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Seismo-Volcanic Crisis in Afar: The 2005 Boina-Erta 'Ale Rupture-Eruption Sequence

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Since 20 September, 2005, an ~120 km-long segment of the Red Sea rift system in Ethiopia has been rocked by 31 earthquakes detected on seismometers worldwide. Ashes...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1971/9: Moray Firth; Firth of Forth and The Minch (07/Mar/1971 to 25/Jun/1971)

This Sampling survey undertaken by British Geological Survey took place around the UK during 1971 on board the MV Whitethorn. The purpose was to collect data for the production of reconnaissance...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1998/2:Hatton-Rockall Basin, July 1998

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine sampling survey took place in July 1998 onboard the MV Norskald, the survey was not completed due to unforeseen technical problems. The purpose was to...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1975/20: North Sea; Forth Approaches (06/Aug/1975 to 02/Oct/1975)

This sampling survey has been carried out by British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place in August to October 1975 in the North Sea and Forth Approaches on board the MV...

Calcareous Microfossil Registers

Register of microfossil analyses carried out in the Leeds and London Office during the 1970s and 1980s held in book form and in box files. They are arranged as follows: SAA 1-4409 Calcareous...

Data from Various Aeromagnetic Surveys in Offshore Petroleum Areas

Over 22000 km of corrected aeromagnetic total intensity data from various surveys in offshore petroleum areas in UK Continental Shelf and overseas collected to assist directional drilling. Line...

Rockall Consortium (RCK) Sampling Survey 1994/3_RCK: Rockall Boreholes (05/Sept/1994 to 27/Sep/1994)

This sampling survey has been carried out by British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place in September 1994 in the Rockall Bank/Rockall Trough area on board the MS Bucentaur. The...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1973/WH/2: North Sea, Firth of Forth to Aberdeen (10/Apr/1973 to 29/May/1973)

This sampling survey has been carried out by British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place in April to May1973 in the North Sea (Marr Bank and Tay-Forth map sheet areas on board...

SiO2 and Rb-Sr ratios vs crustal thickness in central and south western America (NERC grant NE/K008862/1)

A GEOROC (http://georoc.mpch-mainz.gwdg.de/georoc/) compilation of 8,531 analyses of SiO2, Rb and Sr concentrations, in crustal rocks sampled in central and southwestern America, at sites of...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1978/4: SW Approaches (24/05/1978 to 12/07/1978)

Report: Armstrong, EJ. 1978. Cruise Report for Project 78/04. SW Approaches Regional Survey. (IGS Report No 92). The four legs comprising this project were designed to extendthe regional survey of...

Trace metal concentrations and lipid biomarkers used in the interpretation of a sediment record (IODP U1419) from the Gulf of Alaska (NERC Grant NE/N011112/1)

"Three spreadsheet tables of biomarker data, element ratios, and accumulation rates. Sediment samples from IODP Expedition 341, Site U1419 in the Gulf of Alaska. Site U1419 is located in 721 m...

Marine Photographs Archive (1970 onwards)

The Marine Photographs Archive held by BGS includes photographs of hydrocarbon well and (non-hydrocarbon) marine boreholes, cores and other samples. There are also photographs of the seabed and...

Chemical analysis data derived from NERC grant NE/I025573/1, When on Earth did modern plate tectonics begin?

Earth is a dynamic planet, for the simple reason that it is still cooling down from the heat of accretion and subsequent decay of radioactive elements. The main mechanism by which it loses heat is...

Data from Chicxulub crater (NERC grant NE/P006736/1)

Cell count data from the Chicxulub crater. Grant abstract: The deep subsurface is recognised to be an environment that supports a large and diverse microbial biosphere, and yet we still know very...

2005 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA7 seabird and marine mammal observations onboard the RSS Charles Darwin during British Geological Survey cruise CD174 in the Rockall Trough

As part of the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA7, a seabird and cetacean survey was undertaken. The track...

Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - "all" Cefas Seawater Temperature Data 1880 - 2014

This dataset combines the 17 Cefas Data Sources described separately into a single file containing over 10 million records. Data sources include the Cefas Coastal Temperature Network, Fishing...

Seawater temperature records for the UK Shelf - "all" Cefas Seawater Temperature Data 1880 - 2014

This dataset combines the 17 Cefas Data Sources described separately into a single file containing over 10 million records. Data sources include the Cefas Coastal Temperature Network, Fishing...

Annex I submarine structures made by leaking gases in the UK (Open Data) (2018) – v3.2

Map showing potential and high confidence mapped extents of Annex I habitat ‘submarine structures making by leaking gases’ within the boundaries of the UK continental shelf. ‘Submarine structures...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1971/SV/9: West coast of Scotland (26/Jun/1971 to 20/Jul/1971)

This sampling survey has been carried out by Continental Shelf Unit II of British Geological Survey (BGS) for BGS, the survey took place from June to July 1971 off the west coast of Scotland and...

British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical Survey 1985/2: North Sea, Forties/Norway (17/Apr/1985 to 30/Jul/1985)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine geophysical survey took place in April and July 1985 in the North Sea on board the MV Gorsethorn. The purpose was to collect data as part of the UK...