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Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 and 1:25 000 scale. Onshore coverage is partial with approximately 52% of England, Scotland, and Wales available in the version 3 data release. BGS intend to continue developing coverage at this scale; current focus is to include all large priority urban areas, along with road and rail transport corridors. Superficial deposits are the youngest geological deposi...
The BGS GeologyGB10-25 datasets are a digital representation of the geological maps of Great Britain at 1:10 000 and 1:25 000 scale. This is the base scale at which BGS surveys, and the dataset covers up to 52% of Great Britain published at 1: 10 000 and 1:25 000 scale. The content is derived from the surveyed and published maps together with additional new survey at those scales. BGS Geology10-25 V3.25 dataset includes 4 geological themes and 1 map component (4 polygon and 1 linear), providing information...
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:250 00, providing a generalised geology. Onshore coverage is provided for all of England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the Earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed at surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water bodies. The bedrock geology of Great Bri...
Data identifying linear features representing geological faults at the ground or bedrock surface (beneath superficial deposits). The scale of the data is 1:250 000, providing a generalised set of linear features. Onshore coverage is provided for all of England, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Geological faults occur where a body of bedrock has been fractured and displaced by large scale processes affecting the Earth's crust (tectonic forces). The digital data are attributed by fault type; two categor...
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names. The scale of the dataset is 1:250 000, providing a generalised geology. Onshore coverage is provided for all of England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Data are supplied as two themes: bedrock and linear features (faults). Superficial, mass movement and artificial themes are not available onshore at this scale. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the Earth's crust. Bedrock is present ever...
Data identifies landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with type of artificial or man-made ground. It indicates areas where the ground surface has been significantly modified by human activity. The data is presented at 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Approximately 99% coverage is available and BGS is committed to completing the coverage, and ongoing updates as part of its ongoing national survey. Types of artificial ground include: Dist...
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The data is presented at 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Approximately 99% coverage is available and BGS is committed to completing the coverage, and ongoing updates as part of its ongoing national survey. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed...
Linear features (shown as polylines) in BGS Geology 50k are used to portray geological features and concepts that are normally depicted on maps in linear form, rather than polygonal form. The data is presented at 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Approximately 99% coverage is available and BGS is committed to completing the coverage, and ongoing updates as part of its ongoing national survey. Linear features are associated most closely with the b...
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with type of mass movement e.g. landslip. The data is presented at 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Approximately 99% coverage is available and BGS is committed to completing the coverage, and ongoing updates as part of its ongoing national survey. Mass movement describes areas where deposits have moved down slope under gravity to form landslips. These landslips can affect bedrock, ...
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The data is presented at 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Approximately 99% coverage is available and BGS is committed to completing the coverage, and ongoing updates as part of its ongoing national survey. Superficial deposits are the youngest geological deposits formed during the most recent period of geological time, the Quaternar...