This theme provides information on the suitability of a geological material for foundations as part of a suite of GIS layers for different engineering parameters.
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, or ice.
The Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast form Northern Ireland's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, formed 60 million years ago.
Collecting and preserving geoscientific data, making it available to a wide range of users and communities.
G-BASE is a major BGS project that surveyed the surface geochemistry of the entire UK. Soil and stream-sediment geochemistry data is available for south-west England as a standalone dataset.
BGS is committed to research aimed at slowing down the effects of a changing climate, whilst helping society to become resilient to climate change.
The BGS's Keyworth site has a conference suite and separate exhibition space available to hire by the day or half-day.
Gases in the Earth's atmosphere act as an insulating blanket around the planet, trapping more of the Sun’s heat.
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