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Metadata: British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1966/3: Moray Firth (08/10/1966 to 14/11/1966)
Abstract:
This marine geophysical survey was carried out by Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd for Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS), the survey took place from October to November 1966 in the Moray Firth on board the MV Rosherville. The purpose was to collect data for regional marine survey linking the coastal geology with offshore structures, test equipment and techniques and train personnel. This project constituted the initial steps of the Institute of Geological Sciences (now BGS) regional marine survey of eastern Scottish waters. At the end of the geophysical survey two days of sampling equipment trials were undertaken. Sea floor data were collected using echosounder. Sub-surface data were collected using boomer; proton magnetometer. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in IGS report 70/1.
Data holder:
British Geological Survey (BGS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 34179 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1966/3: Moray Firth (08/10/1966 to 14/11/1966) |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | abc9f747-5465-0f38-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | BGS_CMD_REF2 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1966-10-08 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1966-11-14 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 5 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This marine geophysical survey was carried out by Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd for Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS), the survey took place from October to November 1966 in the Moray Firth on board the MV Rosherville. The purpose was to collect data for regional marine survey linking the coastal geology with offshore structures, test equipment and techniques and train personnel. This project constituted the initial steps of the Institute of Geological Sciences (now BGS) regional marine survey of eastern Scottish waters. At the end of the geophysical survey two days of sampling equipment trials were undertaken. Sea floor data were collected using echosounder. Sub-surface data were collected using boomer; proton magnetometer. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in IGS report 70/1. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Geophysical equipment types used included: Echo Sounder, Magnetometer and Surface Tow Boomer. Hunting Geology & Geophysics was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of British Geological Survey. Information for this survey is sourced from IGS report 70/1. Vessel – modified Port of London Authority workship. Navigation - Decca MK 12 receiver using North Scottish Decca navigation chain. Sampling equipment trials of UMEL corer and shipek grab were conducted, excellent results with grab except on cobble gravel. E.G. and G. boomer system operated at 1000 Joule and fired every 1.5 seconds. Seismic signals were filtered by a 200-800Hz band-pass filter and processed and printed on E.G. and G. Type 254 recorder. Elsec proton magnetometer achieved acceptable performance. Echo-sounder – Bludsworth P.D.R and a Kelvin Hughes M.S.26 in the later part of the survey. The depths were subsequently corrected for tidal variations, adjusted to O.D. Newlyn. Total of 648.6km traversed. Surveys were made at 5 to 6 knots. Much of the survey was carried out in poor weather. For more detailed information see the Cruise Report. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NDGO0001 |
| Keyword title | NERC OAI Harvesting | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
| Keyword title | Geology | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | soil and sediment |
| Keyword title | soil and sediment | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | crust |
| Keyword title | crust | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation |
| Keyword title | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Magnetics |
| Keyword title | Magnetics | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Two-dimensional seismic reflection |
| Keyword title | Two-dimensional seismic reflection | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.2009 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.117 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.5979 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.1917 |
| Regional sea | Great Glen | |
| Caithness | ||
| Moray-Buchan | ||
| Northern North Sea | ||
| NORTH SEA | ||
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| enquiries@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | British Geological Survey (BGS) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 667 1000 | |
| Fax | +44 (0)131 668 4140 | |
| Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
| Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | UK | |
| offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=1966/3 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | BGS Offshore Geoindex |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | search |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | 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]" |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 1966-11-14 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-17 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-04-16 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.5 |