Minister launches New Seabed Atlas
The Minister for Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan launched a new and innovative marine publication, the Atlas of the Deep Water Seabed of Ireland, at Dublin Castle today. This Atlas, by prestigious Scientific publisher Springer, is a detailed compilation of stunning three-dimensional imagery featuring the submarine canyons, underwater mountains and abyssal plains that make up Ireland’s seabed territory, an area ten times that of our land mass. The Atlas was produced by researchers at University College Cork, working on marine datasets with the collaboration of GSI, supported by INFOMAR and drawing on a wide range of sources for photography that bring this hidden world to life. In launching the book, the Minister noted that
“This is the first such Atlas of its kind world-wide, reflecting our leading role in this field...
It will be a valuable resource as we seek to utilise our vast ocean resources in the years ahead. As we develop ocean energy, offshore wind and further oil and gas prospecting, an accurate map of the deep seabed will be vital.” |
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The Atlas can be purchased from the GSI online shop.
http://www.gsi.ie/gsishop/Product.aspx?Productid=316&Catid=3
3rd November, 2010