- Resources
- Inventories
- EDMED
- Report
- 778
Burial Assessment Survey: Transatlantic 9 Cable Route (1992)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
General | |
Data holding centre | BT (Marine) Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Time period | 1992 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Poldhu Cove, Cornwall to 45degN, 7degW; 36° 13'N, 7° 36'W to Conil, Spain; English Channel, eastern North Atlantic |
Observations | |
Parameters | Mineralogical composition; Sediment grain size parameters; Sediment acoustics; Side-scan sonar; Sediment water content, porosity and surface area; Geological sample density; Bathymetry and Elevation |
Instruments | Single-beam echosounders; sidescan sonars |
Description | |
Summary | The data set comprises Burial Assessments Charts, each consisting of four boxes containing, for a 1km wide corridor: i) detailed bathymetry ii) results of sidescan sonar showing seabed sediments iii) a section showing the sub-bottom profile along the proposed route iv) an indication of the sediment thicknesses within the corridor, not always available v) tensions experienced by the Burial Assessment Tool vi) penetration achieved by the Burial Assessment Tool vii) any other relevant data (such as steep seabed slopes, bedforms seen during the survey, etc.) This survey was carried out during 1992 along the Transatlantic 9 Cable Route from Poldhu Cove, Cornwall, UK to 45degN, 7degW and from 36° 13'N, 7° 36'W to Conil, Spain. |
Originators | BT (Marine) Ltd |
References | Noad, J.J. (1992) Successful Cable Burial - Its dependence on the correct use of plough assessment and geophysical surveys., Society for Underwater Technology, Offshore Site Investigation: 39-56. |
Availability | |
Organisation | BT (Marine) Ltd |
Availability | By negotiation |
Contact | Marine Geologist |
Address | BT (Marine) Ltd |
Telephone | +44 1703 775577 |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1062005 |
Global identifier | 778 |
Last revised | 2009-05-22 |