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Item 24

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id 24
cruise 1970/3
client British Geological Survey
start_date 1970-05-23 00:00:00
terms_of_use_url http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
contractor British Geological Survey
start_date_est Estimated
cruise_area CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Minches & Western Scotland, Northern North Sea, Scottish Continental Shelf, Offshore 1:250k: Bosies Bank, Caithness, Fair Isle, Great Glen, Moray-Buchan, Orkney, Peterhead, Sutherland, Tay-Forth, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND, NORTH SEA, NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W)
end_date 1970-06-17 00:00:00
cruise_data_url None
abstract Report: Sunderland, J, and Tully, M. 1970. Cruise Report for MV Surveyor. MGU Project 70/03. (IGS Report No 9) Positioning: Main Chain Decca using Decca Type 1844 Type receiver. Coastline corrections were applied to reduce fixed errors when within 0.5 Nm of the coast. Echo Sounding: Kelvin Hughes MS 32 Sonar Systems: EG&G side-scan sonar. Kelvin Hughes Transit sonar also used. Seismic Systems: Sparker System: EG&G sparker system with 263b hydrophone streamer. Most lines run at 1kJ Gravitymeter: LaCoste and Romberg Air Sea gravity meter. Magnetometer: RVU Barringer magnetometer
end_date_est Estimated
mdfileid_nerc_guid abc9f747-5476-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
additional_info 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.
confidentiality unclassified (open file)
cruise_alias None
nav_equip_type Decca Main Chain
accessuse_restric unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement
restitle Geophysical Survey 1970/3: Moray Firth and East and south of Orkney (23/05/1970 to 17/06/1970)
geophys_equip_type Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Sidescan Sonar, Sparker, Transit Sonar
terms_of_use Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced British Geological Survey materials "Contains British Geological Survey materials ©UKRI [year]"
ship MV Surveyor
samp_equip_type None