North Sea seabed study could help protect undersea cables

North Sea seabed study could help protect undersea cables

The study used data from as far back as the 1950s

North Sea geology more complex for undersea infrastructure than assumed, BGS says

New research mapping the upper 2m of seabed across the UK North Sea suggests the ground into which subsea power and telecommunications cables are buried is far more geologically varied than was previously thought.  The post North Sea geology more complex for undersea infrastructure than assumed, BGS says  appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Geological research in North Sea helping to safeguard subsea cables - British Geological Survey

New research by BGS, in collaboration with Durham University and the University of Dundee, shows that the shallow seabed of the North Sea is more geologically complex than typically represented in current cable burial approaches. The findings have important implications for how subsea cables are routed, installed and safeguarded from natural and anthropogenic hazards such as erosion, dredging and ship anchor strikes.  Subsea cables are critical …

Seabed study could help protect undersea cables, geologists say

The study used data from as far back as the 1950s to map the materials that make up the North Sea’s 'shallow seabed'