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Superficial Deposit Thickness dataset (1km Hex-Grid)

This dataset shows the variation of the thickness of Superficial (Quaternary age) deposits across Great Britain. The data are presented as a vector map of interlocking hexagon cells (side length 1km, area c.2.6 Km2) covering the landmass of Great Britain as a regular grid. Each hexagon cell is attributed with a series of statistics about the thickness of the underlying Quaternary units (e.g. average); additional information relating to the thickness models and the coverage of underpinning data is provided. The data is all derived by spatially summarising the information originally created for the high-resolution Superficial Deposit Thickness Model (a 50m cell size raster model of thickness, first published in 2010).

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2017-10
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607068

 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

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NOTTINGHAM

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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NG12 5GG

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

,

NOTTINGHAM

,

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

,

NG12 5GG

,

United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Surficial geology

  • Quaternary

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
copyright
Other constraints
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints

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.

Other constraints

There are no restrictions on the use that may be made of the dataset, although an appropriate copyright acknowledgement must be made when any part of the dataset is reproduced. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely available without any use constraints - inclusion of any third party data / information will affect the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent

GBN

Dataset Reference Date ()
2009

Extent

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

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End date
2016-10
 

Spatial Reference System

No information provided.

Distribution Information

Data format
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience
 
Quality Scope
dataset
Other

dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

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

Degree
Statement

The data in the SDTM (1Km hex-grid) dataset has been generalised (using spatial statistics) from the original, high resolution BGS Superficial Deposit Thickness Models (first published in 2010). Details of how the original models were made can found in their downloadable user guide here: ( http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/onshore/superficialThickness.html). To make this new dataset, the original BSTM (Basic Superficial Thickness Model) have been spatially summarised by aggregating the original, 50m resolution raster, data into vector hexagons of 2.6 km2 area. A typical 2.6 Km2 hexagon cell contains the equivalent of just over one thousand raster cells (each is 50m by 50m) from the original model. This means that each hexagon can extract its summary values from up to c. 1000 input cells. All spatial processing was performed in ESRI’s ARCGIS10.3 using the zonal statistics tool within the Spatial analyst extension. The data has been checked via the standard BGS publication procedures.

Metadata

File identifier
45baa372-d5c6-6f64-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-03-23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

British Geological Survey


Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

,

NOTTINGHAM

,

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

,

NG12 5GG

,

United Kingdom

+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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