Datasets
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Bedrock Aquifer Productivity Scotland version 1
The dataset describes the potential of bedrock aquifers across Scotland to sustain various levels of borehole water supply, and the dominant groundwater flow type in each... -
Structure of the bedrock
The data comprises information on the subsurface structure of stratigraphic levels and units in the United Kingdom, detailing depth to and thickness of the units. These result... -
Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) version 7
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names. The scale of the data is 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for all of England,... -
Results from geochemical surveys in urban areas
Laboratory results for the analysis of soil samples collected from urban areas during the baseline geochemical mapping programme of Britain. Sample sites are described on field... -
Registers of macrofossils (Leeds system)
Registers of macrofossils arranged by 1" (one inch ro the mile) or 1:50 000 scale English geological sheets. Each register is numbered 1-359 and each sheet has one or more... -
Nirex reference drawings
A collection of reference drawings relating to investigations carried out by Nirex, during the period from 1989 to 1997. The drawings summarise the status of the geological... -
Aquifer Vulnerability Maps England and Wales
Digitised versions of a set of 1:100,000 scale maps of aquifer vulnerability for England and Wales. The dataset identifies the vulnerability to pollution of major and minor... -
Geotechnical Database
The National Geotechnical Properties Database contains information about site investigation reports, boreholes and samples. It contains geotechnical measurements taken over... -
Macrofossils from Ireland.
Registers dating from the 1950s listing some of the macrofossil collections held in the Geological Survey of Ireland between 1868 and 1875. They are numbered sequentially, but... -
Original Seismic Sections.
This document dataset contains original prints, on paper, sepia or film, of seismic reflection survey sections, dating from the 1960s. Most data are within the UK onshore area;... -
BGS Petrological Rock Samples from Overseas Surveys and Projects
Rocks, thin sections and paper registers: samples from past BGS surveys and projects overseas. Though neglected for several years, the collection has been re-opened for addition... -
Opencast Coal Data
Primary Geological Data resulting from Open Cast Coal exploration. Collection of data includes reports, interpretations and records of research in British coalfield areas... -
The BGS collection of archived video recordings
The BGS collection of downhole CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) recordings and backup tapes for worldwide SKYLAB satellite imagery. CCTV recordings carried out down boreholes,... -
Enquiry records archive for Scotland and Northern England
The collection consists of records of enquiries answered by the Land Survey from c.1939 to 1970, with a small number of earlier records. Pre c.1960 files relate mainly to... -
Nirex Analogue (Paper) Records
The paper archives comprise a set of the factual and interpretative reports that document the investigations carried out by Nirex (Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive)... -
Biostratigraphical Masterpacks
The BGS Stratigraphical Masterpack Series aims to provide high quality biostratigraphical information modules for industry. It is envisaged that the majority of clients will be... -
East Grampians geological field data
The database contains basic tabulated field data resulting from the work of the BGS East Grampians Project in the early 1980s to mid 1990s. Records include the locations of... -
Point source urban soil chemistry Great Britain (version 1)
This dataset has now been superseded, please see the Measured Urban Soil Chemistry dataset. The BGS digital point source urban soil chemistry data... -
Estimated Urban Soil Chemistry Great Britain (version 1)
The BGS digital estimated urban soil chemistry data (GB_EstimatedUrbanSoilChemistry_v3) indicates the estimated geometric mean concentrations (mg kg-1) of Arsenic (As), Cadmium... -
Soil chemistry Scotland (version 3)
This dataset has now been superseded, please see the Estimated Ambient Background Soil Chemistry Scotland dataset. The BGS digital soil chemistry data indicates the estimated... -
Marine Quaternary Map - UK Waters - 1:1M scale
This is a digital version of the paper based 1:1M scale Offshore Quaternary map, North and South sheets. Customers should be aware that, given the age of the paper based maps,... -
Geological interpreted superficial deposits thickness models version 2.1,...
A superficial thickness model covering England Scotland and Wales. The model is derived by direct modelling (natural neighbour interpolation) of BGS Borehole records and BGS... -
Mineral resource polygons central belt of Scotland version 1
The British Geological Survey (BGS) was awarded a grant from the Scottish Government Aggregates Levy Fund in 2007 to provide a comprehensive, relevant and accessible information... -
Environmental Sensitivity Vector 1 Hectare Grid - Scotland
The dataset is based on a 1 hectare(ha) vector grid which covers the whole of Scotland. It has been populated with a series of environmental and cultural assets, reflecting the... -
Environmental Sensitivity Vector 1 Hectare Grid - Wales
The dataset is based on a 1 hectare(ha) vector grid which covers the whole of Wales. It has been populated with a series of environmental and cultural assets, reflecting the... -
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland -...
A collection of aerial photographs providing national coverage supplied to BGS by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). The aerial... -
UK Coal Resource for New Exploitation Technologies
Several coal resource maps for the whole of the UK have been produced by the British Geological Survey as a result of joint work with Department of Trade and Industry and the... -
Groundwater Flooding Susceptibility
The groundwater flooding susceptibility data shows the degree to which areas of England, Scotland and Wales are susceptible to groundwater flooding on the basis of geological... -
Superficial Aquifer Productivity Scotland version 1
The dataset describes the potential of superficial deposit aquifers across Scotland to sustain various levels of borehole water supply, based on four productivity classes: high;... -
Environmental Sensitivity Vector 1 Hectare Grid - England
The dataset is based on a 1 hectare(ha) vector grid which covers the whole of England. It has been populated with a series of environmental and cultural assets, reflecting the... -
Fluoride in Stream Water
THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN This dataset was created for the "Britain beneath our feet" atlas using information extracted from the Geochemical Baseline Survey Of The... -
Crushed Rock Inter-Regional Flows
Derived from data collated from the 2005 Aggregate Minerals Survey, carried out by BGS for the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) which provide an in-depth... -
Mineral resource polygons England version 2
The original version of this dataset contained lithologies interpreted as representing a mineral resource for mineral extraction. Collated on a County by County basis as part of... -
Regional gravity survey records of onshore and nearshore United Kingdom
Field notebooks,maps, field sheets etc for Regional gravity observations on the UK mainland, Northern Ireland, offshore islands, tidal estuaries and seabed. Most of the surveys... -
Arup Review of Mining Instability in Great Britain
The data shows the extent of mining within Great Britain it was captured in 1990 by OVE ARUP on behalf of the Department of Environment as a series of paper maps and no updates... -
Nirex Magnetic Tape Archives - Processed Data
A significant part of this data collection is geophysical survey data in digital form being derived data created during the subsequent processing and interpretation of the field... -
Nirex magnetic tape archives - raw data
A significant part of this data collection is geophysical survey data in digital form, being mainly instrumental recordings made during fieldwork. Derived data created during... -
Mineral veins of the Southern Pennine Orefield
3200 mineral veins (i.e. lead, fluorspar) of the Southern Pennine Orefield within the Peak District National Park captured as a single dataset in 1983 from BGS 1:10 560... -
Foreign sliced rock collection
The foreign sliced rock or 'F' collection consists of about 10, 000 specimens and thin sections, cited by their 'F' numbers. These include material archived from recent overseas... -
Results from the regional geochemical mapping of Britain
Laboratory results for the analysis of geochemical samples (stream sediments, soil and water) collected for the high resolution geochemical mapping of mainland Britain. The... -
Copy Seismic Sections.
This document data set contains paper copies of many of the seismic reflection survey sections from the original seismic sections data set (ORIGSEISECS) . These have been made... -
Macrofossils Illustrated in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society
5 volumes of macrofossils illustrated in the Quaterly Journal Of The Geological Society are given identifications and locality details together with the bibliographic reference.... -
Digital seismic sections
This digital data set contains original files of seismic reflection survey sections. Most data are within the UK Onshore area; although there are some UK near-shore and offshore... -
Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) for UK Soils in urban areas
Soil samples collected in urban areas throughout the UK are analysed for their major and trace element geochemistry, their pH and organic matter content. Samples are collected... -
Reference samples of building stones
A collection of large-size, representative hand samples of building stones from current and historic quarries in the UK, together with specimens from historic buildings supplied... -
Sumatra regional geochemistry
Regional Geochemical data from drainage basin reconnaissance survey carried out as part of a bilateral aid project between the UK Department for International development (DFID)... -
Nirex petrological samples and records
As an integral part of the investigations carried out at Sellafield, and to a lesser extent for the Dounreay boreholes, the cores from the boreholes were systematically examined... -
Nirex 3-D Modelling Data.
During the interpretation of the geological structure of the Sellafield site, a series of 3-D models were created using EarthVision and Vulcan software. These models have been... -
Nirex rock cores and core samples from deep boreholes
During the period from 1989 to 1997, Nirex undertook extensive geological investigations at sites near Sellafield, in Cumbria, and Dounreay, in Caithness, to examine whether or... -
The BGS Edinburgh Palaeontological Slides Collection.
PALSLIDES_ED is the BGS Edinburgh Palaeontological Slides Collection. It comprises two registration series. The MIC (microfossils) series, which is added to sporadically,...