After deploying the weather buoy "ILM2" , the R/V Savannah comes around to secure the unit's massive anchoring system, part railroad car wheels and a sophisticated "smart anchor" Monday, June 6, 2005. UNCW/Jamie Moncrief

    Several faculty in the department have expertise in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and cartography as essential tools for the analysis and visualization of the inherently spatial information behind all geoscience disciplines. Examples of on-going research include seabed classification and modelling of underwater habitats off the coast of Florida and SE North Carolina, mapping of historic oyster reefs in the Cape Fear River, modelling the temporal changes in marshes, and investigating the community distributions of bottlenose dolphins.  In addition, faculty are using GIS to map shorelines and quantify erosion, accretion, and inlet migration. Faculty are also using this technology to create digital geological maps of many places throughout North Carolina. The department maintains well-equipped spatial analysis and cartography teaching/research labs.

Faculty Researching This Area Include:

J. Halls	E. Hines