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Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:
referenceSystemIdentifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
code:
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Identification

Data Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
Deep geothermal potential areas in the UK, version 2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
2024-07-12
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608258
Abstract:
This dataset shows polygons where there is favourable geology for deep geothermal exploration in the UK and for the sedimentary basins, the areas have been considered in more detailed geothermal studies. Known areas of sedimentary basins or productive aquifers have been excluded, where they have not yet been evaluated for geothermal potential at any level of detail. The areas included are the whole sedimentary basin extents, or extents of granitic intrusions, as opposed to the smaller areas with heat-in-place or proved, recoverable resources over certain temperatures and depths. Coordinate Reference System is British National Grid. Northern Ireland data is also presented in British National Grid because of the UK extent of the information. Additional columns are as required to be supplied for inclusion in the GSEU project (https://www.geologicalservice.eu/). These include a ‘Geothermal Play Code’, ‘Geothermal Play Type’ ‘Plate Tectonic Setting’ ‘Geologic Habitat’ and ‘Geological Controls’ fields following the classification scheme of Moeck, I. S. (2014, Catalog of geothermal play types based on geologic controls. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 37, 867-882). Additional fields have been added for BGS for classification, colouring up.
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3142
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
distributor
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3142
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
pointOfContact
Resource Maintenance:
MD_MaintenanceInformation:
maint. / update frequency:
asNeeded
Graphic overview:
Browse Graphic:
File Name:
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/1d5b8cc7-c9b8-62b2-e063-0937940a50b8.png
Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
keyword:
https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/ge
keyword:
Geology
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-06-01
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
Limestone
keyword:
Granite
keyword:
Geothermal maps
keyword:
Geothermal surveys
keyword:
Sandstone
keyword:
Economic geology
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2022
Date Type:
revision
Keywords:
keyword:
http://www.data.gov.uk
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
Scottish SDI
keyword:
http://scotgovsdi.edina.ac.uk
keyword:
https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citeddata/catalogue.html
keyword:
Citable Data
keyword:
https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/project/_48
keyword:
EGDI
Type:
dataCentre
Keywords:
keyword:
NERC_DDC
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
no limitations
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
Other Constraints:
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
MD_LegalConstraints:
Use Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other Constraints:
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Spatial Representation Type:
vector
language:
eng
topicCategory:
geoscientificInformation
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic Element:
Geographic Bounding Box:
westBoundLongitude:
-8.6500
eastBoundLongitude:
1.7800
southBoundLatitude:
49.8500
northBoundLatitude:
60.8800
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
GB
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
UK [id=139300]
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
UKM
Temporal Element:
TemporalExtent:
extent:
begin / end:
begin:
1987-01-01
end:
2024-03-31

Distribution

Distribution:
Distribution Format:
Format:
Format Name:
Microsoft Word
version:
?
Format:
Format Name:
ESRI Shapefile
version:
1994
Format:
Format Name:
Image (PNG)
version:
?
Format:
Format Name:
Image (JPEG)
version:
?
Format:
Format Name:
Image (TIFF)
version:
?
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3142
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
distributor
Transfer Options:
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://arcgis.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/SDDS/Deep_Geothermal_Areas/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
protocol:
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities
name:
Deep Geothermal Areas
description:
One or more layers for the dataset is provided through this OGC WMS (view) service.
function:
information
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://doi.org/10.5285/f99a6179-0040-443c-aa3b-2f489814a368
protocol:
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
name:
Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
description:
British Geological Survey. (2024). Deep geothermal potential areas in the UK, version 2. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/f99a6179-0040-443c-aa3b-2f489814a368
function:
information
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item185538
protocol:
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
name:
DATA - Deep geothermal potential areas in the UK, version 2
description:
This shapefile shows polygons where there is favourable geology for deep geothermal exploration in the UK and for the sedimentary basins, the areas have been considered in more detailed geothermal studies. Known areas of sedimentary basins or productive aquifers have been excluded, where they have not yet been evaluated for geothermal potential at any level of detail.
function:
download

Data Quality

Data Quality:
Scope:
DQ_Scope:
level:
dataset
Level Description:
MD_ScopeDescription:
other:
dataset
Report:
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2011
explanation:
See the referenced specification
pass:
0
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2010-12-08
explanation:
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
pass:
0
Lineage:
LI_Lineage:
statement:
Polygons were created by BGS using information from the following sources: Rollin, K. E., G. A. Kirby, and W. J. Rowley. Atlas of geothermal resources in Europe: UK revision. British Geological Survey, Regional Geophysics Group, 1995. Busby 2013 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-013-1054-4. BGS Bedrock Geology 625K V5, BGS Bedrock Geology 50K V8. BGS Tectonic Map of Britain, Ireland and adjacent areas. 1:1,500,00 series 1996. Raine and Reay, 2021 https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531393/ . Kearsey et al. 2024 Midland Valley of Scotland geothermal aquifer modelling study. Newell, A. 2023 https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536918/. Jones et al. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102649 . High heat producing granites names also used McCay and Younger 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2016-008; Gillespie et al. 2013.

Metadata

File Identifier:
1d5b8cc7-c9b8-62b2-e063-0937940a50b8
language:
eng
Resource type:
dataset
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+44 131 667 1000
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
city:
EDINBURGH
administrative Area:
LOTHIAN
Postal Code:
EH14 4AP
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2026-03-02
Metadata Standard Name:
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/
Metadata Standard Name:
UK GEMINI
Metadata Standard Version:
2.3
Dataset URI:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608258