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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2011/4 QICS: Ardmucknish Bay (14/Jun/2011 to 17/Jun/2011)
This marine multibeam and geophysical survey took place in June 2011 in the Ardmucknish Bay area on board the BGS survey vessel RV White Ribbon. The survey was carried out by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in collaboration with Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and National Oceanography Centre (SAMS). QICS (Quantifying and monitoring potential ecosystem impacts of geological carbon storage) was a scientific research project funded by NERC. The purpose was to collect the data necessary to identify a potential directional drilling route from shore to a submerged gas release point. Sea floor bathymetry data were collected using an EM3002D. Sub bottom seismic profiling data were collected using a surface tow boomer. These data are archived by BGS. Upon completion of the QICS study area additional seismic profiles were collected in the neighbourhood. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Report of Survey. Webpage www.bgs.ac.uk/QICS/.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2011-06-17
- Identifier
- British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF635
Custodian
British Geological Survey (BGS)
+44 (0)131 668 4140
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
Edinburgh
,
EH14 4AP
,
UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned Not planned
- Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
- 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 NERC materials "Contains Natural Environment Research Council materials ©NERC [year]"
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- grid Grid
- Distance
- 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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Argyll
- Date (Revision)
- 2023-06-27
- Geographic identifier
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Minches & Western Scotland
- Date (Creation)
- 2009-06-18
- Geographic identifier
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INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND
- Date (Creation)
- 1954-01-01
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- Begin date
- 2011-06-14
- End date
- 2011-06-17
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Date (Revision)
- 2005
- Distribution format
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Distributor
British Geological Survey (BGS)
+44 (0)131 668 4140
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
Edinburgh
,
EH14 4AP
,
UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
- OnLine resource
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BGS Offshore Geoindex
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HTTP
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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.
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- Geophysical equipment types used included: Surface Tow Boomer. British Geological Survey was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Natural Environment Research Council. 18 seismic lines were completed over the drill site using a surface tow boomer to visualise the bedrock formation and sediment layers. Multibeam lines were also run over the site to verify a previous diver survey carried out in the area assessing any potential seabed obstructions using a Kongsberg EM3002D Multibeam Echo sounder. There were issues with multibeam calibration throughout the survey, 11 lines were completed to show the seabed, however they are to be treated with caution as depths are not necessarily representative. See the Cruise Report for more information.
- File identifier
- b98fa119-9cb9-5de1-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-06-27
- Metadata standard name
- MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
- Metadata standard version
- Version 2.3.5
Point of contact
British Geological Survey (BGS)
+44 (0)131 668 4140
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
Edinburgh
,
EH14 4AP
,
UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
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