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Welcome to BEAMS
The College of Charleston BEnthic Acoustic Mapping and Survey Program
(formerly known as the SeaMap Program)

Multibeam Sonar Studies of the Seafloor
Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Supervised by Drs. Leslie Sautter and Scott Harris

View the Project Areas . | .View the Research Posters .| .

Beam Team 2011's Great Adventure to Bull's Scarp!

Photos of the
Beam Team '11
cruise and students

See the video
of the cruise!

Multibeam sonar images of Bull's Scarp

Click on the links below to meet the "Beam Teams," and view photo galleries
from several multibeam sonar seafloor mapping cruises.

BEAM TEAM 2007 Cruise: Nov. 2006	BEAM TEAM 2008 Cruise: Jan. 2008	BEAM TEAM 2009 Cruise: Oct. 2008

USGS Seafloor Mapping Cruise U. S. East Coast Continental Slope Cruise: May 2009

Where are the Beam Team students now? Visit our alumni page.

Read about us in the news! (Oct. 23, 2008 | Oct. 29, 2008)

We are very grateful for our PARTNERS:
- Since 2006, the NOAA National Ocean Service has generously allocated
annual shiptime aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, allowing our students
to conduct multibeam studies.
- The NOAA Coastal Services Center in North Charleston, SC sponsors this shiptime.

- CARIS Inc. has created an Academic Partnership with the College of Charleston BEAMS Program. With their support and an annual contribution by
Highland Geo Solutions, we are able to train undergraduate students using the HIPS 7.1 software for multibeam sonar processing.
- EIVA Marine Survey Solutions, is also an academic partner, offering training and licences for their NaviPac and NaviScan multibeam sonar online (acquisition) software.

Areas of Study Select an image to examine different areas the students have studied. Or, visit the Research Posters portion of this site. HOME
Doc's Rocks Mapped '06 Shelf Edge off SC coast	Doc's Rocks North Northeast or Doc's Rocks Mapped '08 Shelf Edge off SC coast	Transect Meanders Mid-Shelf off Charleston, SC

posters - 2007 and 2008 poster - 2009	poster	posters - 2007 and 2008 poster - 2009

"George's Ridge" Shelf Edge off South Carolina coast, northeast of Doc's Rocks North	J-Reef North northeast of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, off the Georgia coast	"Southern Exposure" South of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, off the Georgia coast

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...Studies completed, but web pages are still under construction... (click on link to view related posters)
Hydrate Ridge Continental Margin off the Oregon coast; Regional Scale Node of the OOI	Axial Seamount Undersea volcano off the Washington coast; Regional Scale Node of the OOI	Vieques, Puerto Rico Coral reefs off the north and south coasts of the island.

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Georgetown Hole Shelf Edge off South Carolina coast	Julian's Ridge Shelf Edge off South Carolina coast	Scamp Ridge Shelf Edge off South Carolina coast

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Pulley Ridge Shelf Edge off Southwest Florida coast		Miami Terrace Florida Straits off the eastern Florida coast

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