Identification

Title

Marine Borehole Logs, Data and Materials from around the UK (1969 Onwards)

Abstract

BGS has drilled almost 600 boreholes to prove seismic interpretations of the marine Quaternary geology and bedrock from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The collection also includes additional third party data and has assisted in the creation of BGS Marine Geology Maps. The boreholes penetrate beneath the sea bed to depths ranging from about 10m to over 300m depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data includes descriptive geological core logs and data which has been captured from these and in some cases natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses has been conducted on the core material such as Particle Size Analysis, micropalaeontological, geotechnical, palaeomagnetic and age dating. Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are available for examination and subsampling. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. The activity and scan layers contains location information, metadata and links to scanned borehole logs, and the geological data layers contain observations and/or measurements as digital values. 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/89/02, British Geological Survey.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm

name: Offshore GeoIndex

function: search

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm

name: Offshore GeoIndex

function: download

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

name: Offshore Theme

function: download

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

name: Offshore (cultural data) theme

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605642

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine geochemistry

Boreholes

Offshore drilling

Geology

Drilling

Data

Marine surveys

Graphic logs

Marine sediments

Geochemical data

Bottom sampling

Sea floor

Marine geology

Geological data

Geochemistry

originating controlled vocabulary

title

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-21.0000

East bounding longitude

9.0000

North bounding latitude

62.0000

South bounding latitude

48.0000

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND [id=2001428]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010

code identifying the extent

NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1969

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1969

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

Borehole core material were collected during offshore wireline drilling operations. Material was then described/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 migration to the BGS Database System. More recent data is captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database. Information is delivered via the BGS web site.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

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

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

GIS

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

custodian

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

originator

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

owner

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

2020-09-15

Metadata language

eng