Marine sediment particle size analysis (PSA) data from around the UK (1966 onwards)

Results of particle size analysis (PSA) performed on approximately 29,000 seabed sediment samples collected by BGS from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and adjacent deep water areas, mostly using sediment grabs, but also sediment corers on occasions. Measurements were also made on approximately 8,000 downhole sub-samples from shallow cores and boreholes. Data from other UK organisations have also been added to this PSA dataset. The data are held within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) as the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for geology and geophysics. Data are delivered via the 'Offshore samples: particle size analysis data' layer on the BGS GeoIndex.

Date (Creation): 1966

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605646

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

Maintenance and update frequency: irregular Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

MEDIN
Marine sediments
Bottom sampling
Geological data
Sea floor sediments
UK Location (INSPIRE)
Marine geology
Marine surveys

dataCentre

Keywords

NERC_DDC

Access constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Access constraint: some survey data are commercial-in-confidence and are not provided (http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d). Use constraint: this dataset is an aggregate of data collected from different offshore surveys (or cruises) which have different use restrictions. Refer to the terms of use provided in the survey metadata for more information (http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/ConditionsApplyingToAccessAndUse/conditionsUnknown).

Use constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

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 Vector

Denominator: 250000

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Geoscientific information

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

NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

Date (Revision): 2010

Geographic identifier

UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Date (Creation): 1979

Begin date: 1966

Unique resource identifier: ED50 (EPSG::4230)

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

Distribution format

CSV file (.csv) ()
Vector GIS data ()

Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276

OnLine resource: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm

OnLine resource: Offshore theme

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: Seabed sediment samples were collected by BGS during offshore surveys mainly using grabs, but also sediment corers on occasions (vibrocorers, gravity corers). Particle size analysis (PSA) was performed on approximately 29,000 samples. The dried samples were split into gravel, sand and mud fractions using sieves and the weights were recorded. The carbonate content of each fraction was then measured. The grain size of the sand fractions from a subset of the samples has been analysed in more detail at either whole or half phi intervals. For some locations, more detailed measurements were made for both the gravel and sand fractions. Measurements were also made on approximately 8,000 downhole sub-samples from shallow cores and boreholes. Most test results are available digitally, although there are a significant number of legacy results stored on paper. Data are held within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). Core material are managed as part of the BGS materials collection and are available for examination, testing or sub-sampling.