Date ( Creation )

1997

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605650

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Geological surveys , Seismic data , Seismic reflection surveys , Sea floor , Geophysical data , Geophysical surveys , Marine geophysics , Geology , Seismic surveys , Marine seismic surveys , Marine geology , Geological data , 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

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.

Spatial representation type

vector Vector

Denominator

250000

Metadata language

English English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

PACIFIC OCEAN [id=2002258]

 

Date ( Revision )

2010

N

S

E

W

Supplemental Information

The following links provide more details regarding the surveys undertaken by BIRPS, some of its history and publications: http://www.earthscrust.org.au/science/startups/birps-su.html; http://bullard.esc.cam.ac.uk/~birps/; SNYDER, D. & HOBBS, R. 1991. The BIRPS Atlas: Deep Seismic Reflection Profiles Around the British Isles. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wO2LMRXAbSkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0521418283; SNYDER, D. & HOBBS, R. 1999. The BIRPS Atlas II. A Second Decade of Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling. http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/MPB42; All the final stack BIRPS data are on the Virtual Seismic Atlas hosted by Leeds University. The following link lists all the BIRPS profiles ever acquired http://see-atlas.leeds.ac.uk:8080/search/advancedSearch.jsp?N=0&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=BIRPS

Reference system identifier

OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

 

Date ( Revision )

2005

Distribution format

• SEG Y ()

OnLine resource

BGS Homepage  

The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The data were acquired with a single source and a single streamer with a nominal line spacing of 100 m. The data were acquired in September to October 1997 and processed subsequently.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier

c425c9fc-cb69-352c-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML

Metadata language

English English

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2021-01-14

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605650