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Tarmac Marine Geophysical Records from Aggregate Industry Surveys (1989 - 2004)

Scanned geophysical records, reports and track charts from Tarmac (previously Lafarge Tarmac) aggregate industry marine surveys 1989 to 2004. The geophysical records include boomer seismic and side scan sonar data of varying quality. All records from 44 boxes of paper records have been scanned at BGS and are delivered online along with any additional digital file such as reports or data files. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics.

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Date (Creation)
1989
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607222
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Custodian
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
United Kingdom
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Geology
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • Bathymetry
  • Geological mapping
  • Sea floor
  • MEDIN
  • Marine geology
dataCentre
  • MEDIN
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
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licenceOGL
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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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. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

Date (Revision)
2010

Geographic identifier
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

Date (Revision)
2010

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

Date (Revision)
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

Date (Revision)
2010

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Date (Creation)
1979

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Begin date
1989 After
End date
2004 Before
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N (EPSG::32630)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
  • pdf ()

  • JP2 ()

Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
OnLine resource
Hugo Bank in SE Swansea Bay

One box of Data and Reports from 1990

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Aldeburgh Prospecting Area off East Anglia

Two Boxes of data and charts from 1992 and 1993. Box 1 of 2

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Aldeburgh Prospecting Area off East Anglia

Two boxes of data and charts from 1992 and 1993. Box 2 of 2

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Shipwash area 287 off Orford Ness

One box of Boomer and side scan data with charts and reports from 1991

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Morecambe Bay 331 in the Irish Sea

One box of Reports with bagged 2004 boomer data. Box 1 of 2

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Morecambe Bay 331 in the Irish Sea

One box of 1992 Boomer data. Box 2 of 2

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Turbot Bank and Helwick Bank in the Bristol Channel

One box of data with charts from 1988 and 1990

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SW Cross Sands off Lowestoft;Lowestoft Aggregates Survey

One box of Boomer and side scan data and charts from 1993. Box 1 of 2

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SW Cross Sands off Lowestoft;Lowestoft Aggregates Survey

One box of data Lowestoft Aggregates Survey 1990 Box 2 of 2

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Horsetail 122/2 off Hayling Island

One box of Boomer and Side Scan Rolls from 1995. Box 1 of 2

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Horsetail 122/2 off Hayling Island

One box of Reports from 1995. Box 2 of 2

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Southwold 399 off East Anglia

One box of data reports and charts from 1989

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Sunk 109/2 in the Outer Thames Estuary

One box of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1992

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North Nab Adjustment 433 East of the Isle of Wight

One box of data and charts from 1991

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North Nab 122/3 East of the Isle of Wight

One box containing box files of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1991 and 1995 with reports

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North Nab 122/3 East of the Isle of Wight

One box of Boomer data from 1997. Box 2 of 2

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Area 213 West, East of the Isle of Wight

One box of Bommer and Side Scan data from 1990

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Inner Dowsing & East Dudgeon Shoals off Lincolnshire

Three boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1999,2000 and 2001 with reports. Box 1 of 3

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Inner Dowsing & East Dudgeon Shoals off Lincolnshire

Three boxes of Boomer and Side Scan Data from 1999, 2000 and 2001 with reports. Box 2 of 3

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Inner Dowsing & East Dudgeon Shoals off Lincolnshire

Three boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1999, 2000 and 2001 with reports. Box 3 of 3

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Owers East and West off West Sussex

One box of Boomer and Side Scan data

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Owers North off Littlehampton

One box of Bommer and Side Scan data from 1990

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West Southwold off East Anglia

One box of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1993

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Holm Sands in the Bristol Channel

Two bags of Pinger and Side Scan data from 1992. Box 1 of 2

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Holm Sands in the Bristol Channel

Two bags of Pinger and Side Scan data from 1992. Box 2 of 2

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Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton

Four boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990-91, 1995 and 1998-9. One box of charts and reports. Box 1 of 5 (1995)

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Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton

Four boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990-91, 1995 and 1998-9. One box of charts and reports. Box 2 of 5 (Charts)

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Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton

Four boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990-91, 1995 and 1998-9. One box of charts and reports. Box 3 of 5

OnLine resource
Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton

Four boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990-91, 1995 and 1998-9. One box of charts and reports. Box 4 of 5

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Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton

Four boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990-91, 1995 and 1998-9. One box of charts and reports. Box 5 of 5

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Owers East (A1) off Shoreham

Two boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990. Box 1 of 2

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Owers East (A1) off Shoreham

Two boxes of Boomer and Side Scan data from 1990. Box 2 of 2

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Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data (1992). Box 1 of 11 (1995)

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 2 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 3 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 4 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 5 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 6 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 7 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 8 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 9 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 10 of 11

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 11 of 11 (1992)

OnLine resource
Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel

Nine Boxes of Reports. One box of Boomer and Side Scan Data (1995) and one box of Pinger and Side Scan Sonar data 1992 Box 11 of 11 (1992)

OnLine resource
Miscellaneous charts

24 individual rolls of charts relating to data set areas in this accession

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
No
Statement
Data were collected by Tarmac. Deposited by Andrew Bellamy. Records were scanned at BGS
File identifier
5d015a7e-2838-1eda-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-07
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607222
 
 

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