Date ( Creation )

1996

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605652

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

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

YUCATAN PENINSULA [id=799700]

 

Date ( Creation )

1979

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

Distribution format

• SEG Y ()

OnLine resource

Virtual Seismic Atlas  

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The BIRPS seismic experiment used several seismic techniques to better constrain the impact crater size. High-resolution reflection profiles totalling over 639 kilometres imaged the topography of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary within the crater to determine its structure. Deeper targets of this profiling included: mega-terraces and slumped blocks that collapsed into the excavated transient crater, pre-impact layered sedimentary rocks, and structures within the basement that were disrupted by the catastrophic event. Thirty-three deployments of ocean-bottom seismometers and 99 land-based seismic stations recorded the airgun shots used for the marine profiling to produce closely spaced travel-time records

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier

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Metadata language

English English

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2021-05-12

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605652