British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1982/4: Northern North Sea (10/07/1982 to 29/08/1982)

Report: Brett, CP. 1982. Operations report on project 82/04, a regional geophysical survey in the northern North Sea. (IGS Report No 130)

Date (Publication): 1982-08-29

Citation identifier: British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF202

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey (BGS)		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian
British Geological Survey (BGS)		offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Keywords

NDGO0001

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021)

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Distance: 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language: English

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Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier: Lewis
BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier: Sutherland
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Geographic identifier: Caithness
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Geographic identifier: Bosies Bank
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Geographic identifier: Fladen
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Geographic identifier: Ling Bank
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Geographic identifier: Orkney
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Geographic identifier: Fair Isle
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Geographic identifier: Bressay Bank
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Geographic identifier: Bergen Bank
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Geographic identifier: Foula
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Geographic identifier: Shetland
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Geographic identifier: Halibut Bank
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Geographic identifier: Faroe Shetland Basin
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Geographic identifier: North Rockall Basin
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Geographic identifier: Viking
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Geographic identifier: Northern North Sea
Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier: Scottish Continental Shelf
Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier: NORTH SEA
The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

Geographic identifier: NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W)
The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

Begin date: 1982-07-10

End date: 1982-08-29

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
www.epsg.org 2005 revision

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey (BGS)		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
HTTP	http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=1982/4	BGS Offshore Geoindex

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Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of unknown theme

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Statement: Geophysical equipment types used included: Airgun/Sleeve Gun, Deep Tow Boomer, Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Pinger, Sidescan Sonar and Sparker. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. Positioning systems: Magnavox satellite navigation system integrated with MX610 dopplar sonar and Arma Brown Mk1 Mod 5 or Mk1C gyro compass. Also Decca main Chain receiver with optional integration with the above. Data logged to a Camac data logger or Monitor Labs 9400 data logger Echo sounder system: Atlas Deso 10 wit hull mounted transducers and Edig 10 digitiser unit Side scan sonar systems: UDI AS350 dual channel sidescan with catamaran tow fish. Display was on an EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Also a Kelvin Hughes Ms47 transit sonar, hull mounted. Airgun system: Bolt 600B, 2 guns with standar (1-40 cubic inch) range of chamber sizes, Kemi bandpass filter, TSS Model 307 TVG amplifier and display on a EPC 4600 or EPC 3200 graphic recorder. The hydrophone was a Geomecanique 2 channel, 30m, or 50m. Watergun system: Soder Mica-T 80 cubic inch syste, with recording as for the airgun Sparker system: EG&G sparker with up to 5kJ. One 3-element and 1 9-element spark array, Kemo bandpass filter, TSS Model 307 TVG amplifier, TSS Model 302 swell filter and display on a EPC 4600 or EPC 3200 graphic recorder. The hydrophone was a Teledyne 7 channel 10m system. Pinger system: Edo Western 248 pinger, 3.5kHz, 10kW hull mounted transducer. Used with TSS Model 302 swell filter and displayed on a EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Huntec deep-tow boomer: system fitted with adaptive processing unit, Krohn-hite filter and display on a EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Gravity meter: LaCoste and Romberg S75 air-sea system. Worden land gravity meter used for land ties. Magnetometer: Barringer proton magnetometer. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.

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Date stamp: 2025-05-07

Metadata standard name: MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard

Metadata standard version: Version 2.3.5

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey (BGS)		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

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