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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Instances/Examples (6)

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)