CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Eastern Channel, Southern North Sea, Western Channel & Celtic Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Cockburn Bank, East Anglia, Flemish Bight, Guernsey, Indefatigable, Little Sole Bank, Ostend, Parsons Bank, Portland, Scilly, Spurn, Thames Estuary, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: CELTIC SEA, ENGLISH CHANNEL, NORTH SEA
This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey took place from July to September 1979 in Southern North Sea, Celtic Sea and English Channel on board the MV Whitethorn. Seabed samples and cores were collected using Shipek grab, Gravity corer and Vibrocorer. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in a BGS Internal Report.
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 1979/6: Regional Mapping Programme: Southern North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Sea (09/Jul/1979 to 17/Sep/1979)
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Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Grab: Shipek