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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 10 m to over 300 m, depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data include descriptive geological core logs and data which have been captured from these, and in some cases, natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses have been conducted on the core material, such as particle size analysis (PSA), micropalaeontological analysis, geotechnical investigations, palaeomagnetic analysis and age dating. Core material is managed as part of the BGS materials collection and is 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 GeoIndex. This dataset is covered by multiple layers, split by the type of material or sampling technique, and the type of data. Borehole-type samples (including boreholes, cores and drills), grab-type samples and other sample types are separated, and there is a metadata layer (containing metadata and links to scanned borehole logs) and a geological data layer (containing depth-bounded geological observations and/or measurements) for boreholes, grabs and other sample types. For borehole-type data, a geotechnical layer containing numerical results of geotechnical tests is also provided. Where available, particle size analysis (PSA) and geochemical data are also provided as separate layers. 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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Date (Creation)
1969
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605642
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
Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Geochemical data

  • Marine geology

  • Marine surveys

  • Offshore drilling

  • Sea floor

  • MEDIN

  • Geological data

  • Boreholes

  • Bottom sampling

  • Data

  • Marine sediments

  • Marine geochemistry

  • Geochemistry

  • Graphic logs

  • Drilling

  • Geology

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • MEDIN
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Access constraint: some survey data are commercial-in-confidence and are not provided (http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d). Use constraint: this dataset is an aggregate of data collected from different offshore surveys (or cruises) which have different use restrictions. Refer to the terms of use provided in the survey metadata for more information (http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/ConditionsApplyingToAccessAndUse/conditionsUnknown).
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

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

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
Vector
Denominator
250000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

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

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

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

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Gazetteer of sea areas 2010 revision

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

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Begin date
1969
Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 / UTM zone 29N (EPSG::32629)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N (EPSG::32630)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N (EPSG::32631)
Unique resource identifier
ED50 (EPSG::4230)
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
Name Version

Vector GIS data

CSV file (.csv)

PDF file (.pdf)

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/GeoIndex/offshore.htm

Offshore GeoIndex

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm

Offshore GeoIndex

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_data/MapServer/WmsServer

Offshore Theme

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_cultural/MapServer/WmsServer

Offshore (cultural data) theme

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

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
No
Statement

Borehole core material were collected during offshore wireline drilling operations. Material was then described and 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 into the BGS database. More recent data are captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database. Information is delivered via the BGS website and GeoIndex.

Metadata

File identifier
c35e3405-9dac-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-20
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/13605642

 
 

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Keywords

MEDIN UK Location (INSPIRE)


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