The BGS Rock Classification Scheme
The BGS Rock Classification Scheme (RCS) is a comprehensive classification scheme for all types of rocks and unconsolidated sediments worldwide. It is intended to be used for classification of single rock samples and can be used without any knowledge of field relationships. It has been designed for use by people with a wide range of geological knowledge; from experienced professional geologists to technicians and drillers. It also allows names to be assigned according to the level of information about the sample. The system if hierarchical, ranging from very simple names such as igneous rock to highly detailed names such as mugearite, that can only be applied after chemical analysis. Rock names can consist of a root name e.g. granite and several qualifiers that impart more information e.g. grey-biotite-bearing granite. The classification scheme has been implemented as a hierarchical dictionary of codes for all rock types. The classification scheme is described in BGS Research Reports 99-02, 99-03, 99-06. The BGS Rock Classification Scheme was devised between 1993 and 1996 in response to a need from the Digital Map Production System project.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 1993
- Citation identifier
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480319
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Point of contact British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Originator
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Irregular
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Geology
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Nomenclature
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UK Location (INSPIRE)
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- dataCentre
- Keywords
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NERC_DDC
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Freely available via the Internet. Use by permission from BGS
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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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
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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.
- Denominator
- 10000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Supplemental Information
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Regularly up-dated to match demand. The data are essentially complete but will have on-going correction, minor revisions and up dates. There is a high degree of logical consistency
Reference System Information
- Distribution format
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Name Version WEB PAGES (INTERNET). - Limited query system available
TEXT - Printed as BGS reports
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Distributor
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
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Distributor
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bgs.ac.uk/technologies/bgs-rock-classification-scheme/ BGS Rock Classification Scheme
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
- Other
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non geographic dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
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- No
Conformance result
- Title
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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- No
- Statement
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Includes data derived from and replaces previous previous databases such as the PetMin Code.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df51-6399-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
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non geographic dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-12-07
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Point of contact
- Dataset URI