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British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1976/JM/14: Regional Mapping Programme: Irish Sea and St. George's Channel (29/Sep/1976 to 23/Oct/1976)

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

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine geophysical and sampling survey took place in September/October 1976 in the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel on board the RRS John Murray. The purpose was to gather data which could be used to map the regional geology of the area. Cruise was virtually aborted by bad wather. Sediment cores were collected using a rock gravity corer. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Internal Report ??????????????.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
06 August 2026
Harvest GUID
c88de8bf-54ad-1f81-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
49.7702° to 49.6507°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.6236° to -4.3297°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
1976-10-23
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