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Metadata: Marine Samples and Cores
Abstract:
This is the collection of cores and samples held by BGS for the sea areas around the UK. It includes material collected by BGS during its mapping projects and material donated to BGS by other organisations. The main core and sample types are grab samples (sea-bed), gravity cores, vibrocores and rock-drill cores (up to 6m in length), and borehole cores (up to 274m in length). The sea-bed grab samples are Holocene sediments present at the sea-bed and are stored in plastic jars. Where possible, sub-sample material has been retained after analysis. The bulk of the cores consist of Holocene and Pleistocene material. The rest are of bedrock ranging in age from Neogene to Pre-Cambrian. A lot of the core was collected in plastic liner tubing and the unlithified cores have been split vertically. The bulk of the material was collected in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and early 1990's with ongoing additions of new sample and cores each year. The distribution is very variable, but, in general, there are grab samples and/or shallow cores spaced about every 5 - 10km across the entire UK Continental Shelf. In some localised areas the sampling density is much higher. The samples and cores are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies.
Data holder:
British Geological Survey
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 33529 |
Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Marine Samples and Cores |
File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 9df8df52-d61a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603048 |
Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1970 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1970 |
Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 5000 |
Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | monthly |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This is the collection of cores and samples held by BGS for the sea areas around the UK. It includes material collected by BGS during its mapping projects and material donated to BGS by other organisations. The main core and sample types are grab samples (sea-bed), gravity cores, vibrocores and rock-drill cores (up to 6m in length), and borehole cores (up to 274m in length). The sea-bed grab samples are Holocene sediments present at the sea-bed and are stored in plastic jars. Where possible, sub-sample material has been retained after analysis. The bulk of the cores consist of Holocene and Pleistocene material. The rest are of bedrock ranging in age from Neogene to Pre-Cambrian. A lot of the core was collected in plastic liner tubing and the unlithified cores have been split vertically. The bulk of the material was collected in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and early 1990's with ongoing additions of new sample and cores each year. The distribution is very variable, but, in general, there are grab samples and/or shallow cores spaced about every 5 - 10km across the entire UK Continental Shelf. In some localised areas the sampling density is much higher. The samples and cores are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | BGS samples and cores are archived in the core store after examination and analysis. Non-BGS material may be archived directly without any examination or analysis by BGS. The volume and timing of adding new material is very variable. There is no requirement for organisations to donate material to BGS. When material is offered to the archive, BGS assesses if the material enhances the spatial/geological coverage of the already archived material before agreeing to accept it. |
Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | The bulk of the sample and core material are held at the BGS Keyworth Core Store and is available for inspection, sub-sampling and measurement. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
Keyword title | Geology | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Site investigations |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MEDIN | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine geochemistry | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) | |
Keyword title | data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MEDIN |
Keyword title | MEDIN | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NERC_DDC |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 62 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 6 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 48 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -22 |
Regional sea | ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=905000] | |
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701] | ||
Responsible organisations | ||
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Phone | +44 131 667 1000 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3143 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth | |
Postal code | NG12 5GG | |
City | NOTTINGHAM | |
Administrative area | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3143 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth | |
Postal code | NG12 5GG | |
City | NOTTINGHAM | |
Administrative area | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | BGS Homepage |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | information |
Dataset constraints | ||
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | otherRestrictions |
Version info | ||
Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2005-09-05 |
Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2024-04-19 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2024-04-18 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | UK GEMINI |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3 |