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The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units (September 2017)

The Lexicon of Named Rock Units provides definitions of lithostratigraphic, lithodemic, and litho-morpho-genetic geological units of the United Kingdom and its associated continental shelf. The...

The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units (April 2019)

The Lexicon of Named Rock Units provides definitions of lithostratigraphic, lithodemic, and litho-morpho-genetic geological units of the United Kingdom and its associated continental shelf. The...

Mechanical data on Unzen rock samples

This dataset contains raw mechanical measurements of standard uniaxial tests in 1) tension; 2) compression; 3) compression with creep deformation (load hold); 4) compression with creep and...

Destinations of undergraduate leavers from higher education at alternative providers in England 2015/16

This Statistical First Release (SFR) provides details of the destinations of undergraduate leavers from higher education at alternative providers (APs) in England that have successfully completed...

BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units (concepts)

BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units concepts http://data.bgs.ac.uk/ref/Lexicon, published as linked data

A Pilot Experiment on Rock Weathering in Permafrost

The processes by which frost shatters rock are subject to controversy. The main objective of the proposed research is to develop a new methodology for experimentally testing a model of ice...

Major and trace element composition, and stable isotope data for whole-rock samples from alkaline rocks of the Chilwa Province

Major and trace element composition, and stable isotope data for whole-rock samples from alkaline rocks of the Chilwa Province. Samples collected between 2011-2021 in the Chilwa Alkaline Province,...

Soluble rocks dataset (5km Hex-Grid) version 7

The 5km Hex GS Soluble Rocks dataset shows a generalised view of the GeoSure Soluble Rocks v7 dataset to a hexagonal grid resolution of 64.95km coverage area (side length of 5km). This dataset...

Soluble rocks dataset (5km Hex-Grid) version 8

The 5km Hex GS Soluble Rocks dataset shows a generalised view of the GeoSure Soluble Rocks v8 dataset to a hexagonal grid resolution of 64.95km coverage area (side length of 5km). This dataset...

Crushed Rock Inter-Regional Flows

Derived from data collated from the 2005 Aggregate Minerals Survey, carried out by BGS for the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) which provide an in-depth and up-to-date...

The impact of mineral dissolution on drainage relative permeability and residual trapping in two carbonate rocks

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection into deep saline aquifers is governed by a number of physico-chemical processes including mineral dissolution and precipitation, multiphase fluid flow, and capillary...

Map based index (GeoIndex) rock samples

The map shows the localities where samples that form part of the BGS rock collections have been taken. Many of these samples are from surface exposure, and were collected by BGS geologists during...

Poole Rocks Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) - Stills - 2013

A series of 436 seabed images collected at Poole Rocks. The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Poole Rocks Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) - Video - 2013

42 videos interpreted from seabed video footage taken at Poole Rocks. The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural...

Poole Rocks Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) - PSA Data - 2013

26 PSA samples collected at Poole Rocks. The data were collected for the Marine Conversation Zones Project funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Phosphorus speciation and metal abundances in mafic and ultramafic rocks

The dataset includes abundances of phosphorus redox species (phosphate, phosphite, pyrophosphate) and metal abundances for a collection of mafic and ultramafic rocks. These include peridotites,...

IGI Source Rock Potential of the East Shetland Platform

Evaluation of the source rock potential of the East Shetland Platform including an interpretation report, a geochemical database, 1-D modelling input data and results and a comprehensive literature...

IGI Source Rock Potential of the East Shetland Platform

Evaluation of the source rock potential of the East Shetland Platform including an interpretation report, a geochemical database, 1-D modelling input data and results and a comprehensive literature...

2016 Keith Hiscock Lundy Intertidal Survey of Gannet's Rock

Keith Hiscock, Sarah Fowler, Greg Lingard, and Esther Hughes surveyed the granite boulder intertidal community at Gannet's Rock, Lundy. The aim of the survey was to re-survey the place where...

Petrological rock sample collection record sheets

Archive of rock collector's record sheets, giving details of what samples were collected for, petrographic characterisation and storage in the BSG petrological collections. The proformas record...