British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1968/MF/1: North Irish Sea (10/Aug/1968 to 23/Sep/1968)

This marine sampling survey was carried out by George Wimpey & Co for British Geological Survey (BGS), the survey took place in August to September 1968 in the northeast Irish Sea on board the MV Moray Firth IV. This survey was carried out for a project in conjunction with geophysical survey 1968/3. The purpose was a general investigation of sea bottom sediments and the underlying rocks following on from surveys carried out in 1967. Sediment samples were collected using a shipek grab, gravity corer (rock and sediment) and vibracorer. Sea floor data were collected using Echo sounder. These data archived by BGS. Details of the survey are contained in BGS Technical report WB/MC/69/1.

Date (Publication): 1968-09-23

Citation identifier: British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF6

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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Spatial representation type: Grid

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

Language: English

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Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier: Liverpool Bay
BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

Geographic identifier: Anglesey
BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

Geographic identifier: Isle of Man
BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

Geographic identifier: Lake District
BGS Gazetteer 2026-09-02 revision

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

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

Begin date: 1968-08-10

End date: 1968-09-23

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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Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=1968/MF/1	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. Sample equipment types used included: Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer and Grab: Shipek. George Wimpey and Co Ltd was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of British Geological Survey. Information for this survey is sourced from BGS report WB/MC/69/1. Anchored vessel. Sampling equipment; Vibracorer (20 foot barrel); gravity corer and shipek grab. Navigation Decca Mark 12 system. Accuracy details contained in report. Echo-sounder - Kelvin Hughes M.S.36A Precision Depth Recorder. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.

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File identifier: abc9f747-5469-0f38-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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