Scanned images of the BGS borehole records collection.
Scanned images of the records of all onshore Great Britain (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The records range from simple single page lithological logs through to hydrocarbon completion reports. Current collection over 1million records with 50,000 new records added per annum. Scanning started in 2002 and is ongoing with new records being scanned and added to the collection.
dataset
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/map-viewers/geology-of-britain-viewer/
name: Geology of Britain viewer
description: The Geology of Britain viewer is a simple tool, aimed at the general public, which helps you explore the geology where you live. The Geology of Britain viewer includes borehole scans , earthquake timeline and 3D models.
function: search
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/borehole-records/
name: BGS Information Hub: Borehole records
description: The BGS’s borehole record viewer offers free, direct, online access to the National Geoscience Data Centre’s (NGDC) collection of over a million onshore scanned boreholes, shafts and well records.
function: information
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/map-viewers/geoindex-onshore/
name: GeoIndex (onshore)
description: Search BGS datasets using GeoIndex, a map-based index of a wealth of information that we have collected or have obtained from other sources.
function: search
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603034
eng
Record data will vary depending on the original purpose. Spatial coverage will vary considerably depending on drilling activity, collecting activity and donations.
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2008-06-01
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2022
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1979
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2001
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Scanned images of all onshore (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. Received from a wide variety of external sources.
publication
2011
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See the referenced specification
publication
2010-12-08
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
IMAGE FILE
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