CV17031 SMART UCC MSc Offshore Geological Exploration 2017

This training survey in Geological Exploration took place on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Voyager in Cork Harbour. Three instructors delivered 6 days of training to postgraduate and undergraduate students from University College Cork (UCC) from the 24th to 29th of November 2017. These training surveys arise from a learning module in multidisciplinary offshore marine science developed by the Strategic Marine Alliance for Research and Training (SMART) in 2011 . The objective of this SMART UCC training programme was to provide offshore training for Geology and Earth and Environmental Science undergraduates and Exploration Field Geology postgraduates in offshore geoscience. Overall, the training provided practical training in: • seabed mapping techniques and practice; • seabed sampling techniques and practice; • sub-seabed imaging techniques and practice; • offshore geological data collection; • evaluation of resource and resource assessment.