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Geophysical and Sampling Survey 2015/6_0915S MASTS SEEP: Hatton-Rockall Basin (14/Jul/2015 to 27/Jul/2015)

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

This marine geophysical and sampling survey took place from 14 to 27 July 2015 in the area of Hatton-Rockall Basin on board the MRV Scotia. The survey was carried out as a joint venture between partners of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology in Scotland (MASTS), included (British Geological Survey (BGS), University of Aberdeen, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Marine Scotland Science and National Museum of Wales). The aim of the survey was cold seep habitat detection. Seabed samples were collected using a Gravity corer, van veen grab, megacorer, trawls. The geology component of the data is archived at the British Geological Survey (BGS) MEDIN Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Biological data are archived at DASSH. Technical details of the survey are contained in the Report of Survey.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
28 August 2026
Harvest GUID
2d3e0225-a044-22ec-e054-002128a47908
Extent (Latitude)
58.1789° to 57.9369°
Extent (Longitude)
-16.3976° to -15.5194°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Dataset reference date (publication)
2015-07-27
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

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