As part of the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA7) a geophysical survey was undertaken from SeaTrax Xplorer in the vicinity of Portland Bill. Multibeam and sidescan sonar data were collected.
dataset
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal
- The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal provides free access to available data and reports which have been produced through the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change SEA process. The site is run and managed by BGS on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Many files can be downloaded directly from this website. Those that are too large to download can be ordered via the website for postal delivery from BGS.
Murchison House, West Mains Road,
Edinburgh,
EH9 3LA,
UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email:
offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk
Role: custodian
Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Admiralty Way,
London,
SW1A 2HD,
UK
tel: +44 0300 060 4000
email:
enquiries@decc.gsi.gov.uk
Role: originator
Data Quality
Emu Ltd carried out the survey using a Multibeam Echosounder and Sidescan Sonar as part of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme.