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Tarmac Marine Geophysical Records from Aggregate Industry Surveys (1989 - 2004)

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

Scanned geophysical records, reports and track charts from Tarmac (previously Lafarge Tarmac) aggregate industry marine surveys 1989 to 2004. The geophysical records include boomer seismic and side scan sonar data of varying quality. All records from 44 boxes of paper records have been scanned at BGS and are delivered online along with any additional digital file such as reports or data files. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics.

Data links

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DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Sunk 109/2 in the Outer Thames Estuary 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Marine Charts 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers East (A1) off Shoreham 13/8/2026
DATA - Nash Bank Area 380 Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers East (A1) off Shoreham 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers 122/1 off Littlehampton 13/8/2026
DATA - Holm Sands in the Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Holm Sands in the Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - West Southwold Off East Anglia 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers North off Littlehampton 13/8/2026
DATA - Owers East and West off West Sussex 13/8/2026
DATA - Inner Dowsing and East Dudgeon Shoals Off Lincolnshire 13/8/2026
DATA - Inner Dowsing and East Dudgeon Shoals off Lincolnshire 13/8/2026
DATA - Inner Dowsing and East Dudgeon Shoals off Lincolnshire 13/8/2026
DATA - Area 213 West East of the Isle of Wight 13/8/2026
DATA - North Nab 122/3 East of the Isle of Wight. 13/8/2026
DATA - North Nab 122/3 East of the Isle of Wight 13/8/2026
DATA - North Nab Adjustment 433 East of the Isle Of Wight 13/8/2026
DATA - Southwold 399 off East Anglia 13/8/2026
DATA - Horsetail 122/2 off Hayling Island 13/8/2026
DATA - SW Cross Sands Off Lowestoft & Lowestoft Survey 13/8/2026
DATA - Horsetail 122/2 off Hayling Island 13/8/2026
DATA - SW Cross Sands off Lowestoft & Lowestoft Survey 13/8/2026
DATA - Turbot Bank & Helwick Bank in the Bristol Channel 13/8/2026
DATA - Morecambe Bay 331 in the Irish Sea 13/8/2026
DATA - Morecambe Bay 331 in the Irish Sea 13/8/2026
DATA - Shipwash Area 287 Off Orford Ness 13/8/2026
DATA - Aldeburgh Prospecting Area Off East Anglia 13/8/2026
DATA - Aldeburgh Prospecting Area off East Anglia 13/8/2026
DATA - Hugo Bank in SE Swansea Bay 13/8/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 August 2026
Harvest GUID
5d015a7e-2838-1eda-e054-002128a47908
Extent (Latitude)
55.0000° to 50.0000°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.0000° to 3.0000°
Dataset reference date (creation)
1989
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 (distributor, pointOfContact, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng