Translating National Seabed Mapping Programme Expertise into Deep Sea Mapping Exploration Capability

Maria T Judge1, Fabio Sacchetti2, Bramley J Murton3, Aggeliki Georgiopoulou4, Julian F Menuge4, Steven Philip Hollis5 and Xavier Monteys6, (1)Geological Survey of Ireland, Marine Geology, Dublin, Ireland, (2)Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland, (3)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (4)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (5)CSIRO, Perth, Australia, (6)INFOMAR, Geological Survey of Ireland, Marine and Geophysics Programme, Dublin, Ireland