Identification info

Metadata Language

English (en)

Dataset Reference Date ()

1993

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605655

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Geophysics
• Marine geology
• Geology
• MEDIN
• Seismic data
• Geological data
• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
• Geological surveys
• Seismic reflection surveys
• Marine seismic surveys
• Sea floor
• Geophysical data
• Geophysical surveys
• Marine geophysics
• Marine surveys
• Seismic surveys

Keywords ()

• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
• MEDIN

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access

otherRestrictions

Other constraints

The copyright of this data is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. Permission is granted for use of these data for research purposes, but no part of these data may be commercially sold, used to provide a value added commercial product nor form part of a commercial data package. Any commercial use of products derived from these data requires prior written permission of the copyright holder. NERC gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the data, or to the material's suitability for any use. NERC accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurrence. The data have been vetted for compliance with relevant standards. NERC accepts no responsibility for maintenance nor technical support. The following acknowledgement must accompany the reproduced NERC materials "Contains Natural Environment Research Council 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

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.

Spatial representation type

vector

Denominator

250000

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Extent

MID NORTH SEA HIGH [id=138700]

Dataset Reference Date ()

1979

N

S

E

W

Begin date

1993-04

End date

1995-07

Additional 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

Code

ED50 (EPSG::4230)

Code

WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

Distribution Information

Data format

• SEG Y ()

Quality Scope

dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

Data was acquired by BIRPS (the British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate). 1112 km of data were acquired, recorded to 26 s two-way time.

Metadata

File identifier

c425c9fc-cb6e-352c-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata Language

English (en)

Resource type

dataset

Metadata Date

2024-09-16

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3