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2005, Britannia Operator Ltd, UKCS Block 15/30 and 16/26, Drilling Hazard Survey, BGS Reference Number YB05SS0001

An oil and gas industry site survey (preliminary geohazard assessment) for a drilling hazard acquired in March 2005. The block numbers traversed were 15/30 and 16/26.

Radiocarbon dates of sediment slices from the MexiDrill core of Lake Chalco, Mexico (40-0 kcal BP) (NERC Grant NE/S009035/1)

The MexiDrill core was dated using a range of methods, including radiocarbon. Samples of sediment were pretreated (acid-only) at the 14CHRONO Centre according to established protocol, and measured...

2014, Total E&P UK Ltd, UKCS 29/4b Dover Rig Site Survey, Exploration Drilling Survey, DECC Reference Number GS_102

An oil and gas industry exploration drilling site survey acquired under licence P2047 in April 2014. The block number traversed was 29/4b.

Palaeomagnetism measurements collected on-board JOIDES Resolution during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 346 (NERC grant NE/N004736/1)

The dataset created includes natural remanent magnetisation (NRM) of archive-half core sections recovered at nine sites (i.e. Sites U1422, U1423, U1424, U1425, U1426, U1427, U1428, U1429, and...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1980/9: Regional Mapping Programme drilling: Shetland Islands (13/Aug/1980 to 19/Sep/1980)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey (comprised of two legs) took place in August/September 1980 around the Shetland Islands on board the MV Ferder. Twelve seabed...

2015, Total E&P UK Ltd, Elgin Shallow Hazard Survey Q3 2015. UKCS Block 22/30c, Drilling Hazard Survey, DECC Reference Number GS_294

An oil and gas industry site survey for a drilling hazard acquired under licence P666 in July 2015. The block number traversed was 22/30.

Mineral chemistry of volcaniclasts from IODP Site 1438 drilled during exp.351 in the Amami Basin, W.Pacific Ocean. (NERC grant NE/M007782/1)

Mineral chemistry of volcaniclasts from IODP Site 1438 drilled during exp.351 in the Amami Basin, W.Pacific Ocean. This data includes mineral chemistry of mafic minerals determined by electron...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1975/3: Regional Mapping Programme Drilling: Firth of Forth (24/Feb/1975 to 12/Mar/1975)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey took place from February to March 1975 in the Firth of Forth on board the MV Whitethorn. Seabed samples and borehole cores were...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1977/FE: Regional Mapping Programme drilling: Scottish Continental Shelf (07/Jun/1977 to 18/Jul/1977)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey (comprised of two legs) took place in June/July 1977 in waters to the north and west of Scotland on board the MV Ferder. Seabed...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1985/10: Quaternary drilling: NW Scotland Continental Slope (01/Jan/1985 to 31/Dec/1985)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey took place in two phase in July & October 1985 on the Continetal Slope north-west of Scotland on board the MV Pholas and MV...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1983/1: Rotary drill trials: Southern North Sea (07/Mar/1983 to 24/Mar/1983)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine sampling survey took place in March 1983 in the Southern North Sea on board the MV Whitethorn. The purpose was to carry out trials of the remotely...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1980/6: Regional Mapping Programme drilling: The Minch and North Sea (25/Sep/1980 to 22/Oct/1980)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional sampling survey (comprised of two legs) took place in September/October 1980 in North Sea and the Minch on board the MV Mariner. Four seabed boreholes...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1976/76: Regional Mapping Programme Drilling: SW Approaches and Northern Scotland (01/Apr/1976 to 15/Aug/1976)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey took place from April to August 1976 in SW Approaches and Northern Scotland on board the MV Sealab. Seabed samples and borehole...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1978/5: Regional Mapping Programme Drilling: North and west of Scotland (01/May/1978 to 06/Jun/1978)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) regional marine sampling survey (comprised of three legs) took place from May to June 1978 in water around the north and west of Scotland on board the MV...

Photos, XRF elements, total N and C, and isotopic data (d18O, d13C) from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 225 cores, central Red Sea

Photographs, 18O/16O isotopic ratios, XRF-derived elemental and N, C concentration data are provided for sediment cores from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 225, central Red Sea. This site was...

UK in-situ stress field orientation from borehole breakouts and drilling induced tensile fractures identified using borehole imaging

This datasets contains 323 observations of borehole breakouts across and drilling induced tensile fractures from borehole imaging used to re-characterise the UK stress field orientation in 2016....

UK in-situ stress field orientation from borehole breakouts and drilling induced tensile fractures identified using borehole imaging (2020)

This datasets contains 323 observations of borehole breakouts across and drilling induced tensile fractures from borehole imaging used to re-characterise the UK stress field orientation in 2016....

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1982/6: Regional Mapping Programme Drilling: North of Scotland and northern & southern North Sea (16/Jun/1982 to 30/Aug/1982)

This BGS regional marine sampling survey took place from July to August 1982 in northern & southern North Sea and north of Scotland on board the MV Ferder. Seabed borehole cores were collected...

Eocene to Oligocene-aged benthic foraminifer isotope and sediment-derived neodymium isotopes from Ocean Drilling Program Sites 689 and 690 (Maud Rise, Southern Ocean) (NERC NE/L004607/1)

This dataset includes the (stable) oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of benthic foraminifer tests (n= 686) and the (radiogenic) isotopic composition of the terrigenous fraction of marine...

Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) data from a selection of tephra occurrences drilled at IODP Sites 350-U1436 and 350-U1437. (NERC grant NE/M005240/1)

Many tephra layers were identified in sediment cores drilled during IODP Expedition 350. Here, 1092 glass shards from 76 tephra occurrences (layer or patch) were analysed using electron probe...