Identification

Title

Faults for the Upper Devonian in hot sedimentary aquifers in the Midland Valley of Scotland

Abstract

This vector dataset compiles the faults for the Upper Devonian in hot sedimentary aquifers in the Midland Valley of Scotland, UK used by Kearsey, T.I., Receveur, M. and Monaghan, A.A., 2024. Modelled hot sedimentary aquifer geothermal potential of Upper Devonian strata in the Midland Valley of Scotland.

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/13608376

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

Faults

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Sandstone reservoirs

Devonian

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

-4.8034

East bounding longitude

-2.4887

North bounding latitude

56.3490

South bounding latitude

55.1990

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2005

code identifying the extent

Midland Valley Basin [id=1000334]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013

End position

2024

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The fault network was derived from Monaghan (2013) and only includes the largest faults in the Midland Valley of Scotland, i.e. commonly those with lengths greater than 20 km and throws greater than 2 km.

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