British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1969/MW/1: Sea of Hebrides, Clyde, Irish Sea, North Channel and Tay-Forth (06/Jun/1969 to 07/Sep/1969)

This sampling survey has been carried out by Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS) and George Wimpey and Co Ltd for BGS, the survey took place from June to September 1969 in the Sea of Hebrides, Clyde, Irish Sea, North Channel and Tay-Forth areas on board the MV Maria W. The purpose was to collect data as part of UK regional mapping programme. Sample data were collected using dredge; gravity corer; rock drill; vibrocorer; beach sampling; diver; photograph and Shipek grab. Most of these data are archived by BGS. Reference to part of the survey contained in IGS report 73/14.

Date (Publication): 1969-09-07

Citation identifier: British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF11

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 - Varying conditions apply

Spatial representation type: Grid

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

Language: English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

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

Geographic identifier: Borders
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Geographic identifier: North Rockall Basin
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Geographic identifier: Dublin
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Geographic identifier: Ulster
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Geographic identifier: Farne
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Geographic identifier: Great Glen
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Geographic identifier: Minches & Western Scotland
Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier: Little Minch
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Geographic identifier: Peterhead
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Geographic identifier: Anglesey
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Geographic identifier: Isle of Man
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Geographic identifier: Lake District
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Geographic identifier: Clyde
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Geographic identifier: Argyll
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Geographic identifier: Tay-Forth
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Geographic identifier: Moray-Buchan
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Geographic identifier: Lewis
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Geographic identifier: Tiree
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Geographic identifier: Marr Bank
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Geographic identifier: IRISH SEA
The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

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

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

Begin date: 1969-06-06

End date: 1969-09-07

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=1969/MW/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: Beach Sample, Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Diver Collected, Dredge: Rock, Dredge: Sediment or Shell, Drill, Drill: BGS 1-metre, Grab, Grab: Shipek and Photographic Site. Not entered was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of British Geological Survey. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.

Metadata

File identifier: abc9f747-546e-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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