BGS marine gravity and magnetic survey data from around the UK (1966 Onwards)
Corrected and smoothed and network adjusted ship gravity, magnetics and bathymetry data acquired by BGS as part of its Offshore Reconnaissance Mapping Programme. This programme was commenced in 1967, funded mainly by the Department of Energy.
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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480448
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Dataset updated as data becomes available. Bounding rectangle approx 70% covered. Line separation varies between 5 and 15km; 200m to 2km along-line spacing. Adjusted data re-splined to 0.5km along-line separation. Surveys over a number of years as part of Offshore Mapping Programme.
geoscientificInformation
publication
2008-06-01
Geology
Geophysical surveys
Marine surveys
Gravity surveys
Magnetic surveys
Gravity
Geophysics
revision
2011
NERC_DDC
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47.0000
creation
1979
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
1966
creation
1967
irregular
Data from BGS surveys, processed by BGS staff
publication
2011
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See the referenced specification
publication
2010-12-08
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
OTHER, UNKNOWN OR OBSCURE - Gridded data
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