Corer, Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Dredge: Sediment or Shell, Grab: Shipek
CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Minches & Western Scotland, Northern North Sea, Scottish Continental Shelf, Offshore 1:250k: Bergen Bank, Bosies Bank, Bressay Bank, Caithness, Cormorant, Fair Isle, Foula, Halibut Bank, Miller, Orkney, Rona, Shetland, Sutherland, Tiree, Viking, Offshore 1:500k: Faroe Shetland Basin, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, NORTH SEA, NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W), NORWEGIAN SEA
This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey (comprised of three legs) took place from May to August 1983 in Northern North Sea and the Minch, west of Scotland on board the MV Whitethorn. Seabed samples and cores were collected using Shipek grab, Gravity corer, Vibrocorer and cone dredge. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Reports WB/MI/79/6, 8 and 14.
For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
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Sampling Survey 1979/3: Regional Mapping Programme: Northern North Sea and the Minch, west of Scotland (07/May/1979 to 09/Jul/1979)
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