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- Online shops: Bookshop, GeoRecords+ and GeoReports
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The BGS Landslide Response Team received reports of two landslides on the east side of Whitby, North Yorkshire, following above average rainfall that affected most of the UK from April-November 2012.
On 28 November 2012, the media reported a landslide affecting a row of cottages on Aelfleda Terrace resulting in the demolition of five 100-year-old former jet workers cottages.
More about the Whitby landslides
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The BGS already has some information on methane in groundwaters for a number of UK aquifers, collected since the 1980s. The current survey began in 2012, with initial sampling campaigns in aquifers in Lancashire and Cheshire south Wales and Hampshire, Sussex and Kent.
The work will continue with sampling in Northern Ireland, Northumberland and Yorkshire. These areas have been selected as they have been identified as areas underlain by potential shale gas resources.
More about Baseline methane survey of UK groundwaters
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We have recently updated our Groundwater flooding FAQs to help land planners, developers and home buyers make better informed decisions.
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BGS· SIGMAmobile is a field data capture system designed to run on rugged tablet PCs with integrated GPS units, which also now has additional tools to clean the field linework to make professional quality map outputs.
For the third release of BGS· SIGMA we have integrated our BGS· SIGMAdesktop tools into BGS· SIGMAmobile to provide more of the functionality that BGS routinely uses to collect our data and then to produce map outputs.
We believe that this version is a major step forward in the functionality we are providing both in the field, and afterwards in the office when making maps.
Download SIGMAmobile
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BritGeothermal is a mechanism for technical collaboration and cooperation in geothermal research within the UK.
It aims to develop a greater understanding of UK geothermal resources and to research their exploitation so that geothermal energy can become part of the energy mix.
The principal objectives of BritGeothermal are:
- to create a virtual geothermal research centre
- to actively collaborate and cooperate in geothermal research
- to seek out new sources of funding for geothermal research
- to create a common portal for the promotion and communication of geothermal research
- to provide a unified voice in championing geothermal energy to government and commerce
The initial partners are the University of Glasgow, the British Geological Survey, the University of Durham and the University of Newcastle. It is hoped that as research projects develop others will join.
More about BritGeothermal
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In late October 2012, the relocation of UKCS cores from Gilmerton (Edinburgh) to the National Geoscience Data Centre Core Store, at Keyworth, was completed.
A core story plots the journey of core box S30000 all the way from its shelf in Gilmerton to its new home in Keyworth.
To celebrate its completion, of what has been a long and successful undertaking, we've created two videos to thank the staff at both sites for their dedication, effort and commitment to this relocation
Watch A Core Story
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Accessing Subsurface Knowledge (ASK) is an innovative subsurface data and knowledge exchange network between public and private sectors that is focused around Glasgow. ASK aims to improve the understanding of subsurface conditions via the free flow of data and knowledge that underpins successful construction and regeneration projects.
The ASK Network launch on 16 November 2012 was attended by delegates from local authorities, geotechnical and civil engineering consultancies and universities.
Learn more about the ASK network and download the launch event presentations
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This virtual borehole and section viewer allows you to drill virtual boreholes or draw virtual cross-sections through a geological model in five selected areas of the UK reflecting a range of geological settings.
This tool offers a glimpse into how geological models will be increasingly made accessible via web browsers without the need for additional software to be installed by the user.
Sample models available
- Ingleborough
- Ipswich
- Isle of Wight
- Thurrock
- York
Now available: Groundhog mobile
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