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Metadata: Wessex Archaeology (WSX) Geophysical Survey WESSEX1: (11/Jun/2003 to 26/Jun/2003)
Abstract:
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to undertake a project entitled ‘Wrecks on the Seabed: Assessment, Evaluation and Recording’. The project was supported by that part of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) distributed by English Heritage. The specific aim of this project was to provide industry, regulators and contractors with guidance on the archaeological assessment, evaluation and recording of wreck sites. ‘Assessment, evaluation and recording’ are taken to include various methods of archaeological investigation that are intended to improve the understanding, preservation and appreciation of the historic environment. The term ‘wreck site’ is taken to include the remains on the seabed of both watercraft and aircraft. As part of a variation of this project Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to undertake a geophysical survey of four designated historic wrecks (A1 submarine, Hazardous, Invincible and Mary Rose) which focussed on the development and testing of methodology for rapid in situ recording using geophysical techniques. The geophysical survey included the use of multibeam echosounder, magnetometer and sub bottom profiler. The survey was undertaken from the 12.5 m Aquastar survey vessel Emu Surveyor belonging to Emu Ltd between 11th and 26th June 2003. The geology and geophysics component of the data are archived at British Geological Survey (BGS) MEDIN Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data were also provided to other archive centres as appropriate.
Data holder:
British Geological Survey (BGS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 7132 |
| 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. | Wessex Archaeology (WSX) Geophysical Survey WESSEX1: (11/Jun/2003 to 26/Jun/2003) |
| 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. | c5a7ef2f-f8c3-066c-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | BGS_CMD_REF651 |
| 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. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003-06-11 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003-06-26 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 5 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
| 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. | Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to undertake a project entitled ‘Wrecks on the Seabed: Assessment, Evaluation and Recording’. The project was supported by that part of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) distributed by English Heritage. The specific aim of this project was to provide industry, regulators and contractors with guidance on the archaeological assessment, evaluation and recording of wreck sites. ‘Assessment, evaluation and recording’ are taken to include various methods of archaeological investigation that are intended to improve the understanding, preservation and appreciation of the historic environment. The term ‘wreck site’ is taken to include the remains on the seabed of both watercraft and aircraft. As part of a variation of this project Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to undertake a geophysical survey of four designated historic wrecks (A1 submarine, Hazardous, Invincible and Mary Rose) which focussed on the development and testing of methodology for rapid in situ recording using geophysical techniques. The geophysical survey included the use of multibeam echosounder, magnetometer and sub bottom profiler. The survey was undertaken from the 12.5 m Aquastar survey vessel Emu Surveyor belonging to Emu Ltd between 11th and 26th June 2003. The geology and geophysics component of the data are archived at British Geological Survey (BGS) MEDIN Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data were also provided to other archive centres as appropriate. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Geophysical equipment types used included: Magnetometer and Surface Tow Boomer. Emu Ltd was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Wessex Archaeology. The multibeam service provider Netsurvey Ltd. was commissioned to setup and carry out the multibeam sonar survey. The echosounder system used was a Reson SeaBat 8125 multibeam echosounder system with 240 dynamically focussed 0.5º beams, a swath coverage of 120º and a reported depth resolution of 6mm. Components of the system comprised the sonar head itself, a sonar processor unit, sound velocity probes and a dual processor PC with increased hard disk capacity running Reson 6042 acquisition and survey software. The vessel movement was compensated for with an Applanix POS MV (Position Orientation System for Marine Vessels), utilising two Novatel GPS antennas mounted on the A frame of the vessel at the stern to deliver heading and motion information, a gyrocompass for heading information, and a motion reference unit to correct heave, pitch and roll. Positioning was provided by a LEICA SR530 24-channel dual-frequency survey receiver with on-board RTK. A GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) compatible mobile phone was used to receive differential corrections from a base station placed at surveyed locations ashore. The archived data is post-processed. Processing included cleaning of the data to remove bad points and application of tidal parameters. A Geometrics G-881 caesium vapour magnetometer was used for the magnetometer survey and the data were recorded in Maglog software. This was then exported as *.txt format files. Layback positions have been applied to the data and do not need to be added during processing. For the sub-bottom profiler survey an Applied Acoustics AA200 boomer plate was used mounted on a CAT200 catamaran. The AA Capacitor Charging Unit CSP1500 provided the energy for the boomer plate. An Octopus 360 recording unit received all data from the hydrophone and annotated positioning information in the form of fixes every 10 m along the line rather than a unique position for each sounding. Data for archive includes tiff images of the boomer data lines and an associated navigation text file with position for each fix with all offset and layback data applied. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NDGO0001 |
| Keyword title | NERC OAI Harvesting | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
| Keyword title | Geology | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | soil and sediment |
| Keyword title | soil and sediment | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | crust |
| Keyword title | crust | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Magnetics |
| Keyword title | Magnetics | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Two-dimensional seismic reflection |
| Keyword title | Two-dimensional seismic reflection | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.7819 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.8297 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.7222 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.1291 |
| Regional sea | Wight | |
| Eastern Channel | ||
| ENGLISH CHANNEL | ||
| 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 | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.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 | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Wessex Archaeology | |
| offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=WESSEX1 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | BGS Offshore Geoindex |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | search |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 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. | unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced Wessex Archaeology materials "Contains Wessex Archaeology materials ©Wessex Archaeology [year]" |
| 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. | 2003-06-26 |
| 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. | 2026-04-17 |
| 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 2.3.5 |