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Palynology, Rock-Eval and Thermal Maturity data for the Holywell Shale Formation from the Ellesmere Port 1 Borehole (NERC Grant NE/R017964/1)

Four data tables are included: 1. Rock-Eval 6 pyrolysis and stable isotope data: includes sample number; Depth in meters; S1, S2, S3, present day hydrogen index, present day oxygen index in milligram hydrocarbons per grams of rock; Tmax in degrees Celsius; total organic carbon (TOC), pyrolyzed carbon (PC), remaining carbon (RC) in %; proportion of TOC that is pyrolyzed in % ; δ13C in ‰. 2. Palynological counts: raw counts of the palynofacies analysis. Includes MPA (micropalaeontology sample number), SSK (subsample Keyworth) number provided by the National Geological Repository; Depth in meters; the raw counts grouped by Heterogeneous amorphous organic matter (AOM), Homogeneous AOM, Phytoclasts, Spores and Pollen, Fungal debris and Mineral Matter. 3. Thermal Maturity as random mean vitrinite reflectance data: includes SSK sample number, depth in meters; mean random vitrinite reflectance (%Rr), Standard Deviation (SD) and the number of measurements taken for each sample (n). 4. Spore counts: Includes MPA (micropalaeontology sample number), SSK (subsample Keyworth) number provided by the National Geological Repository; Depth in meters; raw counts of spores identified in selected samples. All the data are based on sample materials from the Holywell Shale Formation from the Ellesmere Port 1 Borehole. These data are in support of: Hennissen et al.’s The Holywell Shale Formation in the Blacon Basin: resource potential in the Geological Society of London Special Publications.

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Date (Creation)
2022-11-21
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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607998
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British Geological Survey

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British Geological Survey

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British Geological Survey

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British Geological Survey

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Rock eval pyrolysis

  • Vitrinite

  • Miospores

  • Unconventional gas

  • Shale

  • Carboniferous

  • NGDC Deposited Data

  • Palynology

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  • NGDC Deposited Data
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  • NERC_DDC

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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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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.

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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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Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Ellesmere Port [id=1285357]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: OS gazetteer 2002 revision

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Begin date
2018-08-01
End date
2022-07-05
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
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MS Excel

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British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item176864

Data

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Protocol Linkage Name
https://doi.org/10.5285/cdc7153f-f3ed-4c5e-b07a-7a9a1e1bb00c

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

Date (Publication)
2011
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See the referenced specification

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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
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

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No
Statement

Rock-Eval: Freeze dried and powdered samples (approximately 60 mg dry weight) were heated at 300 °C for 3 min, followed by a 25 °C/min heat increase from 300 °C to 650 °C in a N2 atmosphere. Residual carbon was oxidised at 300–850 °C at a rate of 20 °C/min. Hydrocarbons released were measured using a flame ionization detector while CO and CO2 were measured using an infra-red cell. Palynology: 5 g of crushed sample material was broken down using HCl (36%) and HF acid (40%) to dissolve and decant carbonates and silicates. After neutralisation w the remaining kerogen was sieved on a 10 ?m nylon mesh and strew mounted on microslides using Elvacite™ 4345. Vitrinite reflectance: Aliquots of the kerogen isolates obtained using the palynological preparation protocol were strewn on a PTFE treated cover slip and mounted on a microslide using Metprep™ Kleer-Set polyester resin.

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Metadata language
English
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Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-06
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

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Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607998

 
 

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