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British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1977/EM/6: SW Approaches and Northern North Sea (01/Jun/1977 to 10/Aug/1977; 11/Aug/1977 to 10/Oct/1977)

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
6 August 2026
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Summary

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine geophysical and sampling survey (comprised of five legs) took place from June to August in SW Approaches and from August to October 1977 in Northern North Sea on board the MV Emerald. Seabed samples and cores were collected using Shipek grab, Day grab, Gravity corer, Vibrocorer, 1m rock drill and cone dredge. SW Approaches used Shipek grab,Gravity corer and Vibrocorer a total of 879 stations occupied. Seismic equipment was not routinely used. Sidescan sonar used on SW Approaches Leg 3. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Internal Report 77/10 to 14, Details for SW Approaches in report by C G Bradley Mv Emerald Cruise 1 June - 10 August 1977. Sample descriptions can be found in Offshore Reports 2000/35-37.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
06 August 2026
Harvest GUID
abc9f747-53e0-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
61.0083° to 49.0006°
Extent (Longitude)
-9.1720° to 2.0164°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
1977-10-10
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access 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.
Responsible party
British Geological Survey (BGS) (custodian, originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng