Identification

Title

BIRPS (British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate) Westline Seismic Survey Data (1993)

Abstract

WESTLINE was acquired by BIRPS (the British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate). The seismic data image the faulted conjugate margins of the Rockall Trough and the intrabasinal sediments. The seismic data were shot to 18 s two-way time along a single 450 km-long transect.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://see-atlas.leeds.ac.uk:8080/search/advancedSearch.jsp?N=0&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=BIRPS

name: Virtual Seismic Atlas

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605656

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

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

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geology

Geological data

Seismic reflection surveys

Seismic data

Sea floor

Marine seismic surveys

Geophysics

Seismic surveys

Marine geophysics

Geological surveys

Geophysical data

Geophysical surveys

Marine surveys

Marine geology

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-14.7500

East bounding longitude

-10.2000

North bounding latitude

56.8200

South bounding latitude

53.7100

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ROCKALL TROUGH [id=98820]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1993-08-01

End position

2012-08-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1993

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data was acquired by BIRPS (the British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate). The seismic data were shot to 18 s two-way time along a single 450 km-long transect.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

SEG Y

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Enironmental Research Council

full postal address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue

SWINDON

SN2 1EU

email address

not available

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 131 667 1000

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-06-07

Metadata language