Identification info

Metadata Language

English (en)

Dataset Reference Date ()

1966

Identifier

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

Maintenance and update frequency

irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Marine sediments
• Sea floor sediments
• Geological data
• Bottom sampling
• Marine geology
• Marine surveys

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access

otherRestrictions

Other constraints

licenceOGL

Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

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

• Geoscientific information

Extent

ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

Dataset Reference Date ()

2010

Extent

IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

Dataset Reference Date ()

2010

Extent

NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

Dataset Reference Date ()

2010

Extent

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

Dataset Reference Date ()

2010

Extent

UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Dataset Reference Date ()

1979

Begin date

1966

 

Code

ED50 (EPSG::4230)

Code

WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

Distribution Information

Data format

• CSV ()

• Excel ()

• GIS ()

 

Quality Scope

dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

Seabed sediment samples were collected by BGS during offshore surveys mainly using grabs, but also sediment corers on occasions (vibrocores, gravity cores). Particle size analysis was performed on approximately 29,000 samples. The dried samples were split into gravel, sand and mud fractions using seives and the weights 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 also. Measurements were also made on approximately 8000 downhole sub-samples from shallow cores and boreholes. Most test results are available digitally, although there is still a significant amount of legacy results stored on paper. Data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are available for examination, testing or subsampling.

Metadata

File identifier

c35e3405-9db0-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata Language

English (en)

Resource type

dataset

Metadata Date

2023-12-01

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3