Digital seismic sections

This digital data set contains original files of seismic reflection survey sections. Most data are within the UK Onshore area; although there are some UK near-shore and offshore (North Sea, Irish Sea) and foreign data. Most data were acquired for commercial hydrocarbon exploration and subsequently provided to BGS for use on specific projects. Some data were acquired by BGS and other public-sector bodies, e.g. BIRPS (British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate), for academic research. These data are used for workstation-based interpretation. Some are kept as archive copies. There are approximately 50 tapes and 15 Exabyte cartridges. The data are mostly concentrated in areas prospective for coal, oil and gas.

本数字数据集包含地震反射勘探剖面的原始文件。绝大多数数据采集于英国陆上区域，同时涵盖少量英国近岸、近海（北海、爱尔兰海）及境外勘探数据。多数数据为商业油气勘探所采集，后续交付英国地质调查局（British Geological Survey，BGS）用于特定项目研究。另有部分数据由英国地质调查局及其他公共部门机构（如英国机构反射剖面联合会（British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate，BIRPS））为学术研究采集。此类数据可用于基于工作站的勘探解释，部分数据作为归档副本留存。数据集共计约50盘磁带及15盘艾字节（Exabyte）盒式磁带，其分布主要集中在煤炭、油气远景勘探区域。