9df8df52-d60d-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98
English
dataset
British Geological Survey
+44 131 667 1000
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2024-03-27
UK GEMINI
2.3
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603034
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Scanned images of the BGS borehole records collection.
2001
creation
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603034
Scanned images of the records of all onshore Great Britain (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The records range from simple single page lithological logs through to hydrocarbon completion reports. Current collection over 1million records with 50,000 new records added per annum. Scanning started in 2002 and is ongoing with new records being scanned and added to the collection.
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
distributor
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
pointOfContact
continual
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/9df8df52-d60d-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png
Geology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
Geology
UK Location (INSPIRE)
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
2022
revision
UK Location (INSPIRE)
dataCentre
NERC_DDC
otherRestrictions
Digital files only available internally.
otherRestrictions
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.
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.
grid
10000
English
geoscientificInformation
ISO 3166_2
2009
revision
GBN
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
1979
creation
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
-8.6500
1.7800
49.7700
60.8600
2002
Record data will vary depending on the original purpose. Spatial coverage will vary considerably depending on drilling activity, collecting activity and donations.
IMAGE FILE
DIGITAL
PAPER - Copies will be produced by the most appropriate methods available
Enquiries
British Geological Survey
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
distributor
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/map-viewers/geology-of-britain-viewer/
Geology of Britain viewer
The Geology of Britain viewer is a simple tool, aimed at the general public, which helps you explore the geology where you live. The Geology of Britain viewer includes borehole scans , earthquake timeline and 3D models.
search
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/borehole-records/
BGS Information Hub: Borehole records
The BGS’s borehole record viewer offers free, direct, online access to the National Geoscience Data Centre’s (NGDC) collection of over a million onshore scanned boreholes, shafts and well records.
information
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/map-viewers/geoindex-onshore/
GeoIndex (onshore)
Search BGS datasets using GeoIndex, a map-based index of a wealth of information that we have collected or have obtained from other sources.
search
dataset
dataset
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
2011
publication
See the referenced specification
false
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
2010-12-08
publication
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
false
Scanned images of all onshore (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. Received from a wide variety of external sources.