Date (Creation)

1993

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603075

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	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Geophysics

• Stratigraphy

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Geochemistry

• Lithology

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

NIREX granted the Survey a licence to use and to allow third parties to use the data for bona fide academic or educational purposes. Commercial organisations wishing to use the data should, in the first place, contact BGS. A fee may be payable to the British Geological Survey for access to the data.

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.

Denominator

10000

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

SELLAFIELD [id=98585]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Begin date

1989

End date

1997

Unique resource identifier

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

Distribution format

Name	Version
Digital - Data from Oracle tables can be supplied in a variety of formats

Distributor contact

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/national-geological-repository/nirex-geological-archive/	BGS Data - National Geological Repository: Nirex geological archive

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The NDGD holds all of the raw and processed digital data arising from the Nirex Sellafield Geological investigations boreholes drilled during their investigation programme into the suitability of Sellafield as a site for the disposal of intermediate and long-lived low level radioactive waste between 1989 and 1997. The scope of the NDGD is fully described in Nirex Report S/96/001 The Nirex Digital Geoscience Database (NDGD) - An Overview (1996)

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df52-d62d-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-05-22

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/13603075