aba64100-c17b-4de3-e044-0003ba6f30bd English dataset Mary Mowat British Geological Survey (BGS) +44 (0)131 667 1000 +44 (0)131 668 4140 offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2011-08-30 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2006 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA7 sample analysis - Physical/chemical analysis of marine sediment samples collected during the SEA7 survey August/September 2005 (NE Atlantic west of Scotland) 2006-04-01 publication BGS_SEA_164 British Geological Survey This report present the data obtained from the analysis of sediment samples collected during survey operations for the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment programme (SEA7), carried out in August/September 2005. Samples were analysed for: Total organic carbon and nitrogen; Particle size analysis; Hydrocarbons and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; Trace and heavy metals. A spreadsheet of data is included. 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 originator notPlanned Delimited Documents NDGO0001 Carbon concentrations in sediment Concentration of organic matter in sediments Concentration of other organic contaminants in sediment samples Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks Nitrogen concentrations in sediment Sediment grain size parameters SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Geology 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. 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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. intellectualPropertyRights 5 English environment geoscientificInformation oceans SeaVoX salt and fresh water body gazetteer 2006-01-01 revision North Atlantic Ocean -24 -5 54 60.2 2005-08-01 2005-09-01 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. download dataset Sample were collected in August/September 2005 and were held in storage until the analysis in January 2006 by Environment and Resource Technology (Scotland) Ltd as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme. Samples were analysed for: Total organic carbon and nitrogen - elemental analyser (Dumas method) after removal of Carbonate; Particle size analysis including carbonate and organic matter - by sieving/laser diffraction (grain size), weight loss on acid treatment (carbonate) and loss-on-ignition (organic matter); Hydrocarbons and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; Trace and heavy metals (PAHs; 2 to 6 ring) - by ultrasonic extraction followed by clean-up and GC (hydrocarbons) and GC-MS (PAHs) instrumental analysis; total barium by alkal fusion technique; Trace and heavy metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, V and Zn) - by aqua-regia digest.