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INFOMAR (Seabed Survey) Particle Size Analysis Stations around Ireland
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | Geological Survey Ireland |
Country | Ireland |
Time period | From 2000 onwards |
Ongoing | Yes |
Geographical area | Currently Designated Irish Continental Shelf; Irish Exclusive Economic Zone; Irish Territorial Sea; Irish Contiguous Zone; Irish Internal Waters |
Observations | |
Parameters | Date and time; Sediment grain size parameters; Sediment age; Sedimentary structure; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates |
Instruments | Sediment grabs; sediment dredges |
Description | |
Summary | INFOMAR Particle Size Analysis stations represent locations where sediment grab samples have been taken and analysed by a survey geologist. Sedimentological sample coverage includes the greater North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea and Irish Sea. Sediment grabs have been collected during the INFOMAR programme and previously under the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) since 2000. Sediments are grabbed from the seabed via deploying a sediment grab sampler from the survey research vessel. Sediments are analysed in a specialised geologic laboratory onshore after survey. Particle size and type analysis supports greater understanding of the properties of the seabed being mapped. Sediment samples managed by the Geological Survey Ireland chief scientist geologist. Sediment sample coverage follows survey coverage and is more than 50% complete for the Currently Designated Irish Continental Shelf. Incomplete sediment sample coverage is mainly the shallower waters of the North Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland, the Celtic Sea to the south of Ireland and the Irish Sea and Saint Georges Channel between Ireland and Great Britain. |
Originators | Geological Survey Ireland Marine Institute |
Data web site | https://data.gov.ie/dataset/infomar-seabed-survey-particle-size-analysis-station |
Availability | |
Organisation | Geological Survey Ireland |
Availability | Licence |
Contact | Sean Cullen (INFOMAR Programme Manager) |
Address | Geological Survey Ireland |
Telephone | +353-1-6782000 |
Facsimile | +353-1-6681782 |
info@infomar.ie | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Marine Institute |
Local identifier | GE.IE.GSI.INFOMAR.ParticleSizeAnalysisStation |
Global identifier | 6511 |
Last revised | 2017-12-04 |