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Map based index (GeoIndex) geochemical samples

The map shows the location of excess sample materials from the G-BASE (Geochemical Baseline Survey Of The Environment) geochemistry project:- stream sediments, panned heavy mineral concentrates and...

Map based index (GeoIndex) onshore borehole records

This layer of the Map based index (GeoIndex) shows the location of records of boreholes, shafts and wells from all forms of drilling and site investigation work. Some 850,000 records dating back...

Groundwater chemistry, hydrogeological data, geophysical investigations, borehole chippings analysis and local geology for the Afram Plains in Ghana. Investigation of low permeability rocks in sub-Saharan Africa.

This data was produced to support a project looking at low permeability rocks in sub-Saharan Africa. Multiple boreholes were drilled for the project with geology identified from chippings....

Mineral major element compositions of samples from IODP Site U1601, North Atlantic Ocean

Mineral major element compositions of olivine, orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene in ultramafic samples (peridotites and pyroxenites) taken from drill core recovered from IODP Site U1601 on the...

Virtual Site Survey of Pernambuco Plateau, Brazil in support of IODP 864: Origin, Evolution and Palaeoenvironment of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (NERC grant NE/M021238/1)

The dataset consists of: (1) Listing of full site survey package of geophysical data held in the IODP Data Bank in support of proposal 864. Details of how to obtain existing freely available or...

Downhole geophysical log collection

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480158] The BGS collection of paper and sepia geophysical logs from boreholes drilled by BGS and external...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1973/10: Irish Sea, Bristol Channel and English Channel (27/Jul/1973 to 15/Dec/1973)

This sampling survey has been carried out by, Institute of Geological Sciences (IGS) now British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place from July to December 1973 in the Irish Sea,...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1974/8: Bristol Channel, Irish Sea and English Channel (21/Aug/1974 to 02/Dec/1974)

This sampling and geophysical survey has been carried out by, Institute of Geological Sciences (IGS) now British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place from August to December 1974...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1976/CH/7: Scotland (01/05/1976 to 16/05/1976)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional geophysical and sampling survey took place in May 1976 in North Sea, west of Scotland on board the RRS Challenger. The purpose was to gather data which...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1969/MW/1: Sea of Hebrides, Clyde, Irish Sea, North Channel and Tay-Forth (06/Jun/1969 to 07/Sep/1969)

This sampling survey has been carried out by Institute of Geological Sciences now British Geological Survey (BGS) and George Wimpey and Co Ltd for BGS, the survey took place from June to September...

UKGEOS Cheshire - TH0420 Borehole Information Pack (version 1)

The borehole information pack from borehole TH0420 at the UK GeoEnergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Cheshire facility. This release from the British Geological Survey (BGS) contains a borehole schematic,...

Groundwater Levels

The BGS groundwater levels dataset is a gridded interpolation of depth to groundwater. The dataset is a raster grid, with 50 × 50 metre pixels holding values that represent the probable maximum...

Groundwater chemistry, hydrogeological data, geophysical investigations, borehole chippings analysis and local geology for the Tambora region of Tanzania. To investigate low permeability rocks in sub-Saharan Africa.

This data was produced to support a project looking at low permeability rocks in sub-Saharan Africa. Multiple boreholes were drilled for the project with geology identified from chippings....

Registered borehole specimens collection (England and Wales).

Collection of individually registered specimens and cuttings from onshore boreholes drilled in England and Wales by BGS, commercial and public bodies since the establishment of BGS in 1835. The...

UKCS offshore wellbores top holes (WGS84)

A wellbore is a path of drilled footage from the Well Origin to a terminating point. The location of each wellbore is the wellbore's well origin. A well origin is the location on the surface of the...

Wireline logging and core analysis datasets collected from Swanworth Quarry and Metherhills boreholes during the NERC funded Rapid Global Geological Events (RGGE) project.

This dataset contains the collated wireline logs, stratigraphy and core analysis of the three boreholes drill as part of the publicly funded Rapid Global Geological Events Project (RGGE) which ran...

Borehole Records Collection.

Records of all onshore (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...

Borehole logs from a site investigation of slag deposits in Consett Co. Durham, UK (NERC Grant NE/P019943/2)

Three borehole logs are presented that describe the material excavated from a slag deposit in Consett Co. Durham (ad pdf files). The boreholes were created by GeoSonic Ltd commissioned by Cardiff...

Detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the Lower Jurassic of the Llanbedr (Mochras Farm) borehole, Wales

The dataset contains detrital zircon U-Pb ages for the Llanbedr (Mochras Farm) borehole, from the Lower Jurassic. The U-Pb zircon age analyses was carried out on the SHRIMP IIe/MC instrument (the...

IODP Expedition 375 Site U1520 Unit IV fault and stylolite frequency and texture observations (NERC grant NE/S002731/1)

Data are either (1) depths and spacings between stylolites and faults within Unit IV, (2) images from IODP drill core image logs of the locations of samples observed, (3) photomicrographs and...