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The deposit 'Southern Middle Bank' of natural aggregate, southern Baltic Sea (1987-90)

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General  
Data holding centrePolish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology
CountryPoland  Poland
Time periodFrom 1987 to 1990
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Southern Middle Bank (Southern Baltic)

Observations 
Parameters

Mineralogical composition; Sediment grain size parameters; Sediment age

Instruments

Seismic refraction systems; sediment grabs; satellite positioning systems

Description 
Summary

During cruises in the years 1987-1988, 1175 km of echosounding and 830 km of seismoacoustic profiling in a regular grid, with profile spacing 0.5km apart, were carried out, 570 cores were taken and direct observation and description of sedimentary structures were done in 14 sites. In the laboratory the following was carried out: 3326 analyses of grain size distribution, 764 analyses of petrographic composition of gravelly fraction, 56 analyses of heavy minerals content, 8 determinations of sediment age by TL method, 85 analyses of macrofauna composition and all other analyses required by the regulations on geological deposits balancing. The deposit 'Southern Middle Bank' comprises 9 fields of 0.53 km**2 to 16.9 km**2 area each, with deposits thickness 0.3m to 5.0m (average 0.92m). Average content of grains smaller than 2.0 mm is 56.3%. The geological balanced resources are evaluated at 56.7 million tons.

OriginatorsPolish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology
Data web sitehttp://www.eu-seased.net/
Availability 
OrganisationPolish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology
AvailabilityLicence
ContactJarmila Krzyminska (Director of the Branch of Marine Geology of PGI)
Address

Polish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology
Koscierska 5
Gdansk
Pomorskie
80-328
Poland

Telephone+48 58 5542909
Facsimile+48 (58) 554 2910
Emailsekretariat.ob@pgi.gov.pl
Administration 
Collating centreInstitute of Meteorology and Water Management National Research Institute, Poland
Local identifier21006009
Global identifier1670
Last revised2009-01-08