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Welcome
to the fourth edition of Seabed News. Apologies for the long delay
since the last issue, which has partly been due to the editors' commitments,
but also to not having enough material to make a complete copy of the newsletter.
Don't forget that we continue to welcome any news items, synopses of scientific
studies, cruise notices, project news, meeting/cruise reports, offers of
participation in studies, advertising for conferences, workshops and meetings.
Publication in any section of SeaBed News is free, but we reserve
the right of decision on publication.
In response to
a number of requests for the newsletter to be made available in downloadable
format, articles from previous issues of SeaBed News are now available
in pdf format. Articles from this issue will be also be made available
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The
EU-SEASED database provides an online searchable catalogue of bottom samples
collected by and stored at European institutions. Marine sediment cores
and other seafloor samples are a raw data resource of immense scientific
value and many tens of thousands of bottom samples have been collected
by European research institutes, Geological Surveys, universities and exploration
and survey companies. Such data is vital to a large number of end-users
in governments, industry and academia. Research into global climate change,
slope stability, pollution control and assessment, hydrocarbon exploration,
surveying for laying telecommunication cables and offshore pipelines, siting
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on data provided by marine sediment samples. After they have been analysed
for the purpose for which they were collected, cores and bottom samples
are normally stored under controlled conditions for further use. Consequently,
samples are stored at a large number of locations dispersed throughout
the countries of the European Union and provide a legacy of continuing
scientific usefulness and importance. However, prior to the EU-SEASED database,
secondary usage of this important data resource was seriously impeded by
lack of information on what cores are available and where they are stored.
In recognition
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