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 1982/5: N Scotland; Minches; Central North Sea; English Channel and St George's Channel (04/Apr/1982 to 29/Sep/1982)
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Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Drill, Drill: BGS 1-metre, Grab: Shipek, Photographic Site
CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Atlantic North-West Approaches, Rockall Trough and Faeroe/Shetland Channel, Eastern Channel, Irish Sea, Minches & Western Scotland, Northern North Sea, Scottish Continental Shelf, Southern North Sea, Western Channel & Celtic Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Anglesey, Borders, Bosies Bank, Bressay Bank, Caithness, California, Cardigan Bay, Dungeness-Boulogne, East Anglia, Fair Isle, Farne, Fladen, Forties, Foula, Haig Fras, Halibut Bank, Judd, Lewis, Little Minch, Lundy, Marr Bank, Nymphe Bank, Orkney, Rona, Rouen, Shetland, Sula Sgeir, Sutherland, Swallow Hole, Tay-Forth, Thames Estuary, Tyne-Tees, Wight, Wyville Thomson, Offshore 1:500k: Faroe Shetland Basin, North Rockall Basin, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: CELTIC SEA, DOVER STRAIT, ENGLISH CHANNEL, INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, IRISH SEA, NORTH SEA, NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W)
This BGS regional marine sampling survey (comprised of twelve legs) took place from April to August 1982 in North of Scotland; Minches; Central North Sea; English Channel and St George's channel 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 Reports 82/7-10, 14, 16, 19-23.