2005 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA6 Technical Report - Gas related seabed structures of the Western Irish Sea

This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA6) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change). This report provides an overview of all the relevant data concerning methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) and other features associated with shallow gas and seabed fluid flow in the Irish sector of the western Irish Sea. The report complements the MDAC report produced for the SEA6 area by Dr A. G. Judd.