CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Northern North Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Borders, Marr Bank, Moray-Buchan, Peterhead, Tay-Forth, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: NORTH SEA
This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine geophysical and sampling survey took place May to June 1972 in Moray Firth, off Aberdeenshire and Forth Approaches on board the MV Whitethorn. Sea floor data were collected using an echo sounder and transit sonar. Subsurface data were gathered using pinger and sparker equipment, a total of 531km were covered. Seabed samples and cores were collected using a shipek grab, gravity corer, vibrocorer, shell and auger and wireline drilling equipment. 9 borehole sites were occupied. Additional geophysical records (Line 61) were collected for Survey 72/W3 by MGU onboard ‘MV Researcher’ Survey 1972/4. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Internal Report WB/72/7.
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.
Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1972/WH/3: Moray Firth, off Aberdeenshire and Forth Approaches (09/05/1972 to 21/06/1972)
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Borehole, Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Diver Collected, Grab: Shipek