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Burial Assessment Survey: Canadian Transatlantic 3 Cable Route (1993)

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General  
Data holding centreBT (Marine) Ltd
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
Time period1993
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Redcar, England to 56° 14'N, 5° 25'W; 56° 14'N, 5° 25'W to Faroes; Faroes to Iceland to Central 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

Sidescan sonars; single-beam echosounders

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 1993 along the Canadian Transatlantic 3 Cable Route from Redcar, England to 56° 14'N, 5° 25'W, from 56° 14'N, 5° 25'W to the Faroes and from the Faroes to Iceland to central North Atlantic.

OriginatorsBT (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 
OrganisationBT (Marine) Ltd
AvailabilityBy negotiation
ContactMarine Geologist
Address

BT (Marine) Ltd
Berth 203 Western Docks
Southampton

SO1 0HH
United Kingdom

Telephone+44 1703 775577
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1062010
Global identifier783
Last revised2009-05-22