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Beaches in Wales are important for several reasons, including as a major 'attractor' of relevance to the tourist industry and local, regional and national economies. The Welsh Coast is vitally important to the tourism industry in Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to provide details of the types and properties of sediment on Welsh beaches to inform the Beach Nourishment in Wales Phase 2 project. 10 beaches were chosen during the Beach Nourishment in Wales Pilot Study project which included both sand and mixed sand/shingle systems located around the coasts of North, West and South Wales and which reflect varying relative importance of touristic / recreational, flood and erosion risk management and nature conservation interests.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
This data is jointly owned by NRW the Welsh Government, Environment Agency Wales, the Crown Estates and the British Marine Aggregates Producers Association. There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2023 |
| 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. | Beach Sediment Particle Size for 10 Welsh Beaches (Collected 2010/2011) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Maint gronynnau gwaddodion ar gyfer 10 o draethau Cymru (casglwyd 2010/2011) |
| 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. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313134363332 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 114632 |
| 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 | 2010-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-12-31 |
| 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. | Beaches in Wales are important for several reasons, including as a major 'attractor' of relevance to the tourist industry and local, regional and national economies. The Welsh Coast is vitally important to the tourism industry in Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to provide details of the types and properties of sediment on Welsh beaches to inform the Beach Nourishment in Wales Phase 2 project. 10 beaches were chosen during the Beach Nourishment in Wales Pilot Study project which included both sand and mixed sand/shingle systems located around the coasts of North, West and South Wales and which reflect varying relative importance of touristic / recreational, flood and erosion risk management and nature conservation interests. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Samples containing little or no gravel were dried and homogenised. Particle size analysis of the gravel fraction was determined by dry sieving at 'half phi intervals' on 300 mm diameter mesh sieves. Particle size analysis of the sand fraction was determined by dry sieving at 'quarter phi intervals' on 200 mm diameter mesh sieves. Where samples contained a significant quantity of mud, samples were initially wet sieved, and particle size analysis of the mud fraction performed by laser diffraction. All data were exported to the GRADISTAT (Blott and Pye, 2001) computer program to calculate the sample statistics. Samples were collected during 2010 and 2011. The 10 beaches selected in Wales includes Talacre, Abergele-Pensarn, Traeth Crugan, Morfa Dyffryn, Broadwater-Aberdovey, Tenby North Beach, Port Eynon Bay, NW Swansea Bay, Baglan-Aberavon, Porthcawl Data collected by professionals using standard methodologies. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | 10 beaches were chosen during the Beach Nourishment in Wales Pilot Study project (contract no 211 MFG 09) (CCW Science Report no 928) Beach sediment particle size analysis for 10 Welsh beaches for the 'Re-building Welsh Beaches to Deliver Multiple Benefits' (contract no 249 MFSG) (also known as - Beach Nourishment in Wales Phase 2 project). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.513067 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.608865 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.240829 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.777741 |
| Regional sea | Wales (WLS) | |
| 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 | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
| Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
| Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
| 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 | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
| Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
| Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
| Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Atkins Ltd | |
| Phone | 02920485159 | |
| Delivery point | Atkins Ltd, Longcross Court | |
| Postal code | CF24 0AD | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | This data is jointly owned by NRW the Welsh Government, Environment Agency Wales, the Crown Estates and the British Marine Aggregates Producers Association. There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | © CNC/NRW and EAW, Welsh Government, Crown Estates, BMAPA 2010 There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and the copyright of NRW/ (e.g.) Forestry Commission and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source. |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents |
| 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. | 2010-05-31 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2010-05-31 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-09-21 |
| 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 2.3.8 |
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