c425c9fc-cb6c-352c-e044-0003ba9b0d98 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 131 667 1000 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-26 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605653 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) ED50 (EPSG::4230) WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) BIRPS (British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate) Deep Seismic Reflection Data from the UK and North-West European Continental Shelf (1981-1991) 1981 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605653 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. Natural Enironmental Research Council Polaris House, North Star Avenue SWINDON WILTSHIRE SN2 1EU not available owner Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available custodian Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor notPlanned https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/c425c9fc-cb6c-352c-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Geological data Geophysical data Marine surveys Marine seismic surveys Sea floor Geological surveys Marine geophysics Geophysics Seismic data Seismic reflection surveys Geology Geophysical surveys Marine geology Seismic surveys BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision UK Location (INSPIRE) MEDIN dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions The copyright of this data is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. 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This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear. vector 250000 English geoscientificInformation British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision BALTIC SEA [id=2002255] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision CELTIC SEA [id=2001353] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND [id=2001428] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision IRISH SEA [id=2001430] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision NORTH SEA [id=2001452] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) (aggregate) [id=2002274] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation NORTHWEST EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121700] British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701] -16.0000 24.0000 48.0000 65.0000 1981 1991 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 SEG-Y witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://www.bgs.ac.uk/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link BGS Homepage The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services. information dataset dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false 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 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false 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.