Date (Publication)

2012

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605695

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
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency

Annually

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Fence diagrams

• Geology

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

The GB3D geological model for Great Britain is available for free as a digital download; either as a 3D pdf, as a Google Earth layer or as part of a free BGS model viewer. The GB3D downloads listed here are delivered under the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS.

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.

Denominator

10000

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

GBN

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

Geographic identifier

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Begin date

2009

End date

2012 Before

Supplemental Information

The fence diagram has been frozen at the end of 2012, it is anticipated that it will be enhanced further in terms of detail and depth in future years. Probably updated annually and released as new versions. We recommend that this dataset should be used for General and geosciences education to illustrate of national and regional British bedrock geology (from the available download), Illustrating national or regional bedrock geology overviews for scientific publications for widespread and/or non specialist use and Regional GIS projects including the extents (x,y) of individual geological units (generated for GIS in GSI3D). We recommend that this dataset should not be used for Detailed geological assessments of any kind, e.g. borehole, site or linear route prognosis, resource-reserve estimation and exploration of any kind and any representation or use outside the intended regional to national (250K-1M) resolution.

Unique resource identifier

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

Distribution format

Name	Version
3D PDF
KMZ
*.gsipre file for use in the BGS LithoFrame Viewer

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	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/	BGS Homepage

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The initial fence diagram build in 2009-10 was funded by the Environment Agency of England and Wales (EA). This phase of the development comprised 41 cross-sections with a total linear length of 5,500 km confined to England and Wales. In 2011 this initial network was extended to Scotland, and the earlier coverage was densified. Additional sections were also aligned along the coast to bound the coverage and provide the easily recognisable outline of Great Britain paving the way for offshore expansion of the model. Sections in northern Scotland were continued across the Minch to the Outer Hebrides and similarly to Orkney but at present Shetland has not been incorporated. In 2012, with further funding from the EA, a few additional sections were inserted into the framework for England and Wales, whilst others were extended in length or deepened in key sedimentary basins. This enhancement comprised part of a study to provide a risk screening tool for the EA to help them gauge possible impacts of shale gas extraction on aquifer security.

Metadata

File identifier

d13301c5-867d-5245-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2024-12-07

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/13605695