Marine Geophysical and Seismic Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards)

The British Geological Survey hold a collection of data recorded during marine geophysical surveys which includes digital data and analogue records. These data result from approximately 350,000 line kilometres of multi-instrument geophysical survey lines. The data include seismic, sonar, magnetic, gravity, echo sounder, multibeam bathymetry and navigation data. The seismic data are mainly for airgun, sparker, boomer and pinger. The data were primarily collected by BGS and the collection also includes additional third party data. The data are primarily from the UKCS (United Kingdom Continental Shelf). The data are stored within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. The majority of legacy geophysical paper records are available as scanned images viewable via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. Other records can be scanned on request. Older records are of variable quality. Data not yet available online including segy are available on request enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. The data are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical, geophysical and geological studies. Reference: Fannin, NGT. (1989) Offshore Investigations 1966-87. British Geological Survey Technical Report WB/89/2, British Geological Survey.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Geophysical and Seismic Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c35db9dd-2a09-6c2d-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
1966
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605641

  Custodian

  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Originator

  0115 936 3276 

  Owner

  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular Irregular
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Marine geology , Geology , Seismic data , Marine geophysics , Geophysical data , Marine seismic surveys , Absorbents , Marine surveys
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions 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.
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Denominator
250000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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Distribution format
  • JP2 ()

  • coda ()

  • XTF ()

  • SEG-Y ()

  • TIF ()

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
Offshore GeoIndex  
OnLine resource
Offshore theme  
OnLine resource
Offshore (cultural data) theme  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
false
Statement
Data were collected during marine geophysical surveys using equipment such as airgun, sparker, boomer, pinger, gravimeter, magnetometer, sidescan sonar, multibeam echosounder. This dataset has been managed by BGS over a considerable period of time. Legacy paper records (data) from earlier surveys have undergone scanning and/or transcription to digital formats, with QC of the information captured and migration to the BGS Database System. Some outstanding records are still to be scanned. More recent data is captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database and network file system. Information is delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm.

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c35db9dd-2a09-6c2d-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-09-17
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605641
 
 

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