British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1974/5: Northern North Sea (27/07/1974 to 18/10/1974)

This marine geophysical survey was carried out by British Geological Survey (BGS) and engineers from Hunting Surveys Ltd, Sodera and IOS Barry. The survey took place 27 July to 8 August and 5-18 October 1974 in the Northern North Sea on board the MV Briarthorn. The purpose was to collect data to identify trace reflectors and features observed on deep seismic sections from the project area. Sea floor data were collected using Transit Sonar. Subsurface data were gathered using a suite of seismic instruments (airgun, sparker, pinger and watergun), 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/74/53.

Date (Publication): 1974-10-18

Citation identifier: British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF98

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)

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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: Faroe Shetland Basin
BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

Geographic identifier: Viking
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Geographic identifier: More Basin
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Geographic identifier: Atlantic North-West Approaches, Rockall Trough and Faeroe/Shetland Channel
Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier: Cormorant
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Geographic identifier: Horne
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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: Sedgwick
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Geographic identifier: Dungeness-Boulogne
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Geographic identifier: Wight
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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: Eastern Channel
Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier: Forties
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Geographic identifier: Fair Isle
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Geographic identifier: Halibut Bank
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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: ENGLISH CHANNEL
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: 1974-07-27

End date: 1974-10-18

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

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OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=1974/5	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, Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Pinger, Refraction or Wide-angle Reflection, Sparker, Transit Sonar and Water Gun. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. Report: Tully, MC, Day, FA, Bacon, M. & Roberts, P. 1974. Cruise Report on northern North Sea survey. MGU Project 74/05 (GP/MG/74.5). (IGS Report No 53). Navigation: Decca Main Chain and satellite navigation/Loran/Doppler sonar system. Equipment: Bolt airgun. EG&G 9 element spark array with Geomecanique hydrophone system. ORE pinger. Transit Sonar MS 47. Sodera water gun. Magnetometer. Gravimeter No information on other equipment. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.

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File identifier: abc9f747-5435-0f38-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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