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British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 2001/4: Estuarine Contaminant: Mersey Estuary (09/May/2000 to 14/June/2001)

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
13 August 2026
Topic
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Summary

These British Geological Survey (BGS) marine sampling surveys took place from May 2000 to June 2001 in the Mersey estuary. The purpose was to obtain the data necessary for a study of the estuarine geochemistry of the Mersey estuary. Sampling was undertaken using Environment Agency vessels; the hovercraft ‘Sea Spray’ was used May-July and September/October 2000 and May/June 2001; Sea Jet was used 15/16 February 2001 and RV Coastal Guardian, 8/9 February 2001. Seabed samples were obtained using a Day grab; Mackereth corer and manual beach surface sampling and hand coring. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS report RR/10/002.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 August 2026
Harvest GUID
de40de0e-83a3-62c8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
53.4697° to 53.2767°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.0574° to -2.6189°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
2001-06-14
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
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 party
British Geological Survey (BGS) (custodian, originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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