| id |
485 |
| cruise_area |
CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Southern North Sea, Offshore 1:250k: East Anglia, Flemish Bight, Indefatigable, Spurn, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: NORTH SEA
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| end_date |
2009-02-18 00:00:00
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| cruise |
2008/5_MEPF
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| abstract |
This BGS led survey, conducted by Gardline took place between Oct2008 and Mar2009 in 3 phases. The first 2 phases were conducted aboard the Gardline MV Vigilant. The first phase was completed due to the advent of adverse whether. The second phase completed the deeper water portion of the survey Information from the first two phases is held under Survey Number 2008_5_MEPF. A 3rd phase was planned and completed on short notice in the shallow water parts of the survey area aboard the MV Confidante. Information from this third phase is held under Survey Number 2009_7_MEPF. The aim of the Humber Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) survey, (unded through the Marine Environment Protection Fund of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) was to acquire data, of the highest quality and resolution possible, to enable broadscale
characterisation of the seabed habitat, associated biological communities and potential historic environmental assets within the region. The project was managed by the British Geological Survey (BGS), who largely designed the geophysical survey programme, with archaeological direction being supplied by the University of Birmingham and the environmental programme being directed by Marine Ecological Surveys (MES). The “geophysical” and subsequent “ground truthing” field work was carried out by Gardline Geosurveys under the guidance of the other partners. This report and the accompanying similar volume for the ground truthing phase, describe the field operations. The aims of these preliminary phases of the project were to provide data for other interested parties to
process. Geophysical data collected includes: sub-tow (Suface tow on Confidante), Side-scan Sonar, Multibeam bathymetry, magnetometer. Technical details of the survey are contained in the Gardline Operations Report 7776/Ops/Geo.
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| end_date_est |
Real
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| cruise_alias |
Gardline 7776
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| additional_info |
For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
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| confidentiality |
unclassified (open file)
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| restitle |
Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2008/5_MEPF: MALSF Humber Regional Environmental Characterisation Project, Southern North Sea (14/Oct/2008 to 18/Feb/2009)
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| nav_equip_type |
Differential GPS
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| accessuse_restric |
unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement
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| ship |
MV Vigilant
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| geophys_equip_type |
Magnetometer, Multibeam, Sidescan Sonar, Surface Tow Boomer
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| terms_of_use |
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced MALSF materials "Contains Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) materials ©Crown Copyright [year]"
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| client |
Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund
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| samp_equip_type |
None
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| terms_of_use_url |
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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| mdfileid_nerc_guid |
abc9f747-548c-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
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| contractor |
Gardline
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| start_date |
2008-10-14 00:00:00
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| start_date_est |
Real
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| cruise_data_url |
None
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