British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1975/1: Submersible trials

This sampling survey has been carried out by Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place in April 1975 around the west coast of Scotland and Irish Sea areas on board the Royal Research Ship RRS Challenger. The purpose was to carry out IGS submersible consub trials sampling rock outcrops identified by geophysical surveys. Sea-bed samples were collected using shipek grab. These data are archived by BGS. No BGS survey report currently available, IGS 1975 annual report contains summary.