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Metadata: 2010, EGS (International) Ltd, Blyth NaREC Offshore Demonstration Site, Pre-construction Geophysical Survey
Abstract:
EGS (International) Ltd was contracted to undertake a geophysical survey of an offshore wind farm demonstration site off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland. The marine survey was designed to determine the seabed morphology, shallow geology and any potential geo-hazards/constraints to the development of the demonstration site.During survey operations an area of approximately 46km2 was covered by multi-beam echo-sounder and side-scan sonar systems, and over 350 line km were surveyed with seismic profiling systems (boomer and sparker) as well as a marine magnetometer. Survey operations were completed on the FPV Morven over a total of 15 days from the 15th August 2010 to the 29th August 2010.
Data holder:
National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4296 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2010, EGS (International) Ltd, Blyth NaREC Offshore Demonstration Site, Pre-construction Geophysical Survey |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 0685c814-b082-406c-aa3e-9bd838fdc777 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 4793 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2010-08-15 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2010-08-29 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | EGS (International) Ltd was contracted to undertake a geophysical survey of an offshore wind farm demonstration site off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland. The marine survey was designed to determine the seabed morphology, shallow geology and any potential geo-hazards/constraints to the development of the demonstration site.During survey operations an area of approximately 46km2 was covered by multi-beam echo-sounder and side-scan sonar systems, and over 350 line km were surveyed with seismic profiling systems (boomer and sparker) as well as a marine magnetometer. Survey operations were completed on the FPV Morven over a total of 15 days from the 15th August 2010 to the 29th August 2010. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | EGS (International) Ltd was contracted to undertake a geophysical survey of an offshore wind farm demonstration site off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland. The marine survey was designed to determine the seabed morphology, shallow geology and any potential geohazards/constraints to the development of the demonstration site. Following completion of the marine survey EGS was contracted to undertake an AGDS based classification of multi-beam echo-sounder (MBES) backscatter amplitude data. In total a MBES dataset covering area of approximately 46km^2 was processed and classified using Quester Tangent Corporation's (QTC) SWATHVIEW, a combined MBES and side-scan sonar (SSS) automatic seabed classification software package. Data was processed by QTC Marine at their head office in Saanichton, BC, Canada. This report details the procedure of QTC SWATHVIEW automatic classification and presents a comparison of the classification results and interpreted data from the marine geophysical survey |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pre-Construction engineering |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Acoustic backscatter in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Magnetics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hazards to navigation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Side-scan sonar | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seismic reflection | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geotechnics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary structure | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.24 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.27 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.1 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.53 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd. | |
| Position name | Data Controller | |
| Phone | 01670 359555 | |
| Fax | 01670 359666 | |
| Delivery point | Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth, Northumberland. NE24 1LZ | |
| Postal code | NE24 1LZ | |
| City | Blyth | |
| Administrative area | Northumberland | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| data.controller@narec.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.narec.co.uk | |
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd. | |
| Individual name | Data Controller | |
| Position name | Data Controller | |
| Phone | 01670 359555 | |
| Fax | 01670 359666 | |
| Delivery point | Offshore House, Albert Street, Blyth, Northumberland. NE24 1LZ | |
| Postal code | NE24 1LZ | |
| City | Blyth | |
| Administrative area | Northumberland | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| data.controller@narec.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.narec.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | EGS (International) Ltd | |
| Phone | +44 1420 489 329 | |
| Fax | +44 1420 489 434 | |
| Delivery point | 27 Woolmer Way | |
| Postal code | GU35 9QE | |
| City | Bordon | |
| Administrative area | Hants | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| info@egssurvey.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.egssurvey.com/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/78/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | no conditions apply | |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Various |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2026-04-19 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2014-03-26 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.7 |