{"id":862,"date":"2025-09-30T10:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/?page_id=862"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:41:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T12:41:56","slug":"marine-geoscience-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/marine-geoscience-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine geoscience data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Marine geoscience data<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Data &mdash; National Geoscience Data Centre<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/marine-geoscience-data\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Marine%20geoscience%20data&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/marine-geoscience-data\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/marine-geoscience-data\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Marine%20geoscience%20data&#038;body=The%20BGS%20manages%20marine%20geological%20and%20geophysical%20data%20from%20the%20seabed%20and%20sub-seabed%20mainly%20from%20the%20United%20Kingdom%20Continental%20Shelf%20(UKCS)%20and%20adjacent%20area%20including%20MEDIN,%20SEA%20and%20NHDA%20data.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/marine-geoscience-data\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/marine-geoscience-data\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The BGS manages marine data, information and material as part of the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/services\/ngdc\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Geoscience Data Centre<\/a> \u202f(NGDC),&nbsp;the \u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medin.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marine Environment Data and Information Network<\/a>\u202f(MEDIN), the geology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/medin-data-archive-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data archive centre<\/a>\u202f(DAC) and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Geological Repository<\/a>&nbsp;(NGR).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geological, geophysical and environmental data on the seabed and sub-seabed is used to underpin the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">marine geoscience<\/a>&nbsp;undertaken by the BGS and the wider user community in the UK and beyond. The data is used for a range of purposes, including the creation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/product-development\/\">BGS products<\/a>&nbsp;such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/datasets\/?tax_topic=marine-geoscience&amp;tax_purpose=all&amp;tax_area=all&amp;sterm=&amp;order=asc\">marine geoscience and seabed geology datasets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data is freely available online (where possible) under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/opengeoscience\/\">OpenGeoscience<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/doc\/open-government-licence\/version\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Government Licence<\/a>. However, some data are not yet processed for online delivery and in these cases there may be a charge to cover data preparation. You can also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/medin-data-archive-centre\/\">deposit data<\/a> with us.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"in-this-section-8438-block_e4481a062a708a6c9c7f8efe043ca133\" class=\"grid-section  basic-background-1   \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Find out more about our work<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/feat_GeoIndex_offshore_2020.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"geoindex offshore\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/feat_GeoIndex_offshore_2020.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGeoindex (offshore)\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/medin-data-archive-centre\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/feature_MEDIN.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"MEDIN Data Archive Centre\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/feature_MEDIN.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/medin-data-archive-centre\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMEDIN Data Archive Centre\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/medin-data-archive-centre\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/databases\/strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-data-portal\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/SEA_portal_feature.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"SEA_portal_feature\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/SEA_portal_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/databases\/strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-data-portal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStrategic environmental assessment (SEA) data portal\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/databases\/strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-data-portal\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-civil-hydrography\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/MCA_HI1435_010.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"MCA_HI1435_010\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/MCA_HI1435_010.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-civil-hydrography\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMaritime and Coastguard Agency Civil Hydrography Programme sediment samples\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-civil-hydrography\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/feature_Marine.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"BGS White Ribbon boat on the Firth of Forth\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/feature_Marine.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSea floor: marine geoscience\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<section id=\"related-apps-7468-block_6bcfe394b605898b174d9ed32a2ef98b\" class=\"grid-section  basic-background-1   \" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>BGS marine products<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards  cards-find-more  cards-orizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/seabed-sediments-250k\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/MarineSed250kSample.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"BGS Geology: marine sediments 250k sample.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/MarineSed250kSample.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Datasets<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/seabed-sediments-250k\/\" >Seabed sediments 250K<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/seabed-sediments-250k\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards  cards-find-more  cards-orizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/offshore-bedrock-250k\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/MarineRock250kSample.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"BGS Geology: marine bedrock 250k sample.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/MarineRock250kSample.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Datasets<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/offshore-bedrock-250k\/\" >Offshore bedrock 250K<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/offshore-bedrock-250k\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards  cards-find-more  cards-orizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-seabed-geology\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Anglesey_Area4_25k_1_nohs.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Anglesey_Area4_25k_1_nohs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Anglesey_Area4_25k_1_nohs.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Datasets<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-seabed-geology\/\" >BGS Seabed Geology 1:10 000 \u2013 1:50 000<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-seabed-geology\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards  cards-find-more  cards-orizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-predictive-seabed-sediments-uk\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/UK_SBS_Folk15rock-feature.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Predictive SBS map product: Mostly likely sediment class according to Folk15 classification + rock. BGS \u00a9 UKRI 2025\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/ngdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/UK_SBS_Folk15rock-feature.webp\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Datasets<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-predictive-seabed-sediments-uk\/\" >BGS Predictive Seabed Sediments (UK)<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-predictive-seabed-sediments-uk\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Marine Environmental Mapping Programme UK (MAREMAP) was a coordinated network of UK sea floor and shallow geological mapping. Maps are available to view via the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk\/geoindex_offshore\/home.html\">offshore GeoIndex<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The BGS is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emodnet-geology.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Marine Observation and Data Network<\/a> (EMODnet), working with partner geological surveys (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogeosurveys.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Euro-Geosurveys<\/a>) and others to improve access to marine data, products and metadata. We are partners in:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emodnet-bathymetry.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMODnet Bathymetry<\/a> high-resolution seabed mapping (HRSM) project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emodnet-ingestion.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMODnet ingestion<\/a> project, aiming to streamline the data ingestion process and connect marine data holders not yet connected to existing infrastructures. Deposit data via the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emodnet-ingestion.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMODnet ingestion portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.europe-geology.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EGDI<\/a> is the&nbsp;EuroGeoSurveys&#8217; European Geological Data Infrastructure. It provides access to pan-European and national geological datasets and services from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogeosurveys.org\/about-us\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geological Surveys of Europe<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The BGS is the co-ordinator of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecord.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling<\/a>&nbsp;(ECORD) Science Operator (ESO) consortium that implements&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecord.org\/expeditions\/msp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mission-specific platform<\/a>&nbsp;(MSP) expeditions on behalf of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iodp3.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Ocean Drilling Program<\/a>&nbsp;(IODP<sup>3<\/sup>).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecord.org\/resources\/databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access data<\/a>&nbsp;from previous expeditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geo-seas.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geo-Seas<\/a> was an EU FP7 project to expand the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seadatanet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SeaDataNet<\/a>&nbsp;infrastructure to marine geological and geophysical data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onegeology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OneGeology<\/a> is an international initiative of the geological surveys of the world to &#8216;make web-accessible the best available geological map data worldwide at a scale of about 1: 1 million&#8217;. The results can be seen on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/portal.onegeology.org\/OnegeologyGlobal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OneGeology portal<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/national-hydrocarbons-data-archive\/\">National Hydrocarbons Data Archive<\/a> (NHDA) is a long\u2013term data archive of geoscientific legacy data resulting from UK offshore oil and gas exploration and production activity. 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