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Ultrasonic and mechanical data from laboratory shear failure experiments in fluid saturated Westerly granite (NERC Grant NE/S000852/1)

Data recorded during triaxial rock deformation experiments of Westerly granite in the presence of pressurised pore fluids (water). Data consists of mechanical data (load, displacement, confining...

Chemical and Mineralogical analysis, SEM images and elemental diffusion timescales (NERC Grant NE/T009292/1)

Major and trace elements data for whole rock and clinopyroxene; major elements data for glassy groundmasses; BSE (back-scattered electron) images of clinopyroxene; Fe-Mg elemental diffusion...

Habitat point records from 1988-91 MNCR Morte Point and Ilfracombe littoral survey

Surveys of both sites at Morte Point and Ilfracombe were carried out by Keith Hiscock (MNCR). The Morte Point site was a rocky headland with strong tidal streams. The Ilfracombe site was similarly...

Species point records from 1988-91 MNCR Morte Point and Ilfracombe littoral survey

Surveys of both sites at Morte Point and Ilfracombe were carried out by Keith Hiscock (MNCR). The Morte Point site was a rocky headland with strong tidal streams. The Ilfracombe site was similarly...

21CXRM Phase 2 East Shetland Platform Data Package

Integrated petroleum systems (PeST) studies and seep evaluations of the East Shetland Platform and SW Approaches area of the UKCS.  The studies were carried out as an industry collaboration as...

Species point records from 1977 SWBSS Padstow sublittoral survey

The survey was planned in order to describe the range of sublittoral habitats and populations in the region of Padstow, to provide information for Underwater Conservation Year projects, and to give...

Habitat point records from 1977 SWBSS Padstow sublittoral survey

The survey was planned in order to describe the range of sublittoral habitats and populations in the region of Padstow, to provide information for Underwater Conservation Year projects, and to give...

Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) Superficial version 7

Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for all of...

BGS Geology - 50k (DiGMapGB-50) Superficial version 8

Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for all of...

21st Century Exploration RoadMap (21CXRM) Palaeozoic Petroleum Systems Analysis Project: Overview Regional Structural, Palaeogeography and Poster Products

GIS versions of a regional structural summary and palaeogeographic reconstructions describing the Palaeozoic geology of parts of the UK offshore and onshore, plus a set of summary posters and a...

Fissures and Breaklines

This dataset maps fissure and breakline features stored in the National Coal Mining Database. Fissures are a crack or opening in rock or the earth, created by mining in certain circumstances and...

BGS Photograph Collection

The official BGS photographic archive contains an estimated 300,000 photographs. The archive has been built up systematically since its founding in 1891 and is becoming a very popular educational...

UKCCSRC Call 2 project poster: Multiscale Characterisation of CO2 Storage in the United Kingdom, CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 2 project Multiscale Characterisation of CO2 Storage in the United Kingdom was presented at the CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16. Grant number:...

Convection in the Shiant Isles Main Sill (NERC grant NE/J021520/1)

Microstructural data for rocks in the Shiant Isles Main Sill, presented as a function of stratigraphic height in the sill. The data were published: Holness et al. (2017) Contributions to Mineralogy...

Habitat point records from 1988 MNCR Rockall survey

Rockall and its associated reefs are situated 306 km west of St Kilda on the Rockall Plateau, and are isolated from the shallow waters around Britain by the Rockall Trough, which reaches depths of...

Species point records from 1988 MNCR Rockall survey

Rockall and its associated reefs are situated 306 km west of St Kilda on the Rockall Plateau, and are isolated from the shallow waters around Britain by the Rockall Trough, which reaches depths of...

Dissolved rhenium and other dissolved ions in Alpine catchments of the Erlenbach and Vogelbach (Switzerland) and the East River (Colorado, USA) (NERC Grant NE/I001719/1)

The measurements and data contained here were obtained to study the chemical weathering of sedimentary rocks, and more specifically the oxidation of rock organic carbon and the associated release...

Mineral Extraction in Great Britain

The report publishes the findings of the statutory Annual Minerals Raised Inquiry survey which describes the annual sales across Great Britain of an array of minerals identified in the...

Microfossils - Value Added Dataset

Microfossil samples submitted to the BGS biostratigraphy laboratory are currently registered using the prefix 'MPA'. Samples include rock, residues from sample preparations, and slides of mounted...

Micromagnetic domain structures and thermal stability of magnetite and iron as a function of grain size, shape and temperature (NERC grant NE/J020966/1)

The vast majority of palaeomagnetic recordings held in rock and meteorites are contained in small inhomogeneously magnetised particles that have a single-vortex (SV) domain state. The reliability...