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)

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/32429

code:

WGS 72BE / UTM zone 29N (EPSG::32429)

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/32630

code:

WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N (EPSG::32630)

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/32631

code:

WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N (EPSG::32631)

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4230

code:

ED50 (EPSG::4230)

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326

code:

WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

Identification

Data Identification:

citation:

Citation:

Title:

Marine geological sample data from around the UK (1966 onwards)

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

creation

date:

1966

Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605643

Abstract:

The British Geological Survey has collected over 50,000 offshore samples using grabs, dredges and shallow coring devices (to a maximum depth of 6m below the sea bed). The collection also includes additional third party data and has assisted in the creation of BGS marine geology maps. The distribution is variable, but in general there are sample stations spaced approximately every 5 - 10 km across the entire UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), and in some localised areas the sampling density is much higher. The data held include digital data and analogue records (sample data sheets), plus associated physical sample material. Sample data sheets, which have been scanned, contain index information and geological descriptions. They become more detailed from 1983 onwards. Coded geological descriptions were entered on sheets which were subsequently digitized, and this information is available for about 10,000 samples. The data also includes results of analyses such as micropalaeontological examination or age dating. All sample material is managed as part of the BGS materials collection and are available for examination and subsampling. The data are stored within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. These geological data are delivered via the BGS GeoIndex. Separate layers are provided for different types of sample: borehole-type samples, grab samples and other equipment types. These layers contain the geological data, and metadata about the samples themselves, as well as links to scanned datasheets and core logs, are provided in separate metadata layers. For some of these samples, particle size analysis (PSA), geochemical and geotechnical data are also available, and these data are provided in separate layers. The data are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies. Reference: Fannin, NGT. (1989) Offshore Investigations 1966-87. British Geological Survey Technical Report WB/89/2, British Geological Survey.

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:

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:

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:

irregular

Graphic overview:

Browse Graphic:

File Name:

https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/c35e3405-9dad-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png

Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

keyword:

http://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:

Core drilling

keyword:

Geological data

keyword:

Marine surveys

keyword:

Marine geology

keyword:

Bottom sampling

keyword:

Core logs

keyword:

Geological surveys

keyword:

Geology

keyword:

Absorbents

keyword:

Marine sediments

keyword:

Boreholes

keyword:

MEDIN

keyword:

Sea floor sediments

keyword:

EGDI

keyword:

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2022

Date Type:

revision

Keywords:

keyword:

UK Location (INSPIRE)

keyword:

http://www.data.gov.uk

keyword:

MEDIN

keyword:

http://portal.oceannet.org

keyword:

EGDI

keyword:

https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/project/_48

Type:

dataCentre

Keywords:

keyword:

NERC_DDC

Resource Constraints:

MD_LegalConstraints:

Access Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

Access constraint: some survey data are commercial-in-confidence and are not provided (http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d). Use constraint: this dataset is an aggregate of data collected from different offshore surveys (or cruises) which have different use restrictions. Refer to the terms of use provided in the survey metadata for more information (http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/ConditionsApplyingToAccessAndUse/conditionsUnknown).

Other Constraints:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d

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

Spatial Resolution:

Resolution:

Equivalent Scale:

Representative Fraction:

denominator:

250000

language:

eng

topicCategory:

geoscientificInformation

Extent:

Geographic Element:

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

-25.0000

eastBoundLongitude:

9.0000

southBoundLatitude:

48.0000

northBoundLatitude:

65.0000

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2010

code:

CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2010

code:

ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2010

code:

IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2010

code:

NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

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 CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Temporal Element:

TemporalExtent:

extent:

begin / end:

begin:

1966

end:

unknown

Distribution

Distribution:

Distribution Format:

Format:

Format Name:

PDF file (.pdf)

version:

Format:

Format Name:

CSV file (.csv)

version:

Format:

Format Name:

Vector GIS data

version:

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:

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://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html

protocol:

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

GeoIndex Offshore

description:

BGS GeoIndex is a web tool for professional users who need to access BGS data as part of their business requirements. The map viewer is free to use and is designed to work on desktop and mobile devices.

function:

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_data/MapServer/WmsServer?

protocol:

OGC:WMS

name:

GeoIndex_Offshore_offshore_data

description:

One or more layers for the dataset is provided through this OGC WMS (view) service. This URL is the service end-point and is intended for consumption by software clients that understand the WMS API.

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:

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:

Lineage:

LI_Lineage:

statement:

Core material and seabed samples were collected during offshore surveys using various sampling techniques. Sampling equipment used includes shallow coring devices such as vibrocorers, gravity corers, seabed drills and seabed sampling devices, such as grabs and dredges. Sample material was then described and analysed. This dataset has been managed by BGS over a considerable period of time. Legacy paper records have been scanned and transcribed to digital formats where appropriate, with ongoing QC of the information captured and addition into the BGS database. More recent data are captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database. Information is delivered via the BGS website and GeoIndex.

Metadata

File Identifier:

c35e3405-9dad-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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:

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:

2025-11-03

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/13605643