Index To The UK (North) Survey Collection Of Fossils.
This dataset is an index of the Survey Collection of fossils for Scotland and Northern England. It is the digital equivalent of the analogue (card) index. The latter contains some 31k records, c.70% of which has been transcribed. The continually growing Survey Collection comprises about 450k samples (including nearly 30k specimens from the John Smith Collection) which are individually registered in c.150 leather bound volumes. The Oracle relational database BGS_FOSSLOC is a first step in ascertaining what registered fossil materials exist for certain areas, who collected them and when, their geographical and stratigraphical details, the type of collection (whether from boreholes or exposures), and any covering technical reports. It is also a pathway to an extensive and unique collection of paper graphic logs, some 18k of which record annotated information on fossil occurrences and assemblages at certain stratigraphical levels (particularly in the Carboniferous) in Scotland and Northern England.
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Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Index To The UK (North) Survey Collection Of Fossils.. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-63b7-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Simple
- Date ( Creation )
- 1997
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Originator
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
Custodian
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned Not planned
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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- Geology
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Fossils , Graphic logs , Specimen collecting , Palaeontology , Biostratigraphy
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions 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
- grid Grid
- Denominator
- 10000
- Metadata language
- English English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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NORTHERN ENGLAND [id=151000]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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SCOTLAND [id=140000]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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SCT
- Date ( Revision )
- 2009
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- Supplemental Information
- Data capture started mid-eighties, FOSSLOC started 1997. The intention is that this dataset will in due course be incorporated into PalaeoSaurus.
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Distribution format
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- Digital - Data from Oracle tables can be supplied in a variety of formats ()
- Hardcopy - Data from Oracle tables can be supplied in hardcopy format ()
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Distributor
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- OnLine resource
- BGS Collections Homepage
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- false
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- false
- Statement
- The original data are fossils, index data from these were then transferred to an Oracle database. Dataset has evolved overtime, software has changed as hardware upgraded.
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df51-63b7-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-01-19
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480362