Due to differential loading of ice on Britain and Ireland the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) response and therefore sea-level record will vary with distance from the centre of the British Irish Ice Sheet.

GIA models are tested against geological observations, however there is a paucity of observations below -10m depth and the lateglacial period when the BIIS retreated leading to a rapid response of both sea-level and GIA. The aim of the project was to use geophysical data, ground truthed by core material, to find evidence of lateglacial sea-level minima in the Irish and Celtic Sea to refine these GIA models. Cruise log and digital copies of the core information (location, water depth, core length) taken onboard the research cruise CE12008 on the RV Celtic Explorer. A GeoReseource 6m vibrocorer was used to collect sediment samples. Cores where taken at multiple sites and from southern and eastern Ireland: Bantry Bay, Dunmanus Bay, Waterford,Offshore County Louth and Dundalk Bay, offshore Isle of Man; offshore Wales: Cardingan Bay; and offshore Northern Ireland: Kilkeel and Dundrum Bay, Belfast Lough.

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creation
2016-07-22
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creation
2016-07-22
Unique resource identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606941
Individual name
Dr Louise Callard
Organisation name
University of Durham
Position name
Department of Geography
City
Durham
Postal code
DH1 3LE
Electronic mail address
not available
Role code
pointOfContact
Maintenance Frequency
notApplicable
Title
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
publication
2008-06-01
Keyword
Carbon dating
Keyword
Sea level
Keyword
Drill core
Keyword
Core analysis
Keyword
Foraminifera
Keyword
Mollusca
Title
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
revision
2022
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dataCentre
Keyword
NERC_DDC
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
ISO Language code
eng
Title
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas
revision
2010
Unique resource identifier
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]
Title
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas
revision
2010
Unique resource identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]
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NERC grant split award, lead grant NE/H024301/1, associated grant NE/H024069/1

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eng
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Organisation name
British Geological Survey
Voice
+44 115 936 3100
Delivery point
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
City
NOTTINGHAM
Administrative area
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal code
NG12 5GG
Country
United Kingdom
Electronic mail address
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role code
pointOfContact
Metadata standard version
2.3
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606941
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Other
dataset
Title
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
publication
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
publication
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Statement
Cores were collected in 2012 on the RV Celtic Explorer, cruise number CE12008. Core were collected using a GeoResources 6m barrel, 11 cm diameter virbrocorer. Each core was split, visually logged, photographed and sampled for radiocarbon dating. We used monospecific foraminifera and paired mollusc for dating. The radiocarbon dates were process and analysed at NERC radiocarbon facility in East Kilbride. Foraminifera assemblage counts were sample from selected cores. The samples were volumetrically measured, sieved through 500µm and 63µm sieves with the 500-63µm fraction used for the foraminifera analysis. The samples were picked wet.