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Seismo-Volcanic Crisis in Afar: The 2005 Boina-Erta 'Ale Rupture-Eruption Sequence

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

Since 20 September, 2005, an ~120 km-long segment of the Red Sea rift system in Ethiopia has been rocked by 31 earthquakes detected on seismometers worldwide. Ashes emanating from long, open...

Peak flow and probability of exceedance data for Grid-to-Grid modelled widespread flooding events across mainland GB from 1980-2010 and 2050-2080

• Published by: Environmental Information Data Centre
• Last updated: 19 November 2025

This dataset is a set of 24 gridded netcdf files, each including data describing a total of 14,400 widespread flooding events across mainland GB, with event selection based on a...

Concentrations of hydrocarbons and inorganic parameters in a network of groundwater wells impaired by an underground blowout

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

On December 1, 1965, an underground blowout during an exploratory drill with a catastrophic outcome occurred near Sleen, The Netherlands. During approximately 2.5 months, near-continuous leakage of...

Data from Chicxulub crater (NERC grant NE/P006736/1)

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 07 January 2026

Cell count data from the Chicxulub crater. Grant abstract: The deep subsurface is recognised to be an environment that supports a large and diverse microbial biosphere, and yet we still know very...

Micromechanics of shear failure in a porous rock: a combined dataset of high-resolution time-resolved 3D x-ray micro-tomography volumes and local 3D strain fields with contemporaneous acoustic emissions and ultrasonic velocity survey waveforms

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 17 December 2025

This dataset shows both the micro-scale mechanisms and acoustic response involved in shear failure of a deforming porous rock. To our knowledge, this is the first such dataset to combine...

In-situ rock deformation and micron-scale crack network evolution: a high-resolution time-resolved x-ray micro-tomography dataset (NERC Grant NE/R001693/1)

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

This collection comprises two time-series of 3D in-situ synchrotron x-ray microtomography (μCT) volumes showing two Ailsa Craig micro-granite samples (ACfresh02 and ACHT01) undergoing triaxial...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [STRUCTURAL SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar Ethiopia. [PETROLOGY SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate bundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [REMOTE SENSING SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [Numerical Modelling SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [Gravity Sub Report]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [ANALOGUE MODELLING SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [SEISMOLOGY SUB REPORT] (University of Leeds)

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [MAPPING SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [MAGNETOTELLURICS SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...

How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar, Ethiopia. [GEODESY SUB REPORT]

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 31 December 2025

The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East African rift valley, a 3000 km-long series of deep basins and flanking mountain ranges. This process may eventually lead to the...