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Marine Photographs Archive (1970 onwards)

The Marine Photographs Archive held by BGS includes photographs of hydrocarbon well and (non-hydrocarbon) marine boreholes, cores and other samples. There are also photographs of the seabed and survey operations. The photos are primarily for the UKCS (United Kingdom Continental Shelf) and surrounding areas and date from the 1970s onwards. The photographs, which are a mix of prints, negatives and digital are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies. There are also some x-rays of cores.

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Date (Creation)
1970
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605648
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Custodian

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Originator

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Owner
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • MEDIN

  • Core samples

  • Marine geology

  • Boreholes

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Photography

  • Sea floor

  • Sediments

  • Marine surveys

  • Underwater photography

  • Bottom sampling

  • Sea floor sediments

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • MEDIN
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Varies, some will be open, others may be restricted.
Use constraints
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

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section ( ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

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Begin date
1970
End date
1970 After
Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 72BE / UTM zone 30N (EPSG::32430)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N (EPSG::32629)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N (EPSG::32631)
Unique resource identifier
ED50 (EPSG::4230)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
Name Version

JPG

TIFF

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/offshoreWells/wells.cfc?method=searchWells
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

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

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

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

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
No
Statement

The marine photographs result from many BGS and non-BGS projects from the 1970s onwards.

Metadata

File identifier
c35e3405-9db2-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-07-03
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605648

 
 

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Keywords

MEDIN UK Location (INSPIRE)


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