Marine Borehole Logs, Data and Materials from around the UK (1969 Onwards)

BGS has drilled almost 600 boreholes to prove seismic interpretations of the marine Quaternary geology and bedrock from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The collection also includes additional third party data and has assisted in the creation of BGS Marine Geology Maps. The boreholes penetrate beneath the sea bed to depths ranging from about 10m to over 300m depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data includes descriptive geological core logs and data which has been captured from these and in some cases natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses has been conducted on the core material such as Particle Size Analysis, micropalaeontological, geotechnical, palaeomagnetic and age dating. Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are available for examination and subsampling. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. The activity and scan layers contains location information, metadata and links to scanned borehole logs, and the geological data layers contain observations and/or measurements as digital values. The data are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies. Reference: Fannin, NGT. (1989) Offshore Investigations 1966-87 British Geological Survey Technical Report WB/89/02, British Geological Survey.
 
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Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Borehole Logs, Data and Materials from around the UK (1969 Onwards). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c35e3405-9dac-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
1969
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605642

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  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

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  0115 936 3276 

  Owner

  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular Irregular
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Marine geochemistry , Boreholes , Offshore drilling , Geology , Drilling , Data , Marine surveys , Graphic logs , Marine sediments , Geochemical data , Bottom sampling , Sea floor , Marine geology , Geological data , Geochemistry
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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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
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND [id=2001428]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32629

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32630

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::32631

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4230

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

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  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
Offshore GeoIndex  
OnLine resource
Offshore GeoIndex  
OnLine resource
Offshore Theme  
OnLine resource
Offshore (cultural data) theme  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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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
Borehole core material were collected during offshore wireline drilling operations. Material was then described/analysed. This dataset has been managed by BGS over a considerable period of time. Legacy paper records have been scanned and transcribed to digital formats where appropriate, with ongoing QC of the information captured and migration to the BGS Database System. More recent data is captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database. Information is delivered via the BGS web site.

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Metadata language
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-22
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605642
 
 

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