Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Grab: Shipek, Photographic Site, Submersible
CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Irish Sea, Minches & Western Scotland, Northern North Sea, Scottish Continental Shelf, Offshore 1:250k: Clyde, Foula, Malin, Shetland, Tiree, 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 two legs) took place from September to October 1979 in the Malin Sea and around Shetland Islands on board the MV Whitethorn. Seabed samples and cores were collected using Shipek grab, Gravity corer, Vibrocorer, Rockdrill and Consub unmanned submersible system. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Marine Geology Internal Report 79/11 & 12.
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 1979/8:Regional Mapping Programme ,Consub and equipment trials: Malin Sea and around Shetland Islands (17/Sep/1979 to 31/Oct/1979)
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