Marine Aggregate Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geology and Geophysics Survey Data (2003 to 2010)

The Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) commissioned a series of Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) surveys via the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) to develop understanding of submerged habitats and heritage in Britain. The aim was to acquire high quality data to enable broad scale characterisation of the seabed habitats, their biological communities and potential historic environment assets. The surveys were conducted in the following areas - Outer Bristol Chanel (2003 – 2005), Eastern English Channel (2005 – 2006), South Coast (2007 - 2010), Outer Thames (2007), East Coast (2008 - 2009), Humber (2008 - 2009). The Geology and Geophysics component of the data are archived by British Geological Survey (BGS) in the Marine Environmental data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. The data includes bathymetry, sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, magnetometer, seabed video and photographs, Particle Size Analysis (PSA) data, vibrocore (logs and images). Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. Additional data are available on request [e-mail]. Other data types have been archived with the other MEDIN DACs as appropriate (UKHO DAC for bathymetry data and DASSH DAC for biological data). The MALSF ceased operation at the end of March 2011 (http://www.marinealsf.org.uk/).海洋骨料税可持续发展基金（Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund, MALSF）委托海洋环境保护基金（Marine Environment Protection Fund, MEPF）开展了一系列区域环境特征（Regional Environmental Characterisation, REC）调查，以加深对英国境内水下栖息地与文化遗产的认知。本次调查旨在获取高质量数据，从而实现对海床栖息地、生物群落及潜在历史环境资产的大范围特征刻画。调查覆盖以下区域：外布里斯托尔海峡（2003—2005年）、东英吉利海峡（2005—2006年）、南海岸（2007—2010年）、外泰晤士河口（2007年）、东海岸（2008—2009年）以及亨伯河口（2008—2009年）。数据中的地质与地球物理组分由英国地质调查局（British Geological Survey, BGS）存档于海洋环境数据与信息网络（Marine Environmental Data and Information Network, MEDIN）地质与地球物理数据存档中心（Data Archive Centre, DAC）。该数据集包含水深测量数据、侧扫声呐数据、浅地层剖面仪数据、磁力仪数据、海床视频与影像资料、粒度分析（Particle Size Analysis, PSA）数据以及振动岩芯测井与图像数据。数据可通过BGS近海地理索引平台（www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm）获取，额外数据可通过邮件联系[e-mail]申请。其他数据类型已根据适配要求存档至其他MEDIN数据存档中心：英国海道测量局（UK Hydrographic Office, UKHO）数据存档中心存储水深数据，DASSH数据存档中心存储生物数据。海洋骨料税可持续发展基金（MALSF）已于2011年3月底停止运营（http://www.marinealsf.org.uk/）。