Geotechnical Database
The Geotechnical Database contains information about site investigation reports, boreholes and samples. It contains geotechnical measurements taken over borehole intervals and on samples. Some of the data is obtained digitally from AGS files (Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists - File Transfer Format), some is obtained manually from Site Investigation Reports stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre. The database currently contains geotechnical data from over 450 000 laboratory test samples and core descriptions, borehole observations and in situ tests from over 96 000 boreholes extracted from over 4800 site investigation reports. The database underpins BGS Geo-engineering properties and processes research and is an important information resource for answering enquiries and providing for the data needs of external customers.
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Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Geotechnical Database. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df52-d7b5-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Simple
- Date ( Creation )
- 1995
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Custodian
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
Originator
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Maintenance and update frequency
- weekly Weekly
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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- Geology
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Engineering geology , Boreholes
- 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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GB
- Date ( Revision )
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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UK [id=139300]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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UKM
- Date ( Revision )
- 2009
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- Supplemental Information
- The data is updated when new data becomes available, and funds are allocated from projects for the data to be entered. Contains geotechnical data for areas and rock formations required for BGS projects. Scattered distribution of boreholes - locally dense coverage. Compiled from SI reports obtained from external contractors.
Reference System Information
No information provided.
- Distribution format
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- TEXT - Text 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
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Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- OnLine resource
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BGS Homepage
The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.
- 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
- Compiled from Site Investigation reports obtained from external contractors.
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df52-d7b5-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-04-13
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480242