Identification

Title

Legacy BGS geothermal models: temperature at the base Sherwood Sandstone Group in the Permo-Triassic Cheshire, Worcester, Wessex and East Yorkshire-Lincolnshire basins (hot sedimentary aquifer resources)

Abstract

This raster dataset represents the calculated temperature distribution (°C) at the base of the Sherwood Sandstone Group (SSG) in the main Permo-Triassic Cheshire, Wessex and Worcester basins and the intra-SSG temperature in the East Yorkshire-Lincolnshire Basin, considered for their hot sedimentary aquifer geothermal resource potential. The extent of the temperature maps corresponds to the extent of the modelled base SSG in each basin. The maps are provided in raster format at a 100 m resolution and are based on temperature data from the latest revision of the UK Geothermal Catalogue (1987) compiled during the 1977-1991 Geothermal Energy Programme. For all basins taken together, the temperature ranges between 5.3°C to 103.7°C, with the highest temperatures found at depth in the Wessex Basin. The dataset is used as a basis for the determination of the heat resource potential of the Triassic hot sedimentary aquifers in the UK (heat-in-place and heat recoverable).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ukgtp.bgs.ac.uk

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: UK Geothermal Platform Web Map

description: An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.

function: information

https://ukgeothermalplatform.org

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: UK Geothermal Platform

description: An online platform for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608350

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Aquifers

Geothermal energy

Sandstone reservoirs

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Triassic

Temperature

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.3784

East bounding longitude

1.2832

North bounding latitude

55.0881

South bounding latitude

50.5210

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2005

code identifying the extent

Cheshire Basin [id=1000427]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

EAST YORKSHIRE & LINCOLNSHIRE [id=156000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2005

code identifying the extent

Wessex Basin [id=1000328]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

Worcestershire County [id=2993]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1978

End position

2025

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

1995

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

These temperature maps were compiled by BGS using data created and published by 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. Those were based on data compiled in the latest version of the UK Geothermal Catalogue, UKGC (1987) during the 1977-1991 Geothermal Energy Programme, delivered by BGS and funded by UK Department of Energy (and both its antecedents and successors), and the European Commission. Most of the temperature measurements consist of equilibrium temperatures and bottom hole temperatures (BHTs) corrected for the time since circulation using the Horner (HOR) method (Horner, 1951). For the Eastern England Basin, the temperature field for the Sherwood Sandstone Group was directly derived from available temperature data from about 250 wells compiled in the UKGC 1987. The temperature maps were interpolated and gridded using the ISM (Interactive Surface Modeling) package. For all the other basins, a model of the subsurface temperature was derived by convolution of the observed heat flow field with the geological/structural model of the basin and the thermal conductivity structure, using the UKGC thermal conductivity database, and assuming one-dimensional steady-state conductive heat transfer with heat production. The maps for each basin were merged into a single layer as part of the 2025 UK Geothermal Platform project.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3142

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

EDINBURGH

EH14 4AP

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 131 667 1000

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-24

Metadata language