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Map of soil erosion risk (partial cover)

The map shows the risk of a bare soil being eroded by water under intense or prolonged rainfall and primarily covers the cultivated land in Scotland. Soils with mineral topsoils have been...

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) (formerly ODA) and...

BGS Geoscience Thesaurus

The BGS Geoscience Thesaurus contains approximately 6000 descriptor terms for concepts in the geoscience and related subjects. Some entries have scope notes to further explain the term. The...

Land Survey Record Index Database (LSRI); Scotland and Northern England

The Land Survey Record Index was set up c.1988 to provide a digital database index to records and archives held by the Land Survey in Scotland and Northern England and contains over 46,600 records....

BGS OGCAPI Service

This server provides OGCAPI endpoints for a selection of BGS open geospatial data. The BGS has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these, publishing as many as possible under...

Ground geophysical surveys in the UK done for specific projects

The database contains an index to over 600 ground geophysical surveys carried out in the UK for a variety of projects. A large number of these surveys were done for the DTI Mineral Reconnaissance...

Mining hazard (not including coal) in Great Britain

The dataset indicates the potential for hazard in Great Britain as a result of mineral extraction. It excludes areas of Coal mining as these are covered by the Coal Authority. It is based on a...

Western Gneiss Region Ar/Ar data (NERC grant NE/H016279/1)

This dataset encompasses thin section photographs, mineral composition data and Ar/Ar data. Grant abstract: Many of the Earth's great mountain ranges, such as the Alps and the Himalaya, result from...

G-BASE panned stream sediment samples

The BGS Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) was the national strategic geochemical mapping programme in Great Britain. The project set out to establish the chemistry of the...

Whole rock and microanalytical pyrite geochemistry from selected samples of the Vatukoula gold mines, Fiji, collected and analysed 2017-2020 (NERC Grant NE/M010848/1)

Whole rock and pyrite geochemistry data from a suite of mineralised and barren rocks from Vatukoula gold mines and the Tavua caldera that hosts the ore body, in the northern part of the island of...

Mining Leases

This dataset contains Mining Leases issued under the Minerals Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 by the Department for the Economy. These data geometry are polygons showing the extent of the...

Carbon and nitrogen content of permafrost soils from the North West Territories and Yukon, Canada, 2019-2020

This dataset contains information on the carbon and nitrogen content of varying permafrost soil types and layers sampled from the North West Territories and Yukon, Canada in 2019 and 2020. Samples...

Input parameters for ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of water at non-ambient pressure and temperature using the CP2K code

This deposit consists of a readme file, which describes the file 'simulationinput.in'. This is a simple text file that contains the information necessary to run any of the ab initio molecular...

Company Reports

**No longer exists**The dataset comprises the published annual reports of approximately 180 companies involved in mining or mining-related activities. The great majority are in English or are...

Anak Krakatau 2018 volcanic eruption - volcanic ash sample analysis (NERC Grant NE/T002026/1)

The data provides a summary of volcanic ash samples collected from around Anak Krakatau, Indonesia, in August 2019, originating from the December 2018 eruption. The ash was generated in eruptions...

Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2004/4_MEPF: MALSF Outer Bristol Channel Marine Habitat Study (18/Aug/2004 to 28/Aug/2004)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine geophysical survey took place during August 2004 in the Outer Bristol Channel aboard the RV Prince Madog. Netsurvey Ltd were commissioned to provide...

Tree trait, insect herbivore abundance and powdery mildew infection data (2018) from a tree diversity experiment in south-west France

This data set consists of data collected from one field season (2018) from the ORPHEE tree diversity experiment run by INRA Bordeaux in SW France. Data was collected on tree traits (tree height,...

Ferromanganese oxides nitrogen isotopes (NERC Grant NE/V010824/1)

Measurements of nitrogen and carbon abundances and isotopic ratios for deep-marine ferromanganese crusts and nodules from the modern ocean. This reservoir has not previously investigated as an...

BGS small-scale non-series maps

A collection of small-scale non-series maps which offer whole-country coverage of the United Kingdom 1856-2013. Included in the collection are geological, tectonic, structural, mineral resource and...

Carbon and nitrogen contents of soil organic matter fractions, soil organic carbon, total soil nitrogen, and soil organic matter of 100 topsoil samples from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2019-2020

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Carbon and nitrogen content (g per g soil) of the free-light fraction (LF), the occluded particulate fraction (OF), the mineral associated organic matter fraction...