BIRPS (British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate) Chicxulub seismic data (1996)
BIRPS (the British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate) acquired almost 650 km of offshore seismic data and 300 km of onshore seismic data over the Chicxulub impact crater. The data were recorded to 18 s two-way time.
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- Date (Creation)
- 1996
Owner
Natural Enironmental Research Council
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
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SWINDON
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WILTSHIRE
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Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
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EDINBURGH
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LOTHIAN
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EH14 4AP
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United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Point of contact
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
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Geology
- MEDIN
- Geological data
- Sea floor
- Geophysics
- Geological surveys
- Marine surveys
- Seismic data
- Seismic reflection surveys
- Geophysical surveys
- Marine geology
- Marine geophysics
- Marine seismic surveys
- Seismic surveys
- data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
- Geophysical data
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- NERC_DDC
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- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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- Date (Creation)
- 1979
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- Begin date
- 1996-09-25
- End date
- 1996-10-03
- Supplemental Information
- The following links provide more details regarding the surveys undertaken by BIRPS, some of its history and publications: http://www.earthscrust.org.au/science/startups/birps-su.html; http://bullard.esc.cam.ac.uk/~birps/; SNYDER, D. & HOBBS, R. 1991. The BIRPS Atlas: Deep Seismic Reflection Profiles Around the British Isles. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wO2LMRXAbSkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0521418283; SNYDER, D. & HOBBS, R. 1999. The BIRPS Atlas II. A Second Decade of Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling. http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/MPB42; All the final stack BIRPS data are on the Virtual Seismic Atlas hosted by Leeds University. The following link lists all the BIRPS profiles ever acquired http://see-atlas.leeds.ac.uk:8080/search/advancedSearch.jsp?N=0&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=BIRPS
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
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Distributor
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
- OnLine resource
- Virtual Seismic Atlas
- 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
- The BIRPS seismic experiment used several seismic techniques to better constrain the impact crater size. High-resolution reflection profiles totalling over 639 kilometres imaged the topography of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary within the crater to determine its structure. Deeper targets of this profiling included: mega-terraces and slumped blocks that collapsed into the excavated transient crater, pre-impact layered sedimentary rocks, and structures within the basement that were disrupted by the catastrophic event. Thirty-three deployments of ocean-bottom seismometers and 99 land-based seismic stations recorded the airgun shots used for the marine profiling to produce closely spaced travel-time records
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- c425c9fc-cb6b-352c-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-10-03
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
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EDINBURGH
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LOTHIAN
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EH14 4AP
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United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605652
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