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Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:
referenceSystemIdentifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
code:
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326

Identification

Data Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
Offshore Quaternary 250k UK
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
2025-08
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608590
Abstract:
This Offshore Quaternary dataset shows the distribution of interpreted lithostratigraphic units within the shallow subsurface. Large areas of the UK offshore are covered, at a scale of 1:250 000. This dataset was originally published between 1984 and 1992, as a series of paper map sheets. This is the first time that the Quaternary Geology 1:250 000 maps have been made available in digital format. Information from the original map sheets have been included in the attribute fields in this dataset, including a lithological description for each formation. Additional data has also been provided where it was deemed to add value. The BGS lexicon code for each formation has been supplied, so users can research any formation of interest. The maximum and minimum age of each formation, in a variety of formats, has also been added. This key information was sourced from Stoker et al (2011). Our understanding of the Quaternary lithostratigraphy is evolving due to the increased data collection associated with renewable energy development. However, no formal update of the regional lithostratigraphic framework has been completed at time of release. This dataset therefore reflects the understanding at the time of original publication. Inaccuracies in the dataset may have since been resolved and the level of uncertainty regarding the age or character of a formation may have changed. Nonetheless, this dataset contains valuable information, and this digital version will help facilitate access to this for users.
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:
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
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:
notEntered
Graphic overview:
Browse Graphic:
File Name:
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/446cbe38-082c-c229-e063-3050940a9f97.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:
Shallow geology
keyword:
Sea floor
keyword:
Quaternary
keyword:
Marine sediments
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2022
Date Type:
revision
Keywords:
keyword:
https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/project/_48
keyword:
EGDI
keyword:
http://www.data.gov.uk
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citeddata/catalogue.html
keyword:
Citable Data
Type:
dataCentre
Keywords:
keyword:
NERC_DDC
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
licenceOGL
Other Constraints:
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
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:
-10.0500
eastBoundLongitude:
4.0000
southBoundLatitude:
50.6000
northBoundLatitude:
62.0000
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:
1984-01-01
end:
1992-11-30

Distribution

Distribution:
Distribution Format:
Format:
Format Name:
?
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
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://doi.org/10.5285/e1f03873-9619-4c69-8190-371330274108
protocol:
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related
name:
Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
description:
British Geological Survey. (2026). Offshore Quaternary 250k UK. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/e1f03873-9619-4c69-8190-371330274108
function:
information
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/offshore-quaternary-250k/
protocol:
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name:
BGS Datasets - Offshore Quaternary 250K
description:
This page provides further information about the Offshore Quaternary 250k UK dataset, including a user guide and links to download the data.
function:
information

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:
This dataset was originally published between 1984 and 1992, as a series of individual map sheets. These map sheets were published in hard copy format, and subsequently available to view as digital scans via the BGS website. This is the first digital version of this dataset. Information retained from the original map sheets is available in the GIS dataset’s attributes. Additional information has been appended from the Stoker et al (2011) report ‘An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary deposits on the United Kingdom continental shelf’, NERC research report RR/11/03. This information can be found in the GIS dataset’s attributes and is detailed in the accompanying user guide. Further information regarding the dataset’s generation is described within the User Guide for the dataset (OR/25/049). The GIS dataset and accompanying user guide were compiled by Andrew Dyson and Dayton Dove, with review by Andrew Finlayson.

Metadata

File Identifier:
446cbe38-082c-c229-e063-3050940a9f97
language:
eng
Resource type:
dataset
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+44 115 936 3100
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2026-07-02
Metadata Standard Name:
UK GEMINI
Metadata Standard Name:
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/
Metadata Standard Version:
2.3
Dataset URI:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608590