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BIRPS (BIRPS) Geophysical onshore survey WISPA: BIRPS Integrated S- and P- wave Analysis: Weardale (onshore UK) (20/Sep/1988 to 30/Sep/1988)

This BIRPS onshore deep seismic reflection experiment carried out in Weardale in September 1988 was aimed at detecting deep crustal reflectors and establishing the physical properties of the lower crust. The data was recorded digitally and is archived by BGS. Report unavailable.

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Date (Publication)
1988-09-30
Citation identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF337
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey (BGS)

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Custodian

BIRPS

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)

  • Two-dimensional seismic reflection
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restricted - The metadata is freely available for general disclosure. The copyright of this data is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. Permission is granted for use of these data for research purposes, but no part of these data may be commercially sold, used to provide a value added commercial product nor form part of a commercial data package. Any commercial use of products derived from these data requires prior written permission of the copyright holder. NERC gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the data, or to the material's suitability for any use. NERC accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurrence. The data have been vetted for compliance with relevant standards. NERC accepts no responsibility for maintenance nor technical support. The following acknowledgement must accompany the reproduced NERC materials "Contains Natural Environment Research Council materials ©NERC [year]"

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Grid
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Tyne-Tees

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-08 revision

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Begin date
1988-09-20
End date
1988-09-30
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

www.epsg.org 2005 revision

Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

    Distributor
    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name

    HTTP

    http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=WISPA

    BGS Offshore Geoindex

    Hierarchy level
    Dataset

    Conformance result

    Title

    INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of unknown theme

    Date (Publication)
    2011
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification

    Pass
    No
    Statement

    Geophysical equipment types used included: Explosive Charge. Compagnie Generale de Geophysique was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of BIRPS. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    abc9f747-5337-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2025-05-08
    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
     
     

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