abc9f747-5487-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98 English dataset British Geological Survey (BGS) +44 (0)131 667 1000 +44 (0)131 668 4140 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South Edinburgh EH14 4AP UK enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-17 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 www.epsg.org 2005 revision urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Geophysical, Multibeam, Sampling, Photo and Video Survey 2008/8_JNCC: Mid Irish Sea and Solan Bank (18/May/2008 to 29/May/2008) CEND 11/08 2008-05-29 publication BGS_CMD_REF437 British Geological Survey The JNCC marine survey took place in May 2008 within the Submarine structures in the mid-Irish Sea Area of Search (AoS) and the Solan Bank AoS on board the RV CEFAS Endeavour. The aim was identifying habitats listed under Annex I of the EC Habitats Directive; primarily Submarine structures made by leaking gases in the former AoS and Reef habitat in the latter. Multibeam bathymetry was collected using a Kongsberg EM3000D system and sidescan sonar data which was collected using a Benthos SIS 1624 sidescan sonar. Ground-truthing techniques included towed & drop down video/stills and Hamon grab sampling. Rock dredge sampling was also used on a few stations to gather samples of epibiota from hard substrata to assist with the taxonomic ID of the video & still images. The geology and geophysics component of the data are archived at the British Geological Survey (BGS) MEDIN Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Biological and bathymetry data are archived at DASSH and UKHO respectively. For more information see http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4732. Technical details of the survey are contained in JNCC report No. 430, http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5347 and BGS subsample analysis report CR/09/51. JNCC Contract No: F90-01-1200. British Geological Survey (BGS) +44 (0)131 667 1000 +44 (0)131 668 4140 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South Edinburgh EH14 4AP UK enquiries@bgs.ac.uk custodian Joint Nature Conservation Committee offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk originator notPlanned NDGO0001 Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication soil and sediment crust SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131) 2010-05-18 revision Lithology Side-scan sonar SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021) 2011-07-27 revision otherRestrictions otherRestrictions otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. 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NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused. unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced JNCC materials "Contains Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) materials ©JNCC [year]" grid 5 English geoscientificInformation BGS Gazetteer 2026-04-17 revision Sutherland BGS Gazetteer 2026-04-17 revision Rona BGS Gazetteer 2026-04-17 revision Anglesey The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation IRISH SEA Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation Scottish Continental Shelf Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) -5.3163 -4.8698 53.3400 59.2634 2008-05-18 2008-05-29 British Geological Survey (BGS) +44 (0)131 667 1000 +44 (0)131 668 4140 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South Edinburgh EH14 4AP UK enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=2008/8_JNCC WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link BGS Offshore Geoindex GeoIndex allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry through the website. search dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of unknown theme 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Geophysical equipment types used included: Sidescan Sonar. Sample equipment types used included: Dredge: Rock and Grab: Amon or Hamon. CEFAS was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Joint Nature Conservation Committee. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. 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