Marine Samples and Cores

This is the collection of cores and samples held by BGS for the sea areas around the UK. It includes material collected by BGS during its mapping projects and material donated to BGS by other organisations. The main core and sample types are grab samples (sea-bed), gravity cores, vibrocores and rock-drill cores (up to 6m in length), and borehole cores (up to 274m in length). The sea-bed grab samples are Holocene sediments present at the sea-bed and are stored in plastic jars. Where possible, sub-sample material has been retained after analysis. The bulk of the cores consist of Holocene and Pleistocene material. The rest are of bedrock ranging in age from Neogene to Pre-Cambrian. A lot of the core was collected in plastic liner tubing and the unlithified cores have been split vertically. The bulk of the material was collected in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and early 1990's with ongoing additions of new sample and cores each year. The distribution is very variable, but, in general, there are grab samples and/or shallow cores spaced about every 5 - 10km across the entire UK Continental Shelf. In some localised areas the sampling density is much higher. The samples and cores are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey) (2005) . Marine Samples and Cores. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df52-d61a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

Simple

Date ( Publication )
2005-09-05
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603048

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Custodian

  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
monthly Monthly
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Site investigations , Marine geology , Marine geochemistry
Keywords
  • 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.
Distance
5000  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=905000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

N
S
E
W


Vertical extent

Minimum value
0.0000
Maximum value
2000.0000

Vertical datum

No information provided.
Supplemental Information
The bulk of the sample and core material are held at the BGS Keyworth Core Store and is available for inspection, sub-sampling and measurement.

Reference System Information

No information provided.
Distribution format
  • Material - grab samples, gravity cores, vibrocores, rock drill cores(up to 6m long) and borehole cores(up to 240m long) ()

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
BGS Homepage  

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Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
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
BGS samples and cores are archived in the core store after examination and analysis. Non-BGS material may be archived directly without any examination or analysis by BGS. The volume and timing of adding new material is very variable. There is no requirement for organisations to donate material to BGS. When material is offered to the archive, BGS assesses if the material enhances the spatial/geological coverage of the already archived material before agreeing to accept it.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
9df8df52-d61a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-08-05
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603048
 
 

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