Identification info

Metadata Language

English (en)

Dataset Reference Date ()

1988

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480364

Maintenance and update frequency

continual

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Boreholes

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access

otherRestrictions

Other constraints

Some borehole records have been deposited with commercial-in-confidence restrictions. In this case the position of most boreholes can be given but no other index information such as depth.

Use constraints

otherRestrictions

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. ipr@bgs.ac 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

10000

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Extent

GBN

Dataset Reference Date ()

2009

Extent

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

Dataset Reference Date ()

1979

Begin date

1790

Additional information

Entries for all registered boreholes but not all fields are complete. SPATIAL_DETAIL_LEVEL = Complete and generally accurate to 10 metres.

 

Distribution Information

Data format

• DIGITAL - Digital various format

  ()

• PAPER - Paper reports etc.

  ()

 

Quality Scope

dataset

Statement

The database originated in 1988 from a number of existing tables and from data input from a variety of coding forms. Therefore not all fields in the database are populated and data that should be in some fields may currently form part of the entries in another.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df52-d7c7-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata Language

English (en)

Resource type

dataset

Metadata Date

2023-05-24

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3