Date (Publication)

1983-08-16

Identifier

British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF208

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

Keywords

• NDGO0001

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)

• soil and sediment
• crust

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P021)

• Gravity
• Bathymetry and Elevation
• Magnetics
• Two-dimensional seismic reflection
• Side-scan sonar

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Access constraints

otherRestrictions No restrictions, a copyright acknowledgement is required and permission from any third party for the release of the data has been obtained. Inclusion of any third party data will determine the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.

Use constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Use limitation

unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - 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]"

Spatial representation type

grid Grid

Distance

5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

Peach

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Tiree

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Little Minch

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Great Glen

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Lewis

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Sutherland

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Sula Sgeir

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Rona

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Orkney

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Wyville Thomson

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Judd

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Foula

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Sando Bank

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Flett

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Faroe Shetland Basin

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

North Rockall Basin

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Central Rockall Basin

Date (Revision)

2024-10-05

Geographic identifier

Scottish Continental Shelf

Date (Creation)

2009-06-18

Geographic identifier

Atlantic North-West Approaches, Rockall Trough and Faeroe/Shetland Channel

Date (Creation)

2009-06-18

Geographic identifier

Minches & Western Scotland

Date (Creation)

2009-06-18

Geographic identifier

INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND

Date (Creation)

1954-01-01

Geographic identifier

NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W)

Date (Creation)

1954-01-01

Begin date

1983-06-13

End date

1983-08-16

Reference system identifier

OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Date (Revision)

2005

Distribution format

OnLine resource

BGS Offshore Geoindex ( HTTP )

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Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Statement

Geophysical equipment types used included: Airgun/Sleeve Gun, Deep Tow Boomer, Deep Tow Sparker, Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Sidescan Sonar, Sparker and Water Gun. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. Navigation: Magnavox satellite navigation system integrated with MX610 doppler sonar and Arma Brown Mk1 Mod 5 or Mk 1C gyro compass. Decca Mk21 main chain receiver - optional integration with above. Mk 21 lat-lon convertor. Equipment: Bolt 600B four guns with standard (1-40 cu.in.) range of chamber sizes, wave shape kits for 40 cu.in., BGS firing delay unit for synchronisation, Kemo bandpass filter, TSS 307 TVG amplifier and display on an EPC 4600 or EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Geomecanique 2 channel, 30m hydrophone system. Sodera Mica-T 80 cu.in. watergun, recording as for airgun. Containerised Compare Reavell VHP 36 compressor system. Huntec deep tow boomer/sparker system with remote controlled winch, adaptive processing unit, Krohn-hite bandpass filter and display on EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Teledyne 7 channel, 10m hydrophone system. EG&G Surface tow boomer. Kemo bandpass filter, TSS 307 TVG amplifier, TSS 302 swell filter and display on EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Teledyne 7 channel, 10m hydrophone system. Atlas Deso 10 echo sounder with hull mounted transducers (33 and 210kHz) and Edig 10 digitiser unit. 33kHz channel with selectable 7 or 19 element transducer for deep water operation. LaCoste and Romberg S75 air-sea gravity meter. Worden land gravity meter for base ties. Barringer proton magnetometer - two tow cable sensor assemblies. Cycling controlled by seismic control system to eliminate sparker interference. Edo Western 248 pinger, 3.5/7.0kHz, 10 kW, towed fish transducer. Used with TSS 302 swell filter, display on EPC 3200 graphic recorder. EG&G surface sparker system - up to 2KJ capability. One 3-element and one 9-element spark array, Kemo bandpass filter, TSS 307 TVG amplifier, TSS 302 swell filter and display on EPC 4600 or EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Teledyne 7 channel, 10m hydrophone system. UDI AS 350 dual channel sidescan sonar system with catamtive. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.

File identifier

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Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2024-10-05

Metadata standard name

MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard

Metadata standard version

Version 2.3.5