e5dfcb39-d2fb-6a23-e053-0937940a9134 English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-30 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607960 Porosity of core samples SSK111464 and SSK111465 calculated using SEM images and Fiji software (NERC grant NE/R018006/1) 2022-07-28 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607960 Porosity of core samples SSK111464 (sandstone) and SSK111465 (shale) calculated using backscatter electron SEM images of carbon coated thin sections processed in ImageJ Fiji software. 85 images of SSK111464 (sandstone) used and 74 images of SSK111465 (shale) at various magnifications. Core samples from UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, borehole GGC01. Samples and data are derived from the UK Geoenergy Observatories Programme funded by the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council and delivered by the British Geological Survey. Dr J P Verdon University of Bristol Lecturer in Applied Geophysics, School of Earth Sciences Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1RJ not available principalInvestigator Katie Edwards University of Bristol PhD Student School of Earth Sciences Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1RJ not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/e5dfcb39-d2fb-6a23-e053-0937940a9134.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Porosity Sandstone Electron microscopy Shale Thin sections BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data UKGEOS dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions 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. Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation 2022-01-24 2022-07-05 Microsoft Excel witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item175017 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false 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 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Thin sections of core samples prepared using diamond saw, grinding and polishing. Thin sections mounted in epoxy under vacuum then carbon coated. Thin sections imaged using Hitachi S-3500N SEM at the Electron Microscopy Facility in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol Backscatter Electron images processed in ImageJ Fiji software. Threshold adjusted and Analyse Particles function used. 1st threshold value always 0, 2nd threshold value varied with sample.