Date (Creation)

1970

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480176

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	User

Maintenance and update frequency

Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Coal

• Seismic reflection surveys

• Geophysical surveys

• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)

• Geophysics

dataCentre

• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

Access to data must be approved by the BGS IPR department. BGS is the custodian of the Coal Authority data, but the Coal Authority has retained ownership. NERC is the copyright holder for purposes of data supply. All BGS staff have rights to enquire on data holdings. CA data are not free: internal users and external customers have to pay the costs involved, hence the retrieval restriction. These restrictions were set out in a Heads of Terms (HoT) document agreed between BGS and the Coal Authority in 1998/9 for 5 years. However, this was never fully ratified and expired 2004. The replacement is still subject to negotiations between BGS and CA. Until the new agreement is confirmed, it is assumed that the terms of the original HoT apply. Where data fall within an extant mining licence the permission of the licensee must be obtained. Use through the standard BGS Data User Agreement procedure.

Use constraints

Other restrictions

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

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section ( ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

10000

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

GB

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier

UK [id=139300]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier

UKM

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

Begin date

1973

End date

1994

Supplemental Information

Oldest data from early 1970s. No data added after privatisation of coal mining industry. Concentrated in coal mining areas and areas prospective for coal. Tape Image file (TIF/ARC) data have been reorganised into folders reflecting the Prospect, Year and Seismic Line for storage on the SAN. Original indexing of the Tape files is not 100% reliable. Third Party Dataset.

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Unique resource identifier

TM65 / Irish National Grid (EPSG::29900)

Distribution format

Name	Version
PAPER - Either original written logs and reports on loan or photocopies for retention.
TAPE - Either original tapes on loan or duplicates for retention, according to format of data and intended use.
SEG-Y

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
HTTP	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/	BGS Homepage

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Data stored in the form in which they were delivered to BGS. Processed seismic sections separated from bulk archive for client enquiries. Some data transcribed from original 9-track field tapes by specialist contractors as requested by client and a copy given to BGS for Coal Authority archive.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df51-6330-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-05-08

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480176