Identification

Title

East African Rift Temperature and Heatflow model (EARTH)

Abstract

A geographic information system (GIS) heat flow and temperature model of East Africa created by extracting data from open sources into a series of shapefiles and rasters containing information on geothermal sites, hot spring locations, digital elevation model, surface temperature, geothermal gradients, thermal conductivities and heat flow data, major faults, surface geology, crustal basement, electrification grid system and population density across East Africa. This data is stored in the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Geographic Projection System.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item132705

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607585

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

Geothermal heat flow

Rift faults

data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)

Rift zone

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

21.9700

East bounding longitude

47.9600

North bounding latitude

17.9900

South bounding latitude

-18.0500

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

BDI

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

BI

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

BURUNDI [id=658000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

EAST AFRICA [id=680000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ER

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ERI

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ERITREA [id=694100]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ET

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ETH

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ETHIOPIA [id=692000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

JIBUTI [id=696000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

KE

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

KEN

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

KENYA [id=687000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

MALAWI [id=679000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

MOZ

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

MOZAMBIQUE [id=676000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

MW

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

MWI

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

MZ

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

RW

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

RWA

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

RWANDA [id=657000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

TANZANIA [id=685000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

UG

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

UGA

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

UGANDA [id=689000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ZAMBIA [id=678000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ZM

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ZMB

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2019-04-01

End position

2020-02-14

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2020-02-14

Frequency of update

unknown

Quality and validity

Lineage

All data has been assimilated into a Arc GIS 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

2025-03-03

Metadata language