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Using multibeam echo-sounder data to identify shipwreck sites: archaeological assessment of the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey data
Plets, R.; Quinn, R.; Forsythe, W.; Westley, K.; Bell, T.; Benetti, S.; McGrath, F.; Robinson, R. (2011). Using multibeam echo-sounder data to identify shipwreck sites: archaeological assessment of the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey data. Int. J. Naut. Archaeol. 40(1): 87-98. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-9270.2010.00271.x
In: The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. Wiley: London; San Diego. ISSN 1057-2414; e-ISSN 1095-9270, more
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  • Plets, R., more
  • Quinn, R.
  • Forsythe, W.
  • Westley, K.
  • Bell, T.
  • Benetti, S.
  • McGrath, F.
  • Robinson, R.
Abstract
    This paper describes Phase 1 of the project ‘Archaeological Applications of the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey (JIBS) Data’, analysing bathymetric and backscatter data derived from multibeam surveys off the north coast of Ireland. In particular, the usability of the data for shipwreck detection, identification and site characterization is explored. In Phase 1, the data was screened for anomalous sea‐bed features, which were subsequently described, catalogued and categorized according to their archaeological potential and cross‐referenced against existing records. A planned second phase of this project will examine each anomaly in greater detail together with the local and regional hydrodynamic conditions.
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