{"id":7687,"date":"2020-01-17T14:14:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T14:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T09:35:30","slug":"marine-geoscience-data-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine geoscience data management"},"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 management<\/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\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Marine%20geoscience%20data%20management&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\"><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\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Marine%20geoscience%20data%20management&#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\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\" 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)\u202fgeology <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>.<\/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-2073-block_5e4ab41033814\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background-b   \" >\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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feat_GeoIndex_offshore_2020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"GeoIndex Offshore\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/feat_GeoIndex_offshore_2020.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\">GeoIndex (offshore)<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The offshore GeoIndex shows the range of marine geoscience data held by the BGS within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\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\" 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_MEDIN-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"MEDIN Data Archive Centre\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/feature_MEDIN.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/medin-data-archive-centre\/\">MEDIN Data Archive Centre<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS is the accredited Marine Environment Data and Information Network data archive centre for geology, geophysics and backscatter data.<\/p>\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\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\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\" 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEA_portal_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"SEA data portal\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEA_portal_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/databases\/strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-data-portal\/\">Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) data portal<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Free access to available information and reports which have been produced through the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) SEA process.<\/p>\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\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\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\" 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\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MCA_HI1435_010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"MCA_HI1435_010\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MCA_HI1435_010-960x588.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-civil-hydrography\/\">Maritime and Coastguard Agency Civil Hydrography Programme sediment samples<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\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\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/feature_Marine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS White Ribbon boat on the Firth of Forth\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/feature_Marine.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">Sea floor: marine geoscience<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The marine geoscientists at BGS provide independent and expert geological advice, research and data acquisition to anyone working in the marine environment. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">Show more<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\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-7509-block_5e4ab5313381a\" class=\"grid-section   \" >\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\/marine-sediments-250k\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_MarineSediments250k-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Marine Sediments 250k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_MarineSediments250k.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\/marine-sediments-250k\/\" >Marine 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\/marine-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\/marine-bedrock-250k\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_MarineBedrock250k-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Marine Bedrock 250k\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_MarineBedrock250k.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\/marine-bedrock-250k\/\" >Marine 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\/marine-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<\/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><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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk\/geoindex_offshore\/home.html\">offshore GeoIndex<\/a>.<\/li><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:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emodnet-bathymetry.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMODnet Bathymetry<\/a> high-resolution seabed mapping (HRSM) project<\/li><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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emodnet-ingestion.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMODnet ingestion portal<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><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\u00a0EuroGeoSurveys&#8217; European Geological Data Infrastructure. It provides access to pan-European and national geological datasets and services from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogeosurveys.org\/about-us\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geological Surveys of Europe<\/a>. <\/li><li>The BGS is the co-ordinator of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecord.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling<\/a>\u00a0(ECORD) Science Operator (ESO) consortium that implements\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecord.org\/expeditions\/msp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mission-specific platform<\/a>\u00a0(MSP) expeditions on behalf of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iodp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Ocean Discovery Program<\/a>\u00a0(IODP).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecord.org\/resources\/databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access data<\/a>\u00a0from previous expeditions. <\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geo-seas.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geo-Seas<\/a> was an EU FP7 project to expand the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seadatanet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SeaDataNet<\/a>\u00a0infrastructure to marine geological and geophysical data.<\/li><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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/portal.onegeology.org\/OnegeologyGlobal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OneGeology portal<\/a>. <\/li><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. The NHDA was operated by the BGS under agreement with Department of Energy and Climate Change (now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BEIS)<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-section  sky-background-d \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row md-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Need more information?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div>For general NGR and NGDC enquiries or to arrange a visit, please phone 0115 936 3143 or contact our enquiries team<\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\"><a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\"  class=\"button primary-background button btn-icon-arrow-right-white before \">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-161-block_5ef50fea8e1f5\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\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\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\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/data_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Data - 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