2003 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA5 Wessex Explorer SEA5 Survey - seabed sampling, video and geophysical survey (North Sea)

As part of the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA5) a geophysical survey was undertaken on Wessex Explorer as part of a geophysical survey and seabed sampling on shallow sand bank areas in the Southern North Sea off the Norfolk Coast; in particular Race Bank, Docking Shoal and Ower Bank. Multibeam and sidescan sonar data were collected.



The survey comprised seabed sampling, video and geophysical survey on shallow sand bank areas in the Southern North Sea off the Norfolk Coast; in particular Race Bank, Docking Shoal and Ower Bank. The survey objectives were to collect geophysical data, conduct quantitative seabed sampling and gather video footage of the seabed in the vicinity of selected sand banks with a view to better understanding the complex sediment transport processes at work in the area. An additional objective was to collect seabed samples and video footage for subsequent identification and assessment of benthic habitat.



3 processed gridded multibeam files are available. Navigation and tide data and cruise reports are also available.

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Date (Publication)
2003-01-01
Citation identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_SEA_123
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Paul Henni

offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk

Custodian

Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

enquiries@decc.gsi.gov.uk

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
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Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

  • Hydrography

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
Use limitation

The SEAs data were produced as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme; Crown Copyright, all rights reserved. The DECC SEA must be acknowledged in any maps or publications that make use of the data. All the data files are freely available to the public. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal provides free access to available data and reports which have been produced through the SEA process. The site is run and managed by BGS on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Many files can be downloaded directly from this website. Those that are too large to download can be ordered via the website for postal delivery from BGS. BGS (NERC) has been contracted by DECC to publish SEA datasets on its behalf. All intellectual property rights (including , without limitation, copyrights, database rights and all other rights which subsist or may at any time in the future subsist in the Dataset(s)) in the Dataset(s) ('Intellectual Property Rights') are owned by DECC (formerly the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform). BGS has been authorised by DECC to use SEA datasets for all purposes but on a 'not-for-profit basis'. BGS has been authorised by DECC to pass on SEA datasets to third parties so that they can use them for all purposes but on a 'not-for-profit' basis.

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Intellectual property rights
Distance
5  m
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans
Title

SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer
Date (Revision)
2006-01-01
Code
North Sea
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Begin date
2003-08-29
End date
2003-09-26
Supplemental Information

http://www.offshore-sea.org.uk/site/index.php

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32631
Distribution format
    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name
    http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/sea/home.html

    Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Statement

    The survey was undertaken by EGS (International) Ltd contracted by Geotek Ltd as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. Equipment used included a L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik Multi beam Echo Sounder, Klein 2000 side scan sonar, Bowtech BP-L3C-HR miniature camera. Seabed samples were collected using a Van Veen grab. Report prepared by C Voisey, Ocean Maid.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    aba64100-c16b-4de3-e044-0003ba6f30bd XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2011-08-30
    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)

    Mary Mowat

    offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk

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