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Item 55

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id 55
ship MV Researcher
samp_equip_type None
terms_of_use_url http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
mdfileid_nerc_guid abc9f747-545d-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98
client British Geological Survey
start_date 1972-05-14 00:00:00
contractor British Geological Survey
start_date_est Real
cruise_data_url None
cruise_area CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Eastern Channel, Southern North Sea, Western Channel & Celtic Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Caen, Dungeness-Boulogne, East Anglia, Guernsey, Lands End, Lizard, Oussant, Portland, Rennes, Saint-Brieuc, Thames Estuary, Wight, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: CELTIC SEA, DOVER STRAIT, ENGLISH CHANNEL, NORTH SEA
end_date 1972-06-16 00:00:00
abstract This marine geophysical survey undertaken by Institute of Geological Sciences (BGS) took place March to June 1972 in the English channel (west of Cherbourg) on board the M.V. Researcher. The survey was carried out as part of the Anglo-French effort to produce geological and geophysical maps of the channel. Data were gathered for Project:72/3 using the following equipment Navigation: Decca Hifix and Main Chain; LaCoste Sea Gravity Meter; Barringer Magnetometer; ORE profiler/precision Echo-Sounder; MS47 Transit Sonar; NERC Data Logger, a total of 3921km were covered. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Internal Report WB/ MG/72/33.
end_date_est Real
confidentiality unclassified (open file)
cruise 1972/3
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.
cruise_alias None
nav_equip_type Decca Hifix, Decca Main Chain
accessuse_restric unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement
restitle Geophysical Survey 1972/3: English Channel (west of Cherbourg) (14/05/1972 to 15/06/1972)
geophys_equip_type Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Pinger, 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]"