of Wexford Harbour, Kilmore Quay and Rosslare....Read More
Published: 11/11/2011
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INIS-hydro is a 3 year INTERREG IVA Programme with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in the UK as lead partners. The project brings together 7 partners to conduct hydrographic surveys in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland....Read More
Published: 03/11/2011
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INFOMAR mapping of the river Shannon commenced onboard the Marine Institute’s research vessel Celtic Voyager on July 19th. Over the course of the two-week survey leg, the estuary mouth was mapped up to the 10m contour, with physical sampling taking place at key locations in order to determine the seabed type (e.g. rock, sand, shell hash etc)....Read More
Published: 29/09/2011
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INFOMAR marine geologist describes unique discoveries after returning from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The VENTuRE Cruise: Researching and Recovering information from the deep. Marine geologist Maria Judge based at the Geological Survey of Ireland describes her trip aboard the national research vessel RV Celtic Explorer which discovered hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Read more...Read More
Published: 04/08/2011
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The VENTuRE Cruise, Research and Rescuing information from the deep with GSI based marine geologist Maria Judge onboard....Read More
Published: 25/07/2011
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The Geological Survey of Ireland's (GSI) Research Vessel the R.V. Keary took part in the Waterford Tall Ships Festival. We provided guided tours of the vessel and took part in the Parade of Sails. Read more about it in our blog...... Read More
Published: 19/07/2011
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The Geological Survey of Ireland's (GSI) Research Vessel the R.V. Keary commenced the survey, KY11_01, in mid April 2011. The campaign focused on mapping the navigational channel in advance of the Tall Ships Festival at the end of June, with mapping of the shallower areas along the river banks and shore being carried out by the GSI's 7.5m RIB, RV Geo...... Read More
Published: 17/06/2011
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The Marine Institute Research Vessel the R.V. Celtic Explorer commenced the INFOMAR ground-truthing survey, CE11017, on the10th May 2011. Several shallow cores and a long shallow seismic line were taken in Dunmanus Bay. Two underwater video transects were run on the Porcupine Seabight and sediment sampling in the vicinity of these transects using a grab sampler (Day Grab). Several vibrocores, grab samples, rock dredge transects and video lines were run in the Porcupine Bank area..... Read More
Published: 26/05/2011
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The final survey undertaken in 2010 by the RV Keary was in Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo in late September and early October. This area had existing datasets from INFOMAR surveys when Celtic Voyager mapped a large portion of the deeper water between Achill Island and the Mullet Peninsula in 2008. The other datasets seen below are a combination of LiDAR from Tenix LADS and Pelydren campaigns in 2008 and 2010, respectively. It was left for the Keary to fill the spaces between these surveys and to run comparison cross lines to ensure that all data could be joined seamlessly upon completion of the bay..... Read More
Published: 09/11/2010
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Following on from the success of the Geoscience 2010 conference and the launch of the new "Atlas of the Deep-Water Seabed: Ireland" authored by Boris Dorschel and Andy Wheeler of University College Cork (UCC) and Xavier Monteys and Koen Verbruggen of the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), there has been lots of coverage of Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and INFOMAR datasets in the national media.... Read More
Published: 09/11/2010
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A two-day conference on the Geoscience Sector will take place in Dublin Castle on the 3rd and 4th November 2010. The morning sessions of the first day of the conference will focus on INFOMAR specific topics such as survey progress in 2010, the first full year of survey operations with the RV Keary and the success of the 2010 LiDAR campaign with Pelydryn... Read More
Published: 20/10/2010
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The final INFOMAR survey of 2010 onboard the Celtic Voyager took place from the 26th September to the 5th October off the coast of Cork and Waterford from Ballycotton to Mine Head, continuing work from the second part of the CV10_02 leg earlier in the year
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Published: 15/10/2010
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In July, the RV Celtic Voyager continued to survey the seabed off the coast of Wexford, Waterford and Cork. This data will be included in individual INFOMAR priority bays such as Waterford Harbour and also in the Southern Priority Area which extends from Carnsore Point, Co. Wexford westward along the south coast of Ireland.... Read More
Published: 13/10/2010
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On completion of the survey portion of work in Kinsale, the RV Keary made the transit to Clifden Bay to begin mapping in Clifden Bay, Mannin Bay and the seabed outside the bays, north of Slyne Head to Cruagh Island.... Read More
Published: 13/10/2010
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Following on from survey work by the RV Celtic Voyager in 2008 of the deeper water from the Old Head of Kinsale to Ballycotton, the RV Keary completed the inshore portion of the remaining bathymetric surveying necessary for Kinsale Harbour and Approaches.......... Read More
Published: 13/10/2010
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From the 1st March to 17th March, INFOMAR contracted Pelydryn to perform airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) surveys in a series of shallow water bays and loughs on the West, Northwest and North coasts. This geophysical method involves the use of eye-safe laser technology to measure water depths. It is achieved by calculating the difference between laser returns from the sea surface and the seabed...Read More
Published: 12/10/2010
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INFOMAR continued to progress surveying of a priority area in the Irish Sea during April and June with the Marine Institute's research vessel Celtic Voyager. On this leg CV10_01, the survey extended from Clogher Head, Co. Louth in the north to Wicklow Head, Co. Wicklow in the south...Read More
Published: 11/10/2010
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A new schools atlas featuring, for the first time in the history of the State, a detailed map of Ireland’s seabed designated area was launched on Tuesday 6th April at the INTO conference in Galway...Read More
Published: 12/04/2010
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From the 6th to 8th of July 2009, a ground truthing or seabed sampling survey was undertaken in the region of Donegal and Sligo Bay...Read More
Published: 14/12/2009
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Since late July, the Geological Survey of Ireland's new survey vessel, RV Keary has been making steady progress in completing the shallow water areas of Dublin Bay on survey leg KRY09_02 that were not covered by previous surveys by the Celtic Voyager....Read More
Published: 05/11/2009
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The Celtic Voyager returned to Howth harbour on the 18th August 2009 to demobilise following another successful geophysical survey of the seabed, this time off the Wexford coastline as part of the ongoing INFOMAR project....Read More
Published: 26/08/2009
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The second INFOMAR survey of 2009 has just been completed in Dingle, Tralee, St. Finan's and Ballinskelligs Bay in Co. Kerry using the Marine Institutes research vessel Celtic Voyager....Read More
Published: 17/05/2009
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From 22nd to 28th April, INFOMAR staff were amongst a crew of scientists that were busy collecting a large number of ground truthing samples from the seabed in Bantry and Dunmanus Bays in Cork on the Celtic Voyager as part of research by Dublin City University (DCU) on pockmark features in the bays....Read More
Published: 08/05/2009
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