Directory

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. 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...

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. This proposal builds on an earlier feasibility study which successfully developed a model system for exposing plants to realistic measures of urban pollutants. The...

The 1:250k Geological Maps of Northern Ireland comprise the Superficial Deposits Map (Drift, 1991) and the Bedrock Map (Solid Geology, 1997). These maps identify landscape areas based on their...

Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names. The scale of the data is 1:625 000 providing a simplified interpretation of the geology and may be used as a...

This dataset contains tabulated production, consumption and trade data on minerals in the UK together with authoritative commentary on current developments in the minerals industry. Data are...

The collection consists of records of enquiries answered by the Land Survey from c.1939 to 1970, with a small number of earlier records. Pre c.1960 files relate mainly to economic mineral...

Microfossils collected from the British Continental shelf are included in this data set. Microfossils are held on single and multiple celled slides and glass slide mounts. Sample no, borehole...

The BGS collection of downhole CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) recordings and backup tapes for worldwide SKYLAB satellite imagery. CCTV recordings carried out down boreholes, mainly drilled for...

The paper archives comprise a set of the factual and interpretative reports that document the investigations carried out by Nirex (Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive) and its...

UK continental shelf seabed sediment data at 1:1 million scale. This data layer is the BGS contribution to the OneGeology project, providing UK onshore geological data at 1:625 000 scale and UK...

Primary Geological Data resulting from Open Cast Coal exploration. Collection of data includes reports, interpretations and records of research in British coalfield areas deposited by British...

The collection includes colour microfilm aperture card copies of 7,170 plans of mine workings for coal and oil shale dating from 1872 onwards deposited on abandonment of a mine in compliance with...

The current database was developed to record Karst Geohazard information acquired as part of its onshore core and commissioned mapping programmes. Information held on the database includes details...

Database of palaeontological specimens held by the Survey, including the “Museum” and “Survey” collections currently held in Keyworth and Edinburgh. The database currently contains over 250,000...

Digitised versions of a set of 1:100,000 scale maps of aquifer vulnerability for England and Wales. The dataset identifies the vulnerability to pollution of major and minor aquifers as defined by...

"Blue sheets" or more recently "sample collecting forms" are completed when palaeontological specimens or samples are collected during field work. They contain all the known geographical and...

Registers of macrofossils arranged by 1" (one inch ro the mile) or 1:50 000 scale English geological sheets. Each register is numbered 1-359 and each sheet has one or more volumes. Within each...

The database contains satellite images of the UK purchased by the BGS or on its behalf by NERC. It includes data from the Landsat, Spot and Radarsat satellites. The images are stored in...

A collection of reference drawings relating to investigations carried out by Nirex, during the period from 1989 to 1997. The drawings summarise the status of the geological investigation at...

Details of location and geology of wells and springs on Anglesey plus 6 inch County Sheet site maps.