Multibeam Backscatter Seabed Classification

GLOBAL CHANGES & MARINE GEOSCIENCES O12 - 05 MULTIBEAM BACKSCATTER SEABED CLASSIFICATION X. Monteys D. Inamdar Geologic Survey of Ireland Dublin Ireland The Irish National Seabed Survey is now into its sixth and final year of acquisition programme. The Irish continental shelf deeper than 200 meters was completed in 2002 and since then the survey operations have concentrated in coastal areas Zone 2 water depths ranging from 0 to 200m utilizing the R.V Celtic Explorer. Paper charts to 1:60 000 scale from the Malin Sea north-west of Ireland together with a GIS database have been produced to serve as a