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Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1974/WH/23: Pockmark Study, Forties area (5/12/1974 to 19/12/1974)

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

This geophysical and sampling survey took place in December 1974 off Aberdeen, Forties area and Firth of Forth aboard the MV Whitethorn. The purpose was to collected data as a continuation of a previous Pockmark study. The cruise was organized by the Continental Shelf Unit II of the Institute of Geological Sciences (now British Geological Survey) representative from British Petroleum, the institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Bath University and the Engineering and Marine Geophysics units of IGS (BGS) took part. Bad weather hampered the planned survey work, during this time routine IGS work or equipment testing was carried our near the lea shore. Sea floor data were collected using and echosounder and sidescan sonar. Subsurface data were collected using a Pinger. Sample data were collected using gravity corer, shipek grab and vibrocorer. The survey objectives were hampered by bad weather. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the cruise are contained in BGS report WB/75/3C. BGS Geotechnical report WN/EG/76/12.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 August 2026
Harvest GUID
abc9f747-5411-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
57.8087° to 56.0890°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.1272° to 0.9402°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
1974-12-18
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); Not entered (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng