The BGS manages marine geological and geophysical data from the seabed and sub-seabed mainly from the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) and adjacent area including MEDIN, SEA and NHDA data.
The National Geological Repository at BGS stores material from samples which are routinely collected from the seabed during Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) Hydrographic Instruction (HI) surveys.
Decarbonisation of power production, heat, transport and industry is a major challenge and one that intrinsically involves geoscience.
Our intention is to balance the safe retention and control of national geoscience databases and geological information, with the need to release information openly.
Landforms are features on the Earth’s surface that make up the terrain.
Erosion involves the movement of rock fragments through gravity, wind, rain, rivers, oceans and glaciers.
Deposition is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, water, or ice.
Relief is the term used for the differences in height across the land’s surface and is affected by the underlying rocks.
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