Marine Sediment Particle Size Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards)
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.
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Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Sediment Particle Size Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c35e3405-9db0-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
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- Date ( Creation )
- 1966
Custodian
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Originator
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Owner
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular Irregular
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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- Geology
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Bottom sampling , Sea floor sediments , Marine surveys , Marine sediments , Geological data , Marine geology
- Keywords
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- 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
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]
- Date ( Revision )
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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IRISH SEA [id=2001430]
- Date ( Revision )
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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NORTH SEA [id=2001452]
- Date ( Revision )
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]
- Date ( Revision )
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
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- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4230
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Distribution format
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- GIS ()
- Excel ()
- CSV ()
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
- OnLine resource
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm
- OnLine resource
- Offshore 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
- 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.
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- c35e3405-9db0-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-01-15
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605646