Wessex Archaeology (WSX) Geophysical Survey WESSEX3A: (02/Aug/2004 to 06/Aug/2004)

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Historic Scotland to undertake a geophysical survey of the Designated Sites of the Blessing of Burntisland, HMS Campania: designated wreck sites located within the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The work was undertaken as part of the contract for Archaeological Services in Relation to the Protection of Wrecks Act (1973). Wessex Archaeology survey operations took place between 2nd and 6th August 2004. All surveying took place off the survey vessel owned and operated by St Andrews University. This is Crown Copyright Data collected and processed by Wessex Archaeology. The geophysical survey included the use of sidescan sonar and sub bottom profiler. The geology and geophysics component of the data are archived at British Geological Survey (BGS) MEDIN Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data were also provided to other archive centres as appropriate.

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Date (Publication)
2004-08-06
Identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF654
Custodian
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
Originator
  Wessex Archaeology
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Keywords
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021)
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions No restrictions, a copyright acknowledgement is required and permission from any third party for the release of the data has been obtained. Inclusion of any third party data will determine the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
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.
Use limitation
unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced Historic Scotland materials "Contains Historic Scotland materials ©Crown Copyright [year]"
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Tay-Forth

Date (Revision)
2024-10-05

Geographic identifier
Northern North Sea

Date (Creation)
2009-06-18

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA

Date (Creation)
1954-01-01

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Begin date
2004-08-02
End date
2004-08-06
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Date (Revision)
2005

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Distributor
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
OnLine resource
BGS Offshore Geoindex ( HTTP )

GeoIndex allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry through the website.

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dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Geophysical equipment types used included: Pinger and Sidescan Sonar. The survey was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology. Navigation data were recorded in WGS 84. A Klein 3000 digital sidescan sonar system was used for the survey. This sidescan sonar system collects data at both 100 kHz and 500 kHz simultaneously and the 500 kHz data was processed to enable the identification of anomalies. Survey lines were run at 45-metre spacing throughout the survey area with a range setting of 50 metres. This ensured data coverage of greater than 200%. The data was collected digitally on a workstation using Klein SonarPro software, which stored the data in a suitable format for post-processing. A Geoacoustics pinger source was used for the sub-bottom profile. This system consists of a source and a receiver transducer housed within a single unit. The source transducer generates an acoustic pulse downwards into the water column. The broad band frequency of this acoustic pulse is approximately centred on the 5 kHz frequency.
File identifier
c5a7ef2f-f8c6-066c-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-10-05
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.5
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
 
 

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