Thesaurus Term/Concept: SIDE SCAN SONAR SURVEY

Identifier 146334
Class EVENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Underwater investigation of the seabed, using side-looking sonar device that emits fan shaped acoustic pulses down toward the seafloor. The intensity of the acoustic reflections from the sea floor are recorded as an image of the seabed.

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Context Record
Event Type EHG3771 Desk-based assessment - Inner Sound, Pentland Firth (Event - Interpretation)
Event Type EHG4476 Geophysical survey - Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm OfTW corrdior (Event - Survey)
Event Type EHG4483 Geophysical survey - Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm (Application area) (Event - Survey)
Event Type EHG3442 Sonar survey (1999), Sound of Mull Archaeological Project (Event - Survey)
Event Type EHG3139 Sonar survey (2004), Sound of Mull Archaeological Project (Event - Survey)
Event Type EHG3141 Survey and excavation of the John Preston, Sound of Mull (SOMAP) (Event - Mixed)