April 2017 | BGS communications dashboard

Here is a round up of metrics for April 2017. For all social media, the item shown is the most popular this month.

Due to temporary problems retrieving www.bgs.ac.uk web logs that we resolved on 7 April (hooray!), these statistics are slightly lower for the first few days than usual and incomplete for this month.

BGS Web Stats

Top search phrases

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Top BGS downloads

1. Rare-metal deposits
   682 downloads, Afghanistan Geological Survey
2. England and Wales map coverage at 1:50 000 and 1:63 360 scale
   611 downloads, Maps portal
3. BGS Geology | Digital Geological Map of Great Britain (DiGMapGB) - Information Notes, 2013
   441 downloads, Our products
4. World Mineral Production 2011 to 2015
   333 downloads, MineralsUK
5. Gemstones of Afghanistan
   298 downloads, Afghanistan Minerals
6. The potential for gold
   257 downloads, Afghanistan Minerals
7. Rock Classification Scheme - Vol 1 - Igneous
   227 downloads, BGS RCS
8. BGS catalogue of books and maps
   214 downloads, Catalogue
9. List of Mineral Abbreviations
   211 downloads, SCMR
10. Directory of Mines and Quarries 2014
    196 downloads, MineralsUK

Press release

21st Century Exploration Roadmap Palaeozoic Project released for underexplored petroleum systems. The British Geological Survey (BGS) and the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) are pleased to announce the release of the 21st Century Exploration Roadmap (21CXRM) Palaeozoic Project, aiming to improve the knowledge and data from the underexplored Palaeozoic petroleum systems of the North Sea and Greater Irish Sea.
18 April 2017, 796 downloads

Press releases for April 2017

New content

• Two new webpages