British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1969/MW/1: Sea of Hebrides, Clyde, Irish Sea, North Channel and Tay-Forth (06/Jun/1969 to 07/Sep/1969)
This sampling survey has been carried out by Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS) and George Wimpey and Co Ltd for BGS, the survey took place from June to September 1969 in the Sea of Hebrides, Clyde, Irish Sea, North Channel and Tay-Forth areas on board the MV Maria W. The purpose was to collect data as part of UK regional mapping programme. Sample data were collected using dredge; gravity corer; rock drill; vibrocorer; beach sampling; diver; photograph and Shipek grab. Most of these data are archived by BGS. Reference to part of the survey contained in IGS report 73/14.
dataset
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British Geological Survey
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BGS_CMD_REF11
English
Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131):
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021):
Free:
-7.4591,
53.9634,
-1.4147,
58.1892
Anglesey, Isle of Man, Lake District, Malin, Clyde, Borders, Farne, Tiree, Argyll, Tay-Forth, Marr Bank, Little Minch, Great Glen, Moray-Buchan, Peterhead, Lewis, North Rockall Basin, Dublin, Ulster, Northern North Sea, Irish Sea, Minches & Western Scotland, INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, IRISH SEA, NORTH SEA
publication: 1969-09-07
1969-06-06
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1969-09-07
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AP,
UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role: custodian
British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AP,
UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email:
offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk
Role: originator
Data Quality
Geophysical equipment types used included: Echo Sounder. Sample equipment types used included: Beach Sample, Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Diver Collected, Dredge: Rock, Dredge: Sediment or Shell, Drill, Drill: BGS 1-metre, Grab, Grab: Shipek and Photographic Site. Not entered was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of British Geological Survey. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South,
Edinburgh,
EH14 4AP,
UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role: point of contact
2024-04-24