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.
Sampling Survey 1981/8: Regional Mapping Programme: North Sea and west of Scotland (02/Apr/1981 to 19/Oct/1981)
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Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Drill: BGS 1-metre, Grab: Shipek
CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Minches & Western Scotland, Northern North Sea, Scottish Continental Shelf, Southern North Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Argyll, Bosies Bank, Bressay Bank, Caithness, California, Devil's Hole, Dogger, East Anglia, Fair Isle, Farne, Fisher, Fladen, Flemish Bight, Forties, Foula, Great Glen, Humber-Trent, Little Minch, Orkney, Peterhead, Rona, Silver Well, Spurn, Sutherland, Swallow Hole, Tiree, Tyne-Tees, Offshore 1:500k: Faroe Shetland Basin, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, NORTH SEA, NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W)
This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey (comprised of fourteen legs) took place from April to october 1981 in North Sea and west of Scotlandl on board the MV Whitethorn. Seabed samples and cores were collected using Shipek grab, Gravity corer, Vibrocorer and Midi drill. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Marine Geology Internal Report 81/4 to 8, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28.