Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: North St Georges Channel: Multibeam and Sidescan Sonar survey nsgc_1_2012: Irish Sea (24/02/2012 to 31/03/2012)
Full coverage multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter to client specifications, namely International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a standard, WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by RTG Global Positioning System (RTG-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD), cross lines run at 20 times spacing of main lines. High and low frequency side scan sonar data collected in 2 locations (SCC1 & SCC2) Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.
dataset
BGS Offshore Geoindex
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British Geological Survey
:
BGS_CMD_REF998
English
Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131):
Free:
-5.3409,
53.1621,
-4.6178,
53.6889
Anglesey, Irish Sea, IRISH SEA
publication: 2012-03-31
2012-02-24
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2012-03-31
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AP,
UK
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email:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role: custodian
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
email:
offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk
Role: originator
Data Quality
Osiris Projects was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Data gathered by RV Prince Madog and SV Bibby Tethra on Osiris cruise C12004. Acquisition software = QINSy 8 and SonarPro. Processing software = QINSy 8 & Fledermaus, Coda Geosurvey and IXSEA DELPH. Acquisition hardware = Reson 7125 (@ 200khz) MBES, Klein 3000 SSS and C-NAV 3050 (RTG) GPS.
Minimal Distance:
5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AP,
UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role: point of contact
2024-04-24