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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Geophysical and Sampling Survey 2002/KJ/2: SEA4: Faeroe-Shetland Channel: (01/Jul/2002 to 22/Aug/2002)
The data are available through the BGS Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) data portal, www.bgs.ac.uk/data/sea/app/ and can also be accessed via the Offshore GeoIndex SEA layers. Where these data are used in any maps or publications, etc. these should include an acknowledgement to the BEIS SEA (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy's Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme; Crown Copyright, all rights reserved).
CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Atlantic North-West Approaches, Rockall Trough and Faeroe/Shetland Channel, Scottish Continental Shelf, Offshore 1:250k: Cormorant, Horne, Lapworth, Miller, Sedgwick, Offshore 1:500k: Faroe Shetland Basin, More Basin, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: NORWEGIAN SEA
This sampling and geophysical survey has been carried out by, contractors for Department of Trade and industry Strategic Environmental Assessment project (SEA4), the survey took place from July to August 2002 in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel on board the RV Kommandor Jack. The purpose was to collect data as part of an Environmental Assessment project. Sea floor data were collected using EM120 multibeam and backscatter data. Sample data were collected using Megacorer, box corer, gravity corer and Day grab. These data were recorded digitally and are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in SEAS reports, see the Offshore GeoIndex SEA layers and the SEA Portal https://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/sea/app/search.