Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Sampling Survey 1991/2: Sand and Gravel: North Sea - Spurn (04/Jun/1991 to 15/Jun/1991)

This Department of Environment and Crown Estates commisioned survey took place in June 1991 in the Humber-Wash area on board the Kommandor Surveyor for the assessment of marine sand and gravel aggregate material. Seabed samples were collected using BGS Vibrocorer, Clamshell grab and a seabed camera. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS report WB/91/17C. Study area report WB/92/1.

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1991/2
Date (Publication)
1991-06-15
Citation identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF254
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British Geological Survey (BGS)

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk

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Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021)
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5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Spurn

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 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

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Begin date
1991-06-04
End date
1991-06-15
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

www.epsg.org 2005 revision

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    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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    HTTP

         		http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=1991/2_DOE

    BGS Offshore Geoindex
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    INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of unknown theme
    Date (Publication)
    2011
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification
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    No
    Statement

    Sample equipment types used included: Corer: Vibrocorer, Grab: Hydraulic and Photographic Site. British Geological Survey was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 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.

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    English
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    Date stamp
    2025-05-07
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    MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
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    Version 2.3.5
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    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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