Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2012/6_DEFRA: Isle of May (24/May/2012 to 11/Jun/2012)

This marine geophysical, multibeam and seabed imaging survey took place in May/June 2012 in the area of Isle of May, Firth of Forth on board the RV White Ribbon. The survey was carried out by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and was commissioned by DEFRA to investigate best practice, and innovative methodologies for the mapping and monitoring of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Sea floor bathymetry data were collected using a Kongsberg EM3002D multibeam system. Sidescan sonar data was also collected. Photos of the seabed were taken using a drop camera and video was recorded using an ROV. These data are archived by BGS.

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Date (Publication)
2012-06-11
Citation identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF688
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey (BGS)

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Custodian

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)
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No restrictions, a copyright acknowledgement is required and permission from any third party for the release of the data has been obtained. Inclusion of any third party data will determine the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
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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.

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unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced British Geological Survey materials "Contains British Geological Survey materials ©UKRI [year]"

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Grid
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Tay-Forth

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-23 revision

Geographic identifier
Northern North Sea

Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA

The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

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Begin date
2012-05-24
End date
2012-06-11
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

www.epsg.org 2005 revision

Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

    		Distributor
    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name

    HTTP

         		http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=2012/6_DEFRA

    BGS Offshore Geoindex
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    Dataset

    Conformance result

    Title

    INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of unknown theme
    Date (Publication)
    2011
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification
    Pass
    No
    Statement

    British Geological Survey was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.

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    File identifier
    d093b99b-6458-2560-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2025-05-23
    Metadata standard name

    MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
    Metadata standard version

    Version 2.3.5
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

    		Point of contact
     
     

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