2004 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA5 Analysis of seabed sediment samples for heavy metals (North Sea)

As part of the UK Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) ongoing sectorial Strategic Environmental Assessment a seabed survey programme (SEA5) was undertaken between August and early October 2003 for the UKCS areas lying between Scotland and Orkney and Shetland. This report summarises the sediment trace metal data generated from the analyses of selected samples from the study areas detailed: Fair Isle; Outer Moray Firth A; Outer Moray Firth B; Smith Bank; Southern Trench.