Marine Aggregate Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geology and Geophysics Survey Data (2003 to 2010)

The Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) commissioned a series of Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) surveys via the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) to develop understanding of submerged habitats and heritage in Britain. The aim was to acquire high quality data to enable broad scale characterisation of the seabed habitats, their biological communities and potential historic environment assets. The surveys were conducted in the following areas - Outer Bristol Chanel (2003 – 2005), Eastern English Channel (2005 – 2006), South Coast (2007 - 2010), Outer Thames (2007), East Coast (2008 - 2009), Humber (2008 - 2009). The Geology and Geophysics component of the data are archived by British Geological Survey (BGS) in the Marine Environmental data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. The data includes bathymetry, sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, magnetometer, seabed video and photographs, Particle Size Analysis (PSA) data, vibrocore (logs and images). Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. Additional data are available on request enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. Other data types have been archived with the other MEDIN DACs as appropriate (UKHO DAC for bathymetry data and DASSH DAC for biological data). The MALSF ceased operation at the end of March 2011 (http://www.marinealsf.org.uk/).

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Enquiries (British Geological Survey) - Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Aggregate Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geology and Geophysics Survey Data (2003 to 2010). https://data-search.nerc.ac.uk:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c4291735-b029-3e0e-e044-0003ba9b0d98

Simple

Date ( Creation ): 2003

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605658

Originator

Marine Environment Protection Fund

United Kingdom

Owner

Marine Aggregate Sustainability Fund

United Kingdom

Custodian

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

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

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

0115 936 3142

0115 936 3276

Maintenance and update frequency: notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Seismic reflection surveys , Marine seismic surveys , Geophysical surveys , Gravity surveys , Geology , Sea floor , Marine geophysics , Bathymetry , Marine magnetic surveys , Magnetic data , Sampling , Marine geology , Gravity data , Core drilling , Geological surveys , Marine gravity surveys , Marine surveys , Seismic surveys , Seismic data , Magnetic surveys , Geophysics , Geophysical data , Geological data

Keywords

NERC_DDC

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Denominator: 50000

Metadata language: English English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

Date ( Revision ): 2010

Geographic identifier

CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

Date ( Revision ): 2010

Geographic identifier

DOVER STRAIT [id=2001363]

Date ( Revision ): 2010

Geographic identifier

ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

Date ( Revision ): 2010

Geographic identifier

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

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

NORTHWEST EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121700]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Geographic identifier

UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Reference system identifier

OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Date ( Revision ): 2005

Distribution format

Varies by survey depending on data type. Standard data exchange formats are used. ()

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: Offshore GeoIndex

OnLine resource: Offshore Theme

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Other: dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: false

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: false

Statement: The Regional Environmental Characterisations (RECs) were conducted by various organisations in the following areas - South Coast (2007 - 2010) Outer Thames (2007-2009) East Coast (2008 - 2011) Humber (2008 - 2011). A number of surveys were conducted for each REC project for biological, geological, sediment characterization. Data, collected using various techniques, was interpreted and final reports and seabed maps produced (available at www.marinealsf.org.uk). Data were provided to the MEDIN Data Archive Centres including BGS, DASSH and UKHO for long term archiving and are available from these.