eprintid: 2155
rev_number: 14
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datestamp: 2018-12-20 13:30:03
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type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Evans, D.J.
creators_name: Hough, E.
creators_name: Crofts, R.G.
creators_name: Terrington, R.L.
creators_name: Williams, G.
title: The geology of the Preesall
Saltfield area.
subjects: O
subjects: RUK1
divisions: IP12
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: technical_report
abstract: This report is the published product of an appraisal by the British Geological Survey (BGS) of
the geology and structural setting of the Preesall Saltfield, near Fleetwood, Lancashire. It
represents a synthesis of subsurface data held by, and made available to, BGS and including
borehole and seismic reflection data, to produce a three-dimensional representation of the main
Triassic salt beds (Preesall Halite) near Preesall. It does not claim to be the final and definitive
model, and it should be noted that outwith the area of the former brinefield, borehole data are
sparsely distributed, with the model relying on the available seismic reflection data.
To date, these seismic data (including three Canatxx lines acquired in 1997) have been of limited
use. However, reprocessing of British Gas and Canatxx seismic data during this study and the
availability of an additional 1999 IELP line (also reprocessed during this study), has provided
new data on the subsurface form of the Preesall Halite. Given the data distribution across the
proposed area of development, this work can only represent a working model that is bound to be
refined as more subsurface data are acquired.
Disclaimer: this is an appraisal and factual account of the geological conditions and structure of
the Preesall Halite as presently understood. The model is based up on data held by BGS and
those data supplied to BGS by Canatxx and/or Mott MacDonald for the purpose of this study.
These data are publicly accessible. It is NOT an assessment of engineering issues or the
technology of Underground Gas Storage (UGS) and the suitability of the Preesall Halite
hereabouts for gas storage. Canatxx is separately advised by other experts on these issues.
date: 2005
publisher: British Geology Survey
place_of_pub: Keyworth, Nottingham
id_number: Internal Report CR/05/183N
institution: British Geology Survey
department: Natural Environment Research Council
official_url: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/885/1/CR05183N.pdf
access_IS-EPOS: limited
owner: Publisher
citation:   Evans, D.J. and Hough, E. and Crofts, R.G. and Terrington, R.L. and Williams, G.  (2005) The geology of the Preesall Saltfield area.  Technical Report. British Geology Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham.     
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