DTI Strategic Environmental Assessment Area 6 (SEA6) geological metadata

This report describes work carried out under commission to the Department of Trade and Industry to compile an inventory of geological metadata for area SEA6 that may be applied to strategic environmental assessment. The area SEA6 is shown in Figure 1 and essentially covers the eastern Irish Sea, Cardigan Bay, and the St George’s Channel. In accordance with the contract conditions, the database has been compiled in Endnote® format and produced on a compact disc (Appendix 1). It is largely based on the contractors’ experience of work on geological interpretation of the area together with an extensive on-line literature survey. The objective of the programme of research is based on the following questions: 1. What is the scope of data (published and unpublished references/references, data archives)? 2. Where is the original data stored? 3. What is the data quality? 4. How do we access data (include issues of costs and licensing)? 5. Brief narrative report geology and geological processes.