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The deposit 'Koszalin Bay' of natural aggregate, southern Baltic Sea (1984-87)

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General  
Data holding centrePolish Geological Institute, National Research Institute, Branch of Marine Geology
CountryPoland  Poland
Time periodFrom 1984 to 1987
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Middle part of the Polish coastal zone (Southern Baltic)

Observations 
Parameters

Mineralogical composition; Mineral chemistry; Sediment grain size parameters; Sediment age

Instruments

Sediment grabs

Description 
Summary

In the years 1984-1985, during the cruises, 850 km of seismoacoustic profiling were carried out in a regular grid 0.5 x 0.5 km, 800 cores were taken and, in 305 sites, direct observations of sea floor and description of sedimentary structures by scuba divers were carried out. Samples from the cores were investigated in the laboratory. Amongst others, 1164 analyses of grain size distribution and 494 analyses of petrographic composition of gravely fraction were completed. As a result of the explorations the deposit 'Koszalin Bay' was recognized, which comprises 17 fields of 0.3 to 3.65 km**2 area each. The thickness of the deposit is 0.3 to 1.8m, with an average of 0.9m. The average content of the grains below 2.0mm is 60.1%. The geological balanced resources are evaluated at 37.7 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 identifier21006010
Global identifier1671
Last revised2009-01-08