Dataset description

A series of technical palaeontological and biostratigraphical reports produced in the London, Leeds, Edinburgh and Keyworth offices of BGS between 1953 and March 2000. The reports provide information on fossils collected during Geological Survey mapping or supplied by clients. Fossils are collected in order to date (relative age) the rocks in which they occur and/or to provide evidence for the conditions of deposition, so the information contained in each report usually includes determinations of the fossils present in a collection and an interpretation of their stratigraphical and/or their palaeoenvironmental/palaeogeographical significance.Individual reports vary enormously in scope, depending on the reasons for the investigation. Some reports may be site specific, documenting the fossil fauna/flora from a particular locality or borehole, whereas others may deal with material from a number of localities on a 1:10 000, 1:25 000 or 1:50 000 sheet, or from several boreholes. Other reports may be in the form of reviews. Geographical coverage is wide, covering the UK and Northern Ireland onshore, UK offshore and overseas localities.All reports are held as hardcopy only. Each report bears a unique identifying number in the form SS/YY/NN, where 'SS' identifies the series, 'YY' identifies the year in which it was written and 'NN' is a serial number. Reports were numbered sequentially, regardless of whether they dealt with material from the UK and Northern Ireland onshore, UK offshore, or overseas, and a sequential set is held by BGS. Reports are also filed by 1:50 000 sheet, (UK onshore), offshore quadrant and foreign country, as appropriate.

Constraints

Some reports are confidential and can only be viewed with prior permission from customer.

Further information

For more information please contact:

Enquiries
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
Nottingham
NG12 5GG

Tel : +44 (0)115 936 3143
Fax :+44 (0)115 936 3276
Email :enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

 

Further details

Dataset details

Language	English
Curator	British Geological Survey
Supply media/format	PAPER
Storage format	Hardcopy:Paper copy
Frequency of update	irregular
Start of capture	1953
End of capture	Not known
Contact details
Department	Enquiries
Organisation	British Geological Survey
Address	Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
City	Nottingham
County	Nottinghamshire
Country	United Kingdom
Postcode	NG12 5GG
E-mail	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Telephone	+44 (0)115 936 3143
Fax	+44 (0)115 936 3276
Keywords
Topic category	geoscientificInformation (information pertaining to earth sciences)
Keywords and Keyphrases	BIOSTRATIGRAPHY GEOLOGY PALAEOENVIRONMENT PALAEONTOLOGY SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY STRATIGRAPHY
Keyword source	BGS Keyphrases
Spatial details
Spatial Reference System	Not available
Dataset extent
Coverage (Lat/Long)	North boundary : 90 East boundary  : 180 South boundary : -90 West boundary  : -180
Metadata
Metadata language	English
Metadata last updated	22nd November 2011
Metadata standard	ISO standard 19115:2003
Copyright and IPR
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.

W -180	90 N
S -90	180 E