c35e3405-9db0-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98
English
dataset
British Geological Survey
+44 131 667 1000
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
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pointOfContact
2024-03-27
UK GEMINI
2.3
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605646
ED50 (EPSG::4230)
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Marine Sediment Particle Size Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards)
1966
creation
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605646
The data set consists of the results of particle size analysis (PSA) performed on approximetaly 29,000 sea-bed sediment samples collected by BGS from the UK Continental Shelf and adjacent deep water areas, mostly using sediment grabs, but also sediment corers on occasions. Measurements were also made on approximately 8000 downhole sub-samples from shallow cores and boreholes. Data from other UK organisations have also been added to the PSA dataset. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm Seabed Sediment Data layers.
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
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The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
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custodian
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
distributor
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
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originator
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
owner
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
pointOfContact
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Geology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
MEDIN
Marine sediments
Bottom sampling
Geological data
Sea floor sediments
UK Location (INSPIRE)
Marine geology
Marine surveys
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
2022
revision
UK Location (INSPIRE)
MEDIN
dataCentre
NERC_DDC
otherRestrictions
licenceOGL
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
otherRestrictions
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.
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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250000
English
geoscientificInformation
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas
2010
revision
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas
2010
revision
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas
2010
revision
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas
2010
revision
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
1979
creation
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
-25.0000
9.0000
48.0000
65.0000
1966
1966
CSV
Excel
GIS
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
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distributor
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm
information
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_data/MapServer/WmsServer
Offshore theme
download
dataset
dataset
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
2011
publication
See the referenced specification
false
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
2010-12-08
publication
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
false
Seabed sediment samples were collected by BGS during offshore surveys mainly using grabs, but also sediment corers on occasions (vibrocores, gravity cores). Particle size analysis was performed on approximately 29,000 samples. The dried samples were split into gravel, sand and mud fractions using seives and the weights recorded. The carbonate content of each fraction was then measured. The grain size of the sand fractions from a subset of the samples has been analysed in more detail at either whole or half phi intervals. For some locations more detailed measurements were made for both the gravel and sand fractions also. Measurements were also made on approximately 8000 downhole sub-samples from shallow cores and boreholes. Most test results are available digitally, although there is still a significant amount of legacy results stored on paper. Data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are available for examination, testing or subsampling.