Marine Geophysical and Seismic Data from around the UK (1966 Onwards)
The British Geological Survey hold a collection of data recorded during marine geophysical surveys which includes digital data and analogue records. These data result from approximately 350,000 line kilometres of multi-instrument geophysical survey lines. The data include seismic, sonar, magnetic, gravity, echo sounder, multibeam bathymetry and navigation data. The seismic data are mainly for airgun, sparker, boomer and pinger. The data were primarily collected by BGS and the collection also includes additional third party data. The data are primarily from the UKCS (United Kingdom Continental Shelf). The data are stored within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. The majority of legacy geophysical paper records are available as scanned images viewable via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. Other records can be scanned on request. Older records are of variable quality. Data not yet available online including segy are available on request
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk.
The data are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical, geophysical and geological studies. Reference: Fannin, NGT. (1989) Offshore Investigations 1966-87. British Geological Survey Technical Report WB/89/2, British Geological Survey.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1966
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Marine surveys
- Marine geology
- Geophysical data
- Geology
- Seismic data
- Marine seismic surveys
- Absorbents
- Marine geophysics
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- licenceOGL
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- 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
- vector
- Denominator
- 250000
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Extent
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ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010
- Extent
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IRISH SEA [id=2001430]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010
- Extent
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NORTH SEA [id=2001452]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010
- Extent
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NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010
- Extent
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UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1979
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- Begin date
- 1966
- Code
- ED50 (EPSG::4230)
- Code
- WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution Information
- Data format
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TIF
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SEG-Y
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XTF
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coda
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JP2
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TIF
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- Resource Locator
- Offshore GeoIndex
- Resource Locator
- Offshore theme
- Resource Locator
- Offshore (cultural data) theme
- Resource Locator
- Offshore GeoIndex
- Resource Locator
- Offshore theme
- Resource Locator
- Offshore (cultural data) theme
- Quality Scope
- dataset
- Other
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Degree
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Degree
- Statement
- Data were collected during marine geophysical surveys using equipment such as airgun, sparker, boomer, pinger, gravimeter, magnetometer, sidescan sonar, multibeam echosounder. This dataset has been managed by BGS over a considerable period of time. Legacy paper records (data) from earlier surveys have undergone scanning and/or transcription to digital formats, with QC of the information captured and migration to the BGS Database System. Some outstanding records are still to be scanned. More recent data is captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database and network file system. Information is delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm.
Metadata
- File identifier
- c35db9dd-2a09-6c2d-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-12-06
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000