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British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1973/18: North Sea: Gamma Spectrometer (17/May/1973 to 30/May/1973)

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

This Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS) marine geochemical and sampling survey took place in May 1973 in an area off the north Yorkshire coast aboard the m.v. Observer. This survey was organised by the Geochemical Division using a towed gamma spectrometer, the Marine continental Shelf Unit 1 undertook gravity coring to calibrate the results. Sea-bed samples and cores were collected using gravity corer and shipek grab. The sample data are archived by BGS. No BGS survey report currently available, IGS 1973 annual report contains summary.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 August 2026
Harvest GUID
abc9f747-5443-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
Extent (Latitude)
54.5710° to 53.5725°
Extent (Longitude)
-0.0444° to 0.6418°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
1973-05-30
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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