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BIRPS (British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate) Deep Seismic Reflection Data from the UK and North-West European Continental Shelf (1981-1991)

The British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate (BIRPS) shot approximately 12,000 km of deep, multi-channel seismic reflection data around the British Isles from 1981 to 1991 during 14 surveys. Recording depths vary depending on the purpose of the survey but range from 15 s to 40 s two-way time. Raw and processed digital data are archived by BGS who make the data available subject to the cost of reproduction and handling. Seismic sections and other analogue ancillary data are available for some surveys. Gravity and magnetic data may also be available.

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Date (Creation)
1981
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605653
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Natural Enironmental Research Council

not available

Owner

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
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Geological data

  • Geophysical data

  • Marine surveys

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Marine seismic surveys

  • Sea floor

  • MEDIN

  • Geological surveys

  • Marine geophysics

  • Geophysics

  • Seismic data

  • Seismic reflection surveys

  • Geology

  • Geophysical surveys

  • Marine geology

  • Seismic surveys

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

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
The copyright of this data is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. Permission is granted for use of these data for research purposes, but no part of these data may be commercially sold, used to provide a value added commercial product nor form part of a commercial data package. Any commercial use of products derived from these data requires prior written permission of the copyright holder. NERC gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the data, or to the material's suitability for any use. NERC accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurrence. The data have been vetted for compliance with relevant standards. NERC accepts no responsibility for maintenance nor technical support. The following acknowledgement must accompany the reproduced NERC materials "Contains Natural Environment Research Council materials ©NERC [year]"
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.

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
250000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
BALTIC SEA [id=2002255]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND [id=2001428]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) (aggregate) [id=2002274]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTHWEST EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121700]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

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Begin date
1981
End date
1991
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

Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Unique resource identifier
ED50 (EPSG::4230)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
Name Version

SEG Y

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://see-atlas.leeds.ac.uk:8080/search/advancedSearch.jsp?N=0&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=BIRPS

Virtual Seismic Atlas

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 British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate (BIRPS) shot approximately 12,000 km of deep, multi-channel seismic reflection data around the British Isles from 1981 to 1991 during 14 surveys. Recording depths vary depending on the purpose of the survey but range from 15 s to 40 s two-way time.

Metadata

File identifier
c425c9fc-cb6c-352c-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-07
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/13605653

 
 

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Keywords

MEDIN UK Location (INSPIRE)


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