British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1977/2: North Sea (9/04/1977 to 05/10/1977)

Report: Deegan, SE. 1978. Gravity survey of the North Sea, north of 54N on MV Sperus. MGU Project 77/02. (IGS Report No 77, 89)

Date (Publication): 1977-10-05

Citation identifier: British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF148

Point of contact

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)

Access constraints: Other restrictions

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Use limitation: unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced British Geological Survey materials "Contains British Geological Survey materials ©UKRI [year]"

Spatial representation type: Grid

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

Language: English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier: Borders
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Geographic identifier: Faroe Shetland Basin
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Geographic identifier: Farne
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Geographic identifier: Viking
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Geographic identifier: Caithness
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Geographic identifier: Tyne-Tees
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Geographic identifier: California
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Geographic identifier: Indefatigable
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Geographic identifier: Foula
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Geographic identifier: Peterhead
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Geographic identifier: Cormorant
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Geographic identifier: Bosies Bank
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Geographic identifier: Fladen
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Geographic identifier: Orkney
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Geographic identifier: Bressay Bank
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Geographic identifier: Shetland
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Geographic identifier: Miller
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Geographic identifier: Spurn
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Geographic identifier: Silver Well
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Geographic identifier: NORWEGIAN SEA
The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

Geographic identifier: Dogger
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Geographic identifier: Tay-Forth
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Geographic identifier: Swallow Hole
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Geographic identifier: Fisher
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Geographic identifier: Devil's Hole
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Geographic identifier: Moray-Buchan
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Geographic identifier: Forties
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Geographic identifier: Cod
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Geographic identifier: Ling Bank
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Geographic identifier: Fair Isle
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Geographic identifier: Bergen Bank
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Geographic identifier: Marr Bank
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Geographic identifier: Halibut Bank
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Geographic identifier: Southern North Sea
Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

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: 1977-04-09

End date: 1977-10-05

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

Distributor contact

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

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=1977/2	BGS Offshore Geoindex

Hierarchy level: Dataset

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: Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer and Pinger. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. Navigation: Magnavox satellite navigation system integrated with MX doppler sonar. Decca Mk21 Main Chain. Equipment: Atlas Deso 10 echo sounder with hull mounted transducer and digital readout unit (Edig 10). La Coste & Romberg S75 and LaCoste & Romberg S40 gravity meters. Askania GSS-3 gravity meter and Brown platform. Barringer magnetometer. Edo Western pinger with hull mounted transducer. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.

Metadata

File identifier: abc9f747-53f4-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language: English

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-09-02

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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