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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 10m to over 300m depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data includes descriptive geological core logs and data which has been captured from these and in some cases natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses has been conducted on the core material such as Particle Size Analysis, micropalaeontological, geotechnical, palaeomagnetic and age dating. Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are 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 Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. The activity and scan layers contains location information, metadata and links to scanned borehole logs, and the geological data layers contain observations and/or measurements as digital values. 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.
British Geological Survey
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 28428 |
Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Marine Borehole Logs, Data and Materials from around the UK (1969 Onwards) |
File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | c35e3405-9dac-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605642 |
Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1969 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1969 |
Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | irregular |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | 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 10m to over 300m depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data includes descriptive geological core logs and data which has been captured from these and in some cases natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses has been conducted on the core material such as Particle Size Analysis, micropalaeontological, geotechnical, palaeomagnetic and age dating. Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are 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 Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. The activity and scan layers contains location information, metadata and links to scanned borehole logs, and the geological data layers contain observations and/or measurements as digital values. 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. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Borehole core material were collected during offshore wireline drilling operations. Material was then described/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 to the BGS Database System. More recent data is captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database. Information is delivered via the BGS web site. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
Keyword title | Geology | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK Location (INSPIRE) |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geochemical data | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine surveys | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Offshore drilling | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sea floor | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MEDIN | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geological data | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Boreholes | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bottom sampling | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Data | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine sediments | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine geochemistry | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geochemistry | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Graphic logs | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Drilling | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK Location (INSPIRE) | |
Keyword title | UK Location (INSPIRE) | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MEDIN |
Keyword title | MEDIN | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NERC_DDC |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 62 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 9 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 48 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -21 |
Regional sea | BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350] | |
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353] | ||
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401] | ||
INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND [id=2001428] | ||
IRISH SEA [id=2001430] | ||
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262] | ||
NORTH SEA [id=2001452] | ||
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453] | ||
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701] | ||
Responsible organisations | ||
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Phone | +44 131 667 1000 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Offshore GeoIndex |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | search |
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Offshore GeoIndex |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_data/MapServer/WmsServer |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Offshore Theme |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_cultural/MapServer/WmsServer |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Offshore (cultural data) theme |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
Dataset constraints | ||
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
Version info | ||
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 1969 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2024-03-26 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | UK GEMINI |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3 |
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