9df8df52-d6a5-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
English
dataset
British Geological Survey
+44 115 936 3100
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2022-07-05
UK GEMINI
2.3
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603180
BGS Geology - 625k (DiGMapGB-625) Bedrock version 5
2008
publication
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603180
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:625 000 scale providing a simplified interpretation of the geology and may be used as a guide at a regional or national level, but should not be relied on for local geology. Onshore coverage is provided for all of England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed at surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water bodies. The bedrock geology of the UK is very diverse and includes three broad classes based on their mode of origin: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. The data includes attribution to identify each rock type (in varying levels of detail) as described in the BGS Rock Classification Scheme (volumes 1-3 ). The bedrock has formed over long periods of geological time, from the Archean eon some 7500 million years ago, to the relatively young Pliocene, 58 million years ago. The age of the rocks is identified in the data through their BGS lexicon name (published for each deposit at the time of the original survey or subsequent digital data creation). For stratified rocks i.e. arranged in sequence, this will usually be of a lithostratigraphic type. Other rock types for example intrusive igneous bodies will be of a lithodemic type. More information on the formal naming of UK rocks is available in the BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Geological names are based on the lithostratigraphic or lithodemic hierarchy. The lithostratigraphic scheme arranges rock bodies into units based on rock-type and geological time of formation. Where rock-types do not fit into the lithostratigraphic scheme, for example intrusive, deformed rocks subjected to heat and pressure resulting in new or changed rock types; then their classification is based on their rock-type or lithological composition using visible features such as texture, structure, mineralogy. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles and are delivered free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
distributor
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
pointOfContact
asNeeded
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/9df8df52-d6a5-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png
Geology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
2008-06-01
publication
Maps
Digital maps
Data
GIS
Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
2011
revision
NERC_DDC
otherRestrictions
licenceOGL
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
otherRestrictions
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
vector
625000
English
geoscientificInformation
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
2009
revision
GB
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
1979
creation
UK [id=139300]
ISO 3166_2
2009
revision
UKM
-8.6500
1.7800
49.7700
60.8600
2008
The geology was fitted to a relevant topographic base at the time of production. The associated superficial data was not created at the same time and care should be taken using the two sets of data together as variation in topography at time of production may result in a mismatch between the two sets of data.
ESRI shapefiles
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
distributor
http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/dppp/wmc/digmap625.xml
http
Web map context for DigMapGB625
Web map context for DigMapGB625
download
http://ogc.bgs.ac.uk/dppp/kml/digmap625.kml
http
KML resource for DigMapGB625
KML resource for DigMapGB625
download
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-geology/
Home page for BGS Geology: onshore digital geological map of Great Britain data
information
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-geology-625k-digmapgb/
BGS Geology 625K Homepage
information
http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html
Geology of Britain viewer - 625K Surface Geology
search
dataset
dataset
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
2011
publication
See the referenced specification
false
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
2010-12-08
publication
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
false
A new 1:625 000 scale (5th edition) printed geological map of the United Kingdom, published in 2007, was prepared digitally and these data were then used to create the replacement DiGMapGB-625 Bedrock Version 5. The 1:625 000 Bedrock data were created from two main sources. The geology for England & Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man is generalised directly from the 1:50 000 scale DiGMapGB-50 V3 data released in 2006 with ongoing revisions through to 2007 incorporating selective interpretations from new 50k maps, anticipating their release as V5 tiles in 2008. The data for Northern Ireland were derived by minor simplification from the 1:250 000 scale geological map of Northern Ireland, published in 2007. Holes in the 50k data were filled using information from other sources.