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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2020, Fugro, Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, Seabed Monitoring Survey</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">series</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=015_b3408a2d-0ef5-41ba-a471-f6b91c435f45</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Equinor UK Ltd contracted Fugro GB Marine to undertake a Geophysical Survey of UK North Sea, located 23 KM off the North Norfolk coast. The survey comprised of the collection of multibeam bathymetry, multi beam backscatter data and side scan sonar data.
The aims of the seabed survey 2020 were as follows;
? Acquisition of MBES, MBBS and SSS data around 88 wind turbine generators (WTG), 2 offshore substation (OSS) locations and export cable route (ECR) route;
? Identify sediment scouring, seabed contacts and features and cable free spanning across both survey sites;
? Compare survey results with 2018 survey findings and interpretations.
The main findings arising from the geophysical survey data can be summarised as follows:
? Seabed depths on the main turbine array site (excluding monopiles and areas of rock dump) ranged from 14.54 m to 23.66 m below LAT;
? Seabed depths observed on the export cables ranged from 3.19 m to 24.40 m below LAT;
? A total of 24 exposures were identified; 15 located on the main site and 9 located on the export cable route;
? On the main site, the 15 exposures were located on the inter-array cable routes C2-D2, K8-J8, K7-J7, and adjacent to the WTG locations K8, J8, J7, I7, H6, G6, F6 and G5; four exposures showed evidence of freespan;
? One exposure was identified on the export cable route B in the southern end of the site; this was 9.6 m in length. Two further sets of exposures were observed in the export cable survey area, believed to relate to the Stratos Telecom cable and another possible unknown cable;
? In total 2056 SSS contacts were identified. Of those 801 were found on the main site and 1255 on the export cable route;
? Eight wrecks were identified on the wind farm site and the export cable route.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20140305</dc:date>
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