Date (Publication)

2014-08-08

Citation identifier

British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF869

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey (BGS)		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian
Eastern IFCA		offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

Keywords

• NDGO0001

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)

• soil and sediment
• crust

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021)

• Side-scan sonar

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Access constraints

No restrictions, a copyright acknowledgement is required and permission from any third party for the release of the data has been obtained. Inclusion of any third party data will determine the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

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.

Use limitation

unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced EIFCA materials "Contains Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (EIFCA) materials ©EIFCA [year]"

Spatial representation type

Grid

Distance

5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

East Anglia

BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

Geographic identifier

Spurn

BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

Geographic identifier

Southern North Sea

Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier

NORTH SEA

The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

Begin date

2014-07-07

End date

2014-08-08

Reference system identifier

OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

www.epsg.org 2005 revision

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey (BGS)		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Geophysical equipment types used included: Sidescan Sonar. The survey was undertaken by Eastern IFCA. Data were collected using and Edgetech 4200-P Sidescan sonar System by EIFCA research officers and processed by Stephen Thompson. Towed using Edgetech 4200 Towfish system. Serial Number: 45744, Dual Frequency: 300;600 kHz. Acquisition Software: DISCOVER 4200, Processing Software: Triton Perspective v7.6.278, Storage Format: XTF. Methodology follows MESH Sidescan Sonar operating guidelines http://www.searchmesh.net/PDF/GMHM3_Sidescan_Sonar_ROG.pdf. Layback adjusted.

Metadata

File identifier

108d3aea-26a6-298a-e054-002128a47908 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2026-09-02

Metadata standard name

MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard

Metadata standard version

Version 2.3.5

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey (BGS)		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact