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British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1982/3: Southern North Sea (19/06/1982 to 12/10/1982)

Report: Brett, CP. 1982. Operations report on project 82/03, a regional geophysical survey in the southern North Sea. (IGS Report No 129)

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Date (Publication)
1982-10-12
Identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF201
Custodian
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
Originator
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
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]"
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Distance
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Borders

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Farne

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Tyne-Tees

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
California

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Indefatigable

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Silver Well

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Dogger

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Tay-Forth

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Swallow Hole

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Fisher

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Forties

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Cod

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Ling Bank

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Marr Bank

Date (Revision)
2025-11-13

Geographic identifier
Southern North Sea

Date (Creation)
2009-06-18

Geographic identifier
Northern North Sea

Date (Creation)
2009-06-18

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA

Date (Creation)
1954-01-01

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Begin date
1982-06-19
End date
1982-10-12
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Date (Revision)
2005

Distribution format
Distributor
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
OnLine resource
BGS Offshore Geoindex ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

GeoIndex allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry through the website.

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Geophysical equipment types used included: Airgun/Sleeve Gun, Deep Tow Boomer, Echo Sounder, Gravimeter, Magnetometer, Pinger, Sidescan Sonar, Sparker, Surface Tow Boomer and Water Gun. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. Positioning systems: Magnavox satellite navigation system integrated with MX610 dopplar sonar and Arma Brown Mk1 Mod 5 or Mk1C gyro compass. Also Decca main chain receiver with optional integration with the above. Data logged to a Camac data logger or Monitor Labs 9400 data logger Echo sounder system: Atlas Deso 10 with hull mounted transducers and Edig 10 digitiser unit Side scan sonar systems: UDI AS350 dual channel sidescan with catamaran tow fish. Display was on an EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Also a Kelvin Hughes Ms47 transit sonar, hull mounted. Airgun system: Bolt 600B, 2 guns with standar (1-40 cubic inch) range of chamber sizes, Kemi bandpass filter, TSS Model 307 TVG amplifier and display on a EPC 4600 or EPC 3200 graphic recorder. The hydrophone was a Geomecanique 2 channel, 30m, or 50m. Watergun system: Soder Mica-T 80 cubic inch syste, with recording as for the airgun Sparker system: EG&G sparker with up to 5kJ. One 3-element and 1 9-element spark array, Kemo bandpass filter, TSS Model 307 TVG amplifier, TSS Model 302 swell filter and display on a EPC 4600 or EPC 3200 graphic recorder. The hydrophone was a Teledyne 7 channel 10m system. Pinger system: Edo Western 248 pinger, 3.5kHz, 10kW hull mounted transducer. Used with TSS Model 302 swell filter and displayed on a EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Huntec deep-tow boomer: system fitted with adaptive processing unit, Krohn-hite filter and display on a EPC 3200 graphic recorder. Gravity meter: LaCoste and Romberg S75 air-sea system. Worden land gravity meter used for land ties. Magnetometer: Barringer proton magnetometer. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report.
File identifier
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.5
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , Edinburgh , EH14 4AP , UK
+44 (0)131 667 1000
+44 (0)131 668 4140
 
 

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