Datasets

This theme provides information on the electrical resistivity of a geological material, to be used where the earthing characteristics of the ground are required.

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• 1:50 000
• Great Britain

The seabed geology map dataset covers regions on the UK’s continental shelf and details the substrate geology, structural geology and seabed geomorphology.

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• 1:10 000 – 1:50 000
• Regional

The Biosphere Isotope Domains GB (Version 2) data comprises analysis and location-specific information for strontium, sulphur, lead and oxygen (from drinking water and tooth enamel) isotope variation for Great Britain.

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• The dataset is represented by 1 km hexagon cells
• Great Britain

This data is the original digital data for seismic reflection surveys conducted by the National Coal Board (NCB) and its successor, British Coal Corporation (BCC).

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• Various areas in the UK

A series of maps showing the potential of the UK onshore coal resources for exploitation by conventional and new technologies.

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• 1:1 000 000
• UK

Regional aeromagnetic data for Great Britain acquired between 1955 and 1965.

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• Mostly at 2 km flight line separation 400 m in South West England
• Onshore GB and adjacent seas

The Great Britain land gravity survey dataset comprises over 165 000 gravity observations across onshore Great Britain.

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• Approximately one observation per 1.6 km²
• Onshore Great Britain

This Hi-Res survey data comprise multi-channel gamma ray spectrometer, magnetometer and dual frequency VLF-EM, of the North Midlands.

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• 400 m flight line separation
• North Midlands of England into Welsh Borderland

This ‘oilfield in a box’ dataset contains all of the raw data available from the Hutton hydrocarbon field in the North Sea.

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• The Hutton Field, East Shetlands Basin

218 760 line-kilometres of ship-borne gravity survey data that the BGS acquired on the UK continental shelf between 1968 and 1990.

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• UK continental shelf

204 724 line-kilometres of offshore ship-borne magnetic survey data that the BGS acquired on the UK continental shelf between 1967 and 1994.

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• UK continental shelf

Total organic carbon is a measure of the weight per cent of organic carbon within hydrocarbon source rocks. This dataset is derived from borehole analysis.

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• Great Britain

Digital aeromagnetic surveys carried out by Hunting Geology and Geophysics Ltd over the UK Atlantic margin in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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• Flight line varies between surveys but many at 2 km
• UK Atlantic margin

BGS vitrinite reflectance data derived from borehole analysis. Vitrinite reflectance data tells us the maximum temperature history of a sediment.

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• Great Britain