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BGS Earth Material Classes (concepts)

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
22 June 2026
Topic
Environment

Summary

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

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
Rock class (all) RDF 17/6/2026
Rock Name Classes RDF 20/1/2017
Rock Dummy classes RDF 20/1/2017
Rock Composite Classes RDF 20/1/2017

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