RSG Released Reports
The following reports were funded by the Rockall Studies Group (RSG) of the Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (PIP) between 1997 and 2002 and have now been released. We request that you acknowledge the source of the data if you use these reports in any publication/study. We also request that any publication/study that incorporates these released PIP reports be submitted to the PIP Secretariat (contact details below) in digital format free of charge.
Released PIP reports - ROCKALL STUDIES GROUP (RSG)
R97/02 Statistical characterisation of seismic reflectivity patterns in the Rockall Trough

R97/03 Rockall structural elements nomenclature

R97/08 Fluid inclusion studies on deep boreholes on the Rockall Trough margin


R97/11 RAPIDS 3 Deep Seismic project

R97/14a TOBI Rockall Irish Margin project



R97/16 Isotopic dating of crystalline basement on the Rockall Trough margins

R97/28 Sedimentological analysis of deep borehole cores




R97/29 A MetOcean Strategy for the Rockall Area


R97/34 High resolution biostratigraphy at the margins of the Rockall Trough


R97/40 Tectonics and reology of the Irish Atlantic Margin

R97/50 Atlantic Margin Drilling project





R97/50a Onboard micropalaeontology of Atlantic Margin Drilling boreholes


R97/51 Seabed Data Review


R97/52 Environmental Data Review


R98/01 Gravity and magnetic interpretation of the Irish Rockall Trough


R98/06 Cetaceans and Seabirds at Sea study (joint with PSG P00/15)






R98/11 Rockall Trough TTR_7 cruise report

R98/15 West of Ireland Descriptive Climatology project (Joint with PSG P00/12)


R98/18 Technical review of proposed database application

R98/20 Regional Geotechnical Characterisation of near surface sediments from Rockall Trough

R98/21 Geochemical sample analysis of Rockall Margin borehole samples

R98/23 Geohazard and shallow stratigraphy study of Rockall Margins



R98/23a The Development of the Cenozoic margins of the Rockall & Porcupine Troughs

R98/26 Metal Analyses of Surface Sediment Samples collected in the Rockall Trough

R98/28 Development of RSG Data Handbook and Data Inventory (PIPDI)

R99/01 Sediment Budget and Mass Wasting on slopes of Rockall Trough

R99/02 Multi-sensor core logging and core imaging of Rockall Margin cores









R99/03 New methods for assessing thermal maturity on and offshore Ireland

R00/01 Thermal History reconstruction using AFTA and VR analysis of Rockall cores

R00/02 Geochemical Analysis of Shallow Core Samples from 83/20-sb01 & 83/20-sb02, Rockall


R00/03 Magnetic susceptibility of deep cores, Irish Rockall Margin

R00/04 Tertiary palaeo dating of 12/13-1a and 132/15-1


R00/05 Detailed calibration of shallow stratigraphy of Rockall Trough

R00/06 Slope failure investigation on NE Rockall Trough margin

R00/07 Bathymetric map of Rockall Trough


R00/08 & 09 Ground truthing of TOBI and shallow seismic acquisition, NE Rockall Trough margin








R00/10 Reprocessing of shallow seismic data




R00/15 Environmental review

R00/17 Geotechncial study of the Rockall Trough

R01/02 Reprocessing of NIOZ shallow seismic data
