Date (Creation)

2008

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605045

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	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

Biannually

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Surficial geology

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Quaternary

• Glacial sediments

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

This information has commercial potential and access should be subject to the project leader's approval.

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.

Spatial representation type

Grid

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

GB

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier

UK [id=139300]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier

UKM

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

End date

2008 Before

Supplemental Information

All grids have been compiled to the same written standard using the same software, see report "Generation of Superficial Deposits Thickness Models and Rockhead contours for Great Britain" Internal report IR/04/082R. And the internal report Geological interpreted thickness model". Cell size or grid spacing is of 50 meters.

Unique resource identifier

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

Distribution format

Name	Version
DELIMITED ASCII - Ascii grid as well as proprietary format grids and map coverages

Distributor contact

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/onshore/superficialThickness.html	Superficial Deposits Thickness Models

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The model is derived by direct modelling (natural neighbour interpolation) of BGS Borehole records and BGS digital geological map data of Great Britain. For the purposes of modelling, superficial deposits include sediments deposited during the Quaternary, subsequent Holocene rivers and coastal systems and also modern anthropogenic material. All grids have been compiled to the same written standard using the same software, see report "Generation of Superficial Deposits Thickness Models and Rockhead contours for Great Britain"

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df52-d6ac-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-06-29

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/13605045