The British Geological Survey (BGS) has one of the largest databases in the world on the production and trade of minerals.
Facilitating a step change in our understanding of geology and our relationship with the underground environment.
Explore or download a range of free-to-view, BGS maps to help you explore the rocks around you and learn more about geological time and climate change.
A national-scale network of intersecting cross-sections providing a unique visualisation of the complex rocks and structures that make up the UK landmass.
Studying for your PhD at BGS.
The BGS corrosivity dataset is a GIS layer supporting the management of underground iron assets that has been created in response to the growing awareness of the cost of maintenance of structures such as pipelines and building foundations.
The BGS information management (geology) project populates and maintains a number of key geological databases and other information systems.
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.
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