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British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1974/4: Northern North Sea (06/08/1974 to 23/10/1974)

This marine geophysical survey was carried out by British Geological Survey (BGS) and engineers from Hunting Surveys Ltd, and IOS Barry. The survey took place in August to October 1974 around Shetland, Orkney and off north west Scotland on board the MV Briarthorn. The purpose was to collect data for UK regional mapping. Sea floor data were collected using Transit Sonar. Subsurface data were gathered using a suite of seismic instruments (airgun, pinger and sparker), plus a gravity meter and a magnetometer. These data were recorded as paper records and are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS report WB/MG/74/54.

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Date (Publication)
1974-10-23
Citation identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF97
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)

  • soil and sediment
  • crust

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021)

  • Gravity
  • Lithology
  • Magnetics
  • Two-dimensional seismic reflection
  • Side-scan sonar
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Access constraints
No restrictions, a copyright acknowledgement is required and permission from any third party for the release of the data has been obtained. Inclusion of any third party data will determine the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
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Other restrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

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
Haig Fras

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Farne

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Swallow Hole

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Marr Bank

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Devil's Hole

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Peterhead

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Forties

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Lewis

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Sutherland

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Caithness

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Bosies Bank

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Sula Sgeir

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Rona

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Orkney

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Fair Isle

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Bressay Bank

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Judd

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Foula

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Shetland

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Halibut Bank

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Miller

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Cormorant

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Faroe Shetland Basin

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
North Rockall Basin

BGS Gazetteer 2025-05-07 revision

Geographic identifier
Western Channel & Celtic 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
Atlantic North-West Approaches, Rockall Trough and Faeroe/Shetland Channel

Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier
Minches & Western Scotland

Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier
CELTIC SEA

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

Geographic identifier
NORWEGIAN SEA

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

Geographic identifier
INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND

The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 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

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Begin date
1974-08-06
End date
1974-10-23
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

www.epsg.org 2005 revision

Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    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=1974/4

    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: Airgun/Sleeve Gun, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Pinger, Sparker and Transit Sonar. Sample equipment types used included: Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer and Grab: Shipek. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. MGU Project 74/04 (GP/MG/74.4). (IGS Report No 54). Navigation: Decca Main Chain and satellite navigation/Loran C/Doppler sonar system. Equipment: Bolt airgun. Sparker ORE pinger/side scan. Transit Sonar MS 47. Magnetometer. S G Brown/Askania GSS3 Gravitymeter system. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    abc9f747-5434-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    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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