Displaying 75 datasets found described by keyword 'Geology'

10k Sheet Data Files.
An important paper archive of a wide variety of miscellaneous geological information organised on the basis of its location within 1:10 000 scale geological map sheet areas in Great Britain. ...

1:1.5M scale 'Geology Through Climate Change' Poster Map Covering UK Mainland, Northern Ireland and Eire.
1:1.5M scale 'Geology Through Climate Change' poster map covering UK mainland, Northern Ireland and Eire. This poster map shows the rocks of Britain and Ireland in a new way, grouped and col ...

50k Sheet Data Files.
An important paper archive of a wide variety of miscellaneous geological information organised on the basis of its location within 1:50 000 scale geological map sheet areas in Great Britain. ...

Acidity of Stream Water
Geochemical Baseline Survey Of The Environment (G-BASE) coverage for acidity of stream water. The G-BASE programme involves systematic sampling and the determination of chemical elements in ...

Additional Information (AI): Scotland And Northern England.
Collections of miscellaneous items mainly of semi-current value, including some field observations supplementary to 1:10560/1:10K mapping, arranged on 1:10K or One-Inch sheet basis. Set up i ...

Airborne Magnetic Survey Records For United Kingdom And Adjacent Areas.
Analogue aeromagnetic surveys of Great Britain for the Geological Survey (GSGB), subsequently digitised. Commercial Analogue survey of North Sea by Aerosurveys Inc, subsequently digitised by ...

Applied Geology Maps and Sections
This dataset contains the .tif (Tag Image File Format) scans of all the applied geology maps (otherwise known as thematic or environmental) and sections produced as part of "Geological backg ...

BGS International Minerals-Related Data Holdings Scoping Study Report
The object of the scoping study was to assess the feasibility of creating a BGS International Minerals Data Library by first reviewing the nature and extent of minerals-related data holdings ...

Biostratigraphy Reports - Onshore And Offshore, 1953-2000.
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 in ...

Borehole Geology Database.
The Borehole Geology database holds downhole lithological / lithostratigraphical data (with unit-bound lithological properties where appropriate) for boreholes identified within the Single O ...

Borehole Records Collection.
Records of all onshore (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The records range from simple single pag ...

Dalradian Carbonate Rock Geochemistry Database.
The database contains a range of geochemical data for metamorphosed limestones from the Dalradian of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The data include a) whole-rock geochemical analyses by XRF ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 10k (DiGMapGB-10)
The data shows polygonal and selected linear geological information, sourced from BGS 1:10 000 or 1:10 560 scale maps of Great Britain. However, geological units are identified using the mos ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 250k (DiGMapGB-250)
The data shows polygonal and selected linear geological information, sourced from published BGS 1:250 000 scale maps. However, geological units are identified using the most up-to-date nomen ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 25k (DiGMapGB-25)
The data shows polygonal and selected linear geological information, primarily sourced from BGS 1:25 000 scale maps of Great Britain. However, geological units are identified using the most ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50)
The data shows polygonal and selected linear geological information, primarily sourced from published BGS 1:50 000 or 1:63 360 scale maps of Great Britain. However, geological units are iden ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) SURFACE Version 3.14
The data overlays superficial polygons on bedrock polygons giving a representation of the geology at the surface. Sourced from 1:50000 DiGMapGB-50 (Digital Geological Map Data of Great Brita ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) SURFACE Version 4.16
The data overlays superficial polygons on bedrock polygons giving a representation of the geology at the surface. Sourced from 1:50000 DiGMapGB-50 Version 4 where available, augmented by add ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) SURFACE Version 5.18
The data overlays superficial polygons on bedrock polygons giving a representation of the geology at the surface. Sourced from 1:50000 DiGMapGB-50 Version 5 where available, augmented by add ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) SURFACE Version 6.19
The data overlays superficial polygons on bedrock polygons giving a representation of the geology at the surface. Sourced from 1:50000 DiGMapGB-50 Version 6 where available, augmented by add ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 625k (DiGMapGB-625)
The data shows polygonal and selected linear geological information, sourced from published BGS 1:625 000 scale maps of Great Britain. However, geological units are identified using the most ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 625k (DiGMapGB-625) Bedrock Version 5
The DiGMapGB-625 Bedrock dataset comprises digital geological map data at 1:625 000 scale. It provides coverage for all of England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Thi ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Northern Ireland - 250k (DiGMapNI-250) Version 1
The data shows superficial polygons, bedrock polygons and fault linear geological information, sourced from published Geological Survey of Northern Ireland 1:250 000 scale maps - superficial ...

Digital Geological Map Data of Northern Ireland - 250k (DiGMapNI-250) Version 2
The data shows superficial polygons, bedrock polygons and fault linear geological information, sourced from published Geological Survey of Northern Ireland 1:250 000 scale maps - superficial ...

Eastern Bolivia Regional Geochemical Survey.
Between 1976 and 1982, the Overseas Directorate of the British Geological Survey, United Kingdom and the Geological Survey of Bolivia, Santa Cruz, carried out a major reconnaissance geologic ...

Enquiry Records Archive for Scotland And Northern England.
The collection consists of records of enquiries answered by the Land Survey from c.1939 to 1970, with a small number of earlier records. Pre c.1960 files relate mainly to economic mineral e ...

GeoIndex
GeoIndex provides a map based index to datasets that BGS have collected or have obtained from other sources. The site allows users to search for information about BGS data collections coveri ...

GeoIndex 1:50000 Series Geological Maps
This layer of the GeoIndex shows the availability of 1:50000 series geological maps. For England and Wales (and Northern Ireland), map sheets normally cover an area 30 km east-west and 20 km ...

GeoIndex Digital Geological Map Availability 1:50k
This layer of the GeoIndex shows the location of available 1:50000 scale digital geological maps within Great Britain. The Digital Geological Map of Great Britain project (DiGMapGB) has prep ...

GeoIndex Geological Memoirs
This layer of the GeoIndex shows areas covered by explanatory sheet Memoirs. The memoirs themselves provide a comprehensive and detailed account of all aspects of the geology of the areas co ...

GeoIndex Old Series 1 inch Geological Maps
This layer of the GeoIndex shows the availability of 1:63360 scale geological maps. The maps are available for most of England and Wales and show early geological mapping covering the OS Old ...

GeoIndex Rock Samples
The map shows the localities where samples that form part of the BGS rock collections have been taken. Many of these samples are from surface exposure, and were collected by BGS geologists d ...

GeoIndex UTM series 1:250000 Geological Maps
This layer of the GeoIndex shows the location of available UTM series 1:250000 geological maps. These maps display Bedrock, Quaternary (Superficial deposits) geology of the offshore areas an ...

Geochemical Baseline Survey Of The Environment (G-BASE) For The UK.
The G-BASE programme involves systematic sampling and the determination of chemical elements in samples of stream sediment, stream water and soil, to build up a picture of the surface chemis ...

Geological Archives.
Collection of reports, notebooks interpretations, plans and other data for Great Britain received from external organisations that are not part of other collections. Covers a wide variety of ...

Ground Geophysical Surveys In The UK Done For Specific Projects.
The database contains an index to over 600 ground geophysical surveys carried out in the UK for a variety of projects. A large number of these surveys were done for the DTI Mineral Reconnais ...

Groundwater Level Archive
Database of water levels in selected observation boreholes: weekly and monthly measurements.Dataset represents only 5% of current monitoring networks run by UK measuring agencies. Consistent ...

Hydro-Electric Records (He)
Archive of reports, correspondence, records of tunnel and dam site examinations, borehole records relating to the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's schemes in the Scottish Highlands c ...

Hydrogeological Core Properties.
Database of hydrogeological properties measured on core samples. Contains most determinations generated by BGS Wallingford Physical Properties Lab but some data is only available on paper. H ...

Index To Enquiry Records
Digital Index to the records of enquiries received by BGS Information Services at Keyworth. The Oracle index was set up in 1988 as a digital index to world wide enquiries recieved between 19 ...

Index To The BGS Collection Of Geologist's Field Notebooks And Section Books.
An index to the manuscript notebook collection was set up in the 1990's. The notebooks contain detailed information gathered by Survey geologists (or other recognised geologists) from variou ...

Index To The BGS Collection Of Large Scale Mine Plans & Land Survey Plans.
Index to the BGS collection of large scale or large format plans of all types including those relating to mining activity, including abandonment plans and site investigations. The Plans Data ...

Index To The BGS Technical Reports Collection.
Index to the reports of work carried out by the BGS and its precursors. The index was set up in 1988 and has worldwide coverage. These reports cover a wide range of scientific and technica ...

Index To The National Geological Records Centre Collection Of Geological Archives.
Index, set up in 1998, to the archive collection of reports, notebooks interpretations, plans and other geological or related data received from external organisations that are not part of o ...

Interpreted Seismic And Well Data.
This dataset represents a project-based collection of seismic interpretations of 2D and 3D commercial seismic reflection data. These data are integrated in a relational database in ORACLE i ...

Kenya Regional Geochemistry.
The Samburu - Marsabit Geological Mapping and Mineral Exploration Project was a joint Kenyan and British technical co-operation project, carried out by staff of the Mines and Geological Depa ...

Land Survey Archives (LSA): Scotland & Northern England.
The Land Survey Archives consists of records of the Geological Survey in Scotland for permanent retention dating from 1860s onwards. The collection comprises geologists' field notebooks, m ...

Land Survey Record Index Database (LSRI); Scotland And Northern England.
The Land Survey Record Index was set up c.1988 to provide a digital database index to records and archives held by the Land Survey in Scotland and Northern England and contains over 46,600 r ...

Marine Survey Data from the UK Continental Shelf and Adjacent Deep Water Areas (1966 Onwards)
This dataset is the complete collection of the British Geological Survey (BGS) held Marine Survey data. The data held includes digital data and analogue records, plus associated physical sa ...

Mineral Resource Records (Mr); Scotland & Northern England.
The collection, amounting to c.6,000 records, consists of reports and data relating to geochemical sampling, geophysics, drilling and field mapping deposited by mineral exploration companies ...

Mineral Resources Archive (Mra): Scotland & Northern England.
Collection of c.5,000 items relating to economic mineral exploration and exploitation in Scotland (with some records for Northern England) pre c.1960. Incorporates Non-Ferrous Metallic Ores ...

NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories (NIGL) Project Records
NIGL (NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories) is a comprehensive stable and radiogenic isotope laboratory facility that undertakes environmental, life, archaeological and earth science resear ...

NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories (NIGL) Projects
NIGL (NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories) is a comprehensive stable and radiogenic isotope laboratory facility that undertakes environmental, life, archaeological and earth science resear ...

NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories (NIGL) Publications
NIGL (NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories) is a comprehensive stable and radiogenic isotope laboratory facility that undertakes environmental, life, archaeological and earth science resear ...

National Bedrock Fence Diagram of Great Britain (GB3D_v2012)
In 2011 the British Geological Survey (BGS) decided to begin the assembly of a National Geological Model (NGM) from its? existing and on-going geological framework models , comprising integr ...

National Soil-Parent Material
The National Soil Parent Material dataset is a series of GIS layers describing the geological material from which topsoils and subsoils (A and B horizons) develop (i.e. from the base of pedo ...

Nirex 3-D Modelling Data.
During the interpretation of the geological structure of the Sellafield site, a series of 3-D models were created using EarthVision and Vulcan software. These models have been imported into ...

Nirex Reference Drawings.
A collection of reference drawings relating to investigations carried out by Nirex, during the period from 1989 to 1997. Sites near Sellafield, in Cumbria, and Dounreay, in Caithness. The Ni ...

Northern Peru Regional Geochemical Exploration Survey.
During the period 1967 to 1971 a team of geoscientists carried out a programme of regional geological mapping in parts of Peru and a low-density regional geochemical exploration survey of th ...

Nottingham's Caves Database
GIS Data Layer and Database including maps and detailed Indexes. Paper records and photographs, descriptive register is paper version from which the digital version was created. Data mainly ...

Nottingham's Caves Report - Descriptive Register With Detailed Indexes.
Descriptive register with detailed indexes of the Nottingham man-made caves. Data mainly captured 1989, infrequent additions (approximately 1 per year) since then

Opencast Coal Records: Scotland & Northern England.
The collection consists of borehole drill logs, site plans, borehole location plans, geological plans and completion plans for opencast coal sites in Scotland and Northern England. It includ ...

Opencast Coal Site Maps
Primary Geological Data resulting from Open Cast Coal exploration in British coalfield areas. Maps showing the site outlines of opencast coal prospecting sites annotated with site reference ...

Palaeosaurus
Database of palaeontological specimens, world-wide coverage, including both "Museum" and "Survey" fossil collections from Keyworth and Edinburgh. Development commenced in Autumn 2000 and i ...

Plans Of Abandoned Mines (Other Than Coal): Cumbria.
The collection comprises photographic half plate black & white negative and 35mm colour transparency copies of plans of mine workings for haematite, gypsum, limestone, baryte and metallifero ...

Sand And Gravel Resources Assessment Records: Scotland.
'Archive' collection of c.3,000 records of the former Industrial Minerals Assessment Unit (IMAU) relating to sand and gravel assessment projects in Scotland, 1978-88. Includes borehole and ...

Scanned Images of the BGS Site Investigation Report Collection
Scanned images of the records of onshore Great Britain (or near shore) site investigation reports held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The entire collection ...

Scanned images of the BGS Borehole Records Collection.
Scanned images of the records of all onshore Great Britain (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The ...

Scottish Water Well Records.
The collection consists of records for c.5000 wells and springs in Scotland mostly lodged by drillers in compliance with the Water Act. These include data on well construction, water yields, ...

Solomon Islands Regional Geochemistry.
Two geochemical surveys were undertaken in the Solomon Islands between 1976 and 1983 as part of a combined geological mapping and mineral exploration project. The survey of Choiseul and th ...

The BGS Collection Of Geologist's Field Notebooks, Section Books and Field Record Cards.
Manuscript notebooks, section books and field record cards containing detailed information gathered by the Survey geologists (or other recognised geologists) from various sources as part of ...

The BGS Rock Classification Scheme
The BGS Rock Classification Scheme (RCS) is a comprehensive classification scheme for all types of rocks and unconsolidated sediments worldwide. It is intended to be used for classification ...

Water Well Archive
100,000 paper records of water wells, including details of lithologies, well construction, water levels and yields and water chemistry. Details lodged by drillers under statute. Includes ap ...

Wellmaster Hydrogeological Database.
The WellMaster database holds hydrogeological information on water wells for wells and boreholes identified within the Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI) within England Wales and Scotland. ...

Zimbabwe Regional Geochemical Survey.
During the period 1982-86 a team of geologists from the British Geological Survey carried out a programme of regional geological mapping and geochemical exploration in collaboration with the ...