BGS Offshore Bedrock 250k version 3.0
The BGS Offshore Bedrock 250k dataset is vector data which reflects the offshore bedrock geological of the UK and some of its adjacent waters at 1:250,000 scale. This comprehensive product provides a digital compilation of the paper maps published by BGS at the same scale, as well as, additional re-interpretations from regional geological studies. The composition, age and deformational history of the rocks underlying the seabed (bedrock) are important for a range of stakeholders, including marine spatial planners and offshore developers. The dataset is arranged in two GIS layers: Bedrock Lithostratigraphy and Bedrock Structural Geology. The polygons within the Bedrock Lithostratigraphy layer show the spatial distribution of the principal lithostratigraphical units (formations and groups). The lines within the Structural Geology layer show the location and extent of known structural features such as faults and folds. This broadscale dataset was derived from geophysical data (e.g. airgun, boomer, sparker, sidescan sonar, magnetometer, gravity meter) and data obtained from commercial wells and BGS shallow boreholes. The variations in data density will be reflected in the detail of the mapping.
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Citation proposal
. BGS Offshore Bedrock 250k version 3.0. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/e605cf9b-7fb3-0431-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Simple
- Alternate title
- DiGRock250k
- Date ( Creation )
- 2013
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Distributor
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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- Geology
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Marine geology , Data , Geology , GIS , Continental shelf , Digital maps , Bed rock , Maps
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions 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
- The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk ) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.
- Spatial representation type
- vector Vector
- Denominator
- 250000
- Metadata language
- English English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
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Reference System Information
No information provided.
- Distribution format
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- Other formats available on request ()
- ArcGIS - shapefiles (Current BGS version )
- MapInfo - .tab (Current BGS version )
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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BGS Datasets - Offshore bedrock 250k Homepage
This page provides further information about the BGS Offshore Bedrock 250k dataset including a user guide, details about licensing and sample data.
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Other
- dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- 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
- The offshore bedrock geology was mapped using a range of remotely sensed (e.g. seismic, side scan sonar) and physical ground truthing data (e.g. boreholes, cores). This mapping was first published in printed form on the bedrock offshore 1:250 000 map series (known as Solid Geology). Using Universal Transverse Mercator projection, each sheet covers an area of 1 degree of latitude by 2 degrees of longitude. The printed maps are still available via the BGS Bookshop. The geological linework used to create the paper maps was used as the basis for the first version of this dataset (then call DiGRock250k). The second version of this dataset was released in 2007 (known as DiGRock250k v.2). The principle objective of this revision and geological checking was to remove, as much as possible, join-up issues between the various ‘sheet’ areas, inherited from the sequentially published paper maps. In 2013, the dataset was put through a further comprehensive geological and GIS checking process to create the third and current version (then named DiGRock250k v.3).
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- e605cf9b-7fb3-0431-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-04-13
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
EDINBURGH
LOTHIAN
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605830