BGS Earth Material Classes (concepts)

BGS Earth Material Classes (concepts) is a classification of all types of earth material or other substance that may be recorded in a geological log or section (BGS Rock Classification Scheme RCSv3). These concepts are published as linked data.

IRI ~ http://data.bgs.ac.uk/ref/EarthMaterialClass/RockClassAll

Currently should resolve to: https://vocab.bgs.ac.uk/v/vocab/rthmtrlclss:RockClassAll

Data available for download through: https://github.com/BritishGeologicalSurvey/vocabularies/tree/main/vocabularies/EarthMaterialClass

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Created January 20, 2017, 12:24 (UTC)
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