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British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1978/12: Irish Sea Gamma spectrometry (17/Nov/1978 to 08/Dec/1978)

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

This BGS marine geochemical, geophysical and sampling survey took place in November/December 1978 in the Irish Sea area aboard the Royal Research Ship RRS John Murray. The purpose was to carry out a preliminary stage of an investigation of environmental radioactivity, IGS Applied Geochemistry Unit in conjunction with NUTMAQ group at Harwell. This provided an opportunity to gather data in an area with no previous coverage. A total of 2203 km of data were collected Sea floor data were collected using a echo-sounder and a transit sonar. Towed gamma spectrometer. Subsurface data were gathered using a suite of seismic instruments (airgun, sparker, pinger). Analogue data were collected and paper records were generated. Sea-bed samples and cores were collected using shipek grab and dredge. The data are archived by BGS.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
28 August 2026
Harvest GUID
abc9f747-53e4-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
54.7718° to 53.7316°
Extent (Longitude)
-4.8414° to -3.1709°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
1978-12-08
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

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