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Mary Mowat
British Geological Survey (BGS)
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk
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2011-08-30
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
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2004 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA6 SV Meridian SEA6 Survey B (or Leg 2) - geophysical survey (Irish Sea)
2004-01-01
publication
BGS_SEA_171
British Geological Survey
As part of the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA6) a geophysical survey was undertaken on SV Meridian SEA6 Survey B (or Leg 2) in the Irish Sea between Ireland and the Isle of Man and at the north of Wales.
Multibeam, sidescan sonar and chirp seismic data were collected. 11 processed gridded multibeam files are available. Raw data are also available. 11 sidescan mosaic tif files available. Raw seismic data are also available. Cruise reports are available.
Paul Henni
British Geological Survey (BGS)
+44 (0)131 667 1000
Murchison House, West Mains Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3LA
UK
offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk
custodian
Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
+44 0300 060 4000
+44 (0) 1823 284077
Admiralty Way
London
SW1A 2HD
UK
enquiries@decc.gsi.gov.uk
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NDGO0001
Bathymetry and Elevation
Seismic reflection
Side-scan sonar
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
2011-03-25
revision
Geology
Hydrography
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
crust
sediment
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
2008-06-01
publication
The SEAs data were produced as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme; Crown Copyright, all rights reserved. The DECC SEA must be acknowledged in any maps or publications that make use of the data. All the data files are freely available to the public. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal provides free access to available data and reports which have been produced through the SEA process. The site is run and managed by BGS on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Many files can be downloaded directly from this website. Those that are too large to download can be ordered via the website for postal delivery from BGS. BGS (NERC) has been contracted by DECC to publish SEA datasets on its behalf. All intellectual property rights (including , without limitation, copyrights, database rights and all other rights which subsist or may at any time in the future subsist in the Dataset(s)) in the Dataset(s) ('Intellectual Property Rights') are owned by DECC (formerly the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform). BGS has been authorised by DECC to use SEA datasets for all purposes but on a 'not-for-profit basis'. BGS has been authorised by DECC to pass on SEA datasets to third parties so that they can use them for all purposes but on a 'not-for-profit' basis.
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English
environment
geoscientificInformation
oceans
SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer
2006-01-01
revision
Irish Sea
-6
-4
51.7
55.3
2004-08-24
2004-09-09
http://www.offshore-sea.org.uk/site/index.php
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/sea/home.html
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal
The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal provides free access to available data and reports which have been produced through the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change SEA process. The site is run and managed by BGS on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Many files can be downloaded directly from this website. Those that are too large to download can be ordered via the website for postal delivery from BGS.
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OSAE Offshore Survey and Engineering Gesellschaft fur Seevermessung mbHwho were contracted to perform offshore survey operations as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. Equipment used included a Reson Seabat 8101 multibeam (Swath), Edgetech DF1000 sidescan sonar and Chirp II Cap 6600 3.5kHz sub-bottom seismic profiler.
The cruise report were prepared by A G Judd, Geotek Ltd and a survey report was prepared by OSAE Offshore Survey and Engineering Gesellschaft fur Seevermessung mbH.