AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
BGS Oil Shale Seam Maps of the Lothians

A collection of seventy-eight maps covering thirteen National Grid 1:10 560 map sheets in the area of the Lothian oil shale field published between 1977 and 1982. Each map shows the extent of a single oil shale seam. An oil shale seam refers to a layer or deposit of sedimentary rock rich in organic material known as kerogen, which has the potential to yield hydrocarbons such as oil and gas through a process called pyrolysis. Oil shale is different from conventional oil and gas reservoirs in that the hydrocarbons are not present in a liquid or gaseous form but are trapped within the solid structure of the shale rock. The maps were published by the Institute of the Geological Sciences in Edinburgh (previous name for the British Geological Survey). This entry relates to hardcopy maps stored in the National Geological Data Centre (NGDC) and digital files produced by scanning them, as well as any derivative files. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC).

Tags: Geological maps, Geology, Maps, Mining, NERC_DDC, Natural resources, Oil shale
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed (WGS84)

<p>NSTA Infrastructure Data is a set of data reported to the NSTA by relevant persons pursuant to Section 34 of the 2016 Energy Act. The data represents physical structures and facilities installed on the UKCS in fulfilment of relevant persons' licence, field operations or pipeline works authorisation (PWA) related activities. The data is currently updated on a 6 monthly cycle (April / October). Data includes removed surface installations, subsea infrastructure, pipelines and pipeline freespans.</p><p>Warning: Due to the 254 character limit of shapefile downloads, some attributes within this dataset will be truncated when downloading as a shapefile.</p>

Organization: North Sea Transition Authority
UKCS offshore infrastructure surface points removed (ETRS89)

<p>NSTA Infrastructure Data is a set of data reported to the NSTA by relevant persons pursuant to Section 34 of the 2016 Energy Act. The data represents physical structures and facilities installed on the UKCS in fulfilment of relevant persons' licence, field operations or pipeline works authorisation (PWA) related activities. The data is currently updated on a 6 monthly cycle (April / October). Data includes removed surface installations, subsea infrastructure, pipelines and pipeline freespans.</p><p>Warning: Due to the 254 character limit of shapefile downloads, some attributes within this dataset will be truncated when downloading as a shapefile.</p>

Organization: North Sea Transition Authority
Scanned images of oil shale seam maps of the Lothians

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606289] Scanned images of 78 maps covering 13 National Grid 1:10,560 map areas in the area of the Lothian oil-shale field. Each map shows the extent of a single oil shale seam. They were published between 1977 and 1982 by the Institute of Geological Sciences in Edinburgh. The original maps were scanned in 2014.

Tags: Geological maps, Geology, Maps, Mining, NERC_DDC, Natural resources, Oil shale
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UK England onshore oil and gas activity

<p>This interactive map has been produced by  NSTA to assist companies and members of the public with information that will help understand oil and gas exploration and production activity onshore in Great Britain including those areas already under licence and those areas that are on offer in NSTA’s licensing Rounds.</p><p>Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDL’s) grant exclusive rights to search and bore for, and get, petroleum in a specific ordnance survey blocks. PEDL’s cover the various stages of the full development cycle of oil and gas exploration, appraisal; production and eventually decommissioning of the wells, however a PEDL licence grants no automatic permission for drilling or facilities siting and construction. Permission to carry out such activities will be dependent on planning permission from the relevant Local Authority. Developers also have to secure relevant permits from the Environment Agency, and their plans have to pass scrutiny by the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p>This data is supplied on a best effort basis only, utilising available information as provided by the original operators. While every effort is made to ensure the information is correct and up-to-date, the Department does not accept any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any nature, however caused, which may be sustained as a result of reliance upon such information. Some features have been simplified for optimum web display.</p>

Tags: NSTA, Onshore Oil and Gas
Organization: North Sea Transition Authority
UKCS SDC infrastructure

<i>The Subsea Decommissioning Collaboration (SDC) dataset is a point in time dataset. The dataset was created by merging data voluntarily provided by SDC operators with publicly available data provided to the NSTA under the Energy Act 2016, s.34(1).  The dataset has been created for the purposes of supporting the SDC in its goal of reducing subsea infrastructure decommissioning costs and to pilot the provision of additional information to the NSTA. The dataset has not been quality checked or assured by the NSTA, and assumes all information entered by the operators to be correct. There are no plans for this dataset to be updated and it should only be used for indicative purposes only. For further information on the use of NSTA open data see <a href='https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/3737/oil-gas-authority-user-agreeement-final-8-june-2017.docx' rel='nofollow ugc'>Oil and Gas Authority User Agreement</a>.</i>

Tags: Decommissioning, Infrastructure, NSTA, UKCS
Organization: North Sea Transition Authority
UKCS government seismic MNSH legacy reprocessed 2015 (ED50)

<p><span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(20,20,20); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='display:inline !important; float:none; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>Location of government-released reprocessed legacy surveys</span></span></p>

Organization: North Sea Transition Authority
Workforce Management Information - Defra

Monthly management information on staff numbers and paybill costs in Civil Service departments, their agencies and their executive NDPBs.
For workforce numbers, both payroll and non-payroll (contingent labour, including consultants) information is provided, split between full-time equivalents (FTE) and headcount, with payroll staff numbers mapped to standard Civil Service grades.
For costs, payroll paybill information is broken down into its component parts i.e. salaries, allowances, employers pensions contributions etc. For non-payroll costs, these are split between costs for consultancy and those of other non-payroll workers.
Staffing numbers are as at the last day of the month for the reference month. Cost information is that for the reference month. For baseline 2010/11 returns, staffing numbers are as at 31 March 2011, and paybill costs are for the financial year 2010/11. 

Organization: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
School Catchments

This information is published by the Northumberland County Council to inform parent/carers of their 'catchment school' for the purposes of school admissions.

These spatial areas show the catchment area for a property by its location. If you're buying a house and will be relying on this information for applying for a school place, please confirm the catchment area with us first.

RC voluntary aided schools do not have defined catchment areas. For places at RC schools apply to the County Council's  School Admissions Team for information and applications.

Organization: Northumberland County Council
Microbial DNA extraction and PCR from core samples SSK105556 and SSK105560 from UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, borehole GGC01

Microbial DNA concentrations from DNA extraction using Qiagen PowerSoil Pro DNA Extraction kit and subsequent Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) from core samples collected and preserved for microbiology (SSK105556 and SSK105560) from UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, borehole GGC01. DNA extractions and subsequent amplification using PCR indicate levels of microbial DNA below detection limits. NERC grant SHAPE-UK NE/R018006/1.

Tags: Geomicrobiology, NERC_DDC, Sandstone, Shale
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Uturuncu Volcano GPS data from the 2018 and 2022 campaigns (NERC Grant NE/S008845/1)

RINEX files of GPS observations obtained in the Uturuncu volcano and surroundings (Altiplano-Puna Deformation Anomaly) during the November 2018 and November 2022 campaigns. In the 2018 and 2022 campaigns, 8 and 10 GPS stations have been installed respectively to help constrain the temporal deformation at Uturuncu volcano. The data contains the GNSS observations made in the 2018 campaign at the stations of Depeche Mode (DEMO), Foo Fighters (FOOF), Jimmy (JIMY), Led Zeppelin (LDZP), Metallica (MTLC), Sex Pistols (SEXP), UBQ4 and UTU Base (UBAS) In the 2022 campaign at the stations of Depeche Mode (DEMO), Foo Fighters (FOOF), IGGY, Jimmy (JIMY), Led Zeppelin (LDZP), Metallica (MTLC), Nirvana (NRVN), Offspring (OFSP), Sex Pistols (SEXP) and UTU Base (UBAS) The following devices were used to obtain these data: -Receiver Leica GR30 (serial numbers 1705008, 1705617 and 1705619) -Antenna Leica AS10 (serial numbers 16071044 and 16151018) -Integrate antenna + receiver Topcon Hiper Pro (serial numbers 326-1106 and 342-0370) -Masts "Nysiros style" and UNAVCO single pin + masts. The duration of data collection ranges from 1 day to 6 days depending on the site of the collection.

Tags: Geodesy, Magma, NERC_DDC, Volcanoes, Volcanology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Ship data from Tasman and Coral Seas 2019 (NERC Grant NE/S01067X/1)

These data are derived from a voyage on Australia’s R/V Investigator, IN2019_v04, ‘Hotspot dynamics in the Coral Sea: connections between the Australian plate and the deep Earth’. The voyage surveyed the Tasmantid and Lord Howe Seamounts in the Tasman and Coral Seas, together with the Louisiade Plateau in the Coral Sea, sailing from Cairns on 7 Aug 2019 and arriving in Brisbane on 3 Sep 2019. The voyage summary is available at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/reporting/get_file.cfm?eov_pub_id=1443. This directory includes the ship data, in some cases with initial onshore processing done by CSIRO technical staff (e.g., the underway data). More details are available in the README file.

Tags: Bathymetry, Geochemistry, Gravity, Magnetic data, NERC_DDC, Rock samples, Seamounts, X ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Post voyage analyses from Tasman and Coral Seas 2019 (NERC Grant NE/S01067X/1)

These data are derived from a voyage on Australia’s R/V Investigator, IN2019_v04, ‘Hotspot dynamics in the Coral Sea: connections between the Australian plate and the deep Earth’. The voyage surveyed the Tasmantid and Lord Howe Seamounts in the Tasman and Coral Seas, together with the Louisiade Plateau in the Coral Sea, sailing from Cairns on 7 Aug 2019 and arriving in Brisbane on 3 Sep 2019. The voyage summary is available at https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/reporting/get_file.cfm?eov_pub_id=1443. This directory includes datasets derived from ship samples and data as part of NERC grant NE/S01067X/1 (e.g., XRF and ICP-MS geochemistry data). Post voyage analyses by Australian collaborators are not included. More details are available in the README file.

Tags: Geochemistry, ICP spectroscopy, NERC_DDC, Rock samples, Seamounts, X ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 1971/ZD: Mull Diving project (27/Sep/1971 to 01/Oct/1971)

This sampling survey has been carried out by British Geological Survey (BGS) formerly Institute of Geological Sciences for BGS, the survey took place from September to October 1971 south west of Mull, on board an inflatable zodiac. The purpose was to collect data to investigate the magnetite content of modern sands and silts around the Mull plutonic centre. Sample data were collected by divers, jar sample and a 0.5m core. Sites were controlled by echo-sounder traverses and positions were fixed by sextant from shore. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in IGS report 73/14.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Earthquake Hypocenters on Montserrat from 1995 to 2018 (NERC Grant NE/L002582/1)

Earthquake hypocenters for all earthquakes detected on Montserrat by the Montserrat Volcano Observatory seismic network from July 1995 to February 2018 inclusive. Information includes: Origin Time, Latitude, Longitude, Depth, Hypocenter Errors, RMS and the number of stations used for each location.

Tags: Earthquakes, NERC_DDC, Seismic epicentre
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
G-BASE (Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment) for south west England - stream sediments and shallow (5-20cm) soils

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480412].The G-BASE programme involves systematic sampling and the determination of chemical elements in samples of stream sediment, stream water and soil, to build up a picture of the surface chemistry of the UK. G-BASE for SW England is the most recent area of the UK sampled by this on-going project The average sample density for stream sediments is approximately one site per 2km square. Density for soils in SW England is variable across the area, ranging from 1 per 2km square to one per 5km square, depending on underlying parent material. Analytical precision is high with strict quality control to ensure countrywide consistency. Results have been standardised to ensure continuity with existing G-BASE geochemical data. The data provide baseline information on the natural abundances of elements, against which anomalous values due to such factors as mineralisation and industrial contamination may be compared. Analytical data for the sub150 microns fraction of stream sediment and the sub 2mm fraction of soil samples are available for some or all of: Ag, Al, As, Ba, Bi, Br, Ca, Cd, Ce, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Ga, Ge, Hf, I, In, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Nd, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Si, Sm, Sn, Sr, Ta, Te, Th, Ti, Tl, U, V, W, Y, Yb, Zn, and Zr.

Tags: Geochemistry, Geology, NERC_DDC, Soil chemistry, Stream sampling
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Lake Chala (Kenya/Tanzania) chronology and isotope data, 0 - >250 kyr BP (DeepCHALLA project) (NERC Grant NE/P011969/1)

This dataset presents tephra layers, Ar-dates, age-model & stable isotope data from the >250 kyr-long Lake Chala sediment record, Kenya/Tanzania. The file is split into six tables: (1) metadata on the 30 tephra layers (29 visible tephra layers, one cryptotephra) studied to date, including sample and core codes, summary characteristics and ages; (2) summary of Ar-dating results on ten of the Lake Chala tephra layers; (3) the DCH_TephraAge Bayesian age model, which combines tephra, 210Pb and 14C age-estimates for the length of the core; (4) Raw single-grain WDS-EPMA results for all tephra layers studied in the DeepCHALLA sediment record; and (5) secondary standard data; (6) unpublished Diatom ?18O (‰ VSMOW), Bulk organic ?13C (‰), %C and Diatom d13C (‰) measurements for the full length of the core (given on a composite depth scale). These chronological data (Tables 1-5) are central to the reconstruction of palaeoclimate from a multi-proxy analyses of the Lake Chala sediment sequence and are included in publications by Baxter et al. (2023) and Martin-Jones et al. (2020, in review), for which references are given in the appropriate files. Stable isotope data (produced by Barker and Leng) remains unpublished at the time of upload. The data was generated by Catherine Martin-Jones, Christine Lane, Maarten Blaauw, Darren Mark, Melanie Leng and Phil Barker between 2017-2022. Much of the tephra data is published and references are provided.

Tags: Age determination methods, NERC_DDC, Palaeoclimatology, Potassium argon dating, Quaternary, Volcanic ejecta
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Electron microprobe and Mossbauer spectroscopy data of clinopyroxene standards (NERC Grant NE/T011106/1)

Compositional data of clinopyroxene crystals standards analysed by electron probe microanalyses for major element oxides and by Mossbauer spectroscopy for iron valence and unknown clinopyroxene crystals from Iceland and the Azores . These data were collected in support of research described in the following preprints: https://doi.org/10.31223/X5CT03 and https://doi.org/10.31223/X5N959

Tags: Clinopyroxene, NERC_DDC, Spectroscopy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Corinth Rift, Greece Fault Location and Activity Rate data (NERC Grant NE/R016550/1)

The data are derived from interpretation of seismic reflection profiles within the offshore Corinth Rift, Greece (the Gulf of Corinth) integrated with IODP scientific ocean drilling borehole data from IODP Expedition 381 (McNeill et al., 2019a, 2019b). The data include rift fault coordinate (location, geometry) information and slip rate and extension rate information for the major faults. Seismic reflection data were published in Taylor et al. (2011) and in Nixon et al. (2016). Preliminary fault interpretations and rate data, prior to IODP drilling, were published in Nixon et al. (2016). Details of datasets: The data can be viewed in GIS software (ArcGIS, QGIS) or the Excel and .dbf files can be used for viewing of rate data and import of fault coordinates into other software. The 4 folders are for different time periods with shape files for the N-Dipping and S-Dipping Faults in the offshore Corinth Rift and respective slip and extension (horizontal) rates. The shapefiles are digitised fault traces for the basement offsetting faults, picked from the Multichannel Seismic Data collected by the R/V Maurice Ewing. Fault traces are segmented and each segment has an average throw (vertical) rate (Tavg) in mm/yr. The rates for the segments are averages based on measurements at the ends of each segment. The major fault trace segments also have slip-rates (slip_rate) and extension-rates (ext_rate or extension_) in mm/yr. All rates as well as the names for major faults can be located in the attribute table of the shape files along with X- and Y-coordinates. The coordinate system is WGS84 UTM Zone 34N. The shape files can be loaded into a GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS etc.) allowing mapping and visualization of the fault traces and their activity rates. In addition, the attribute tables are .dbf files found within each folder. These have also been provided as .xlsx (Excel) files which include the fault coordinate information, and slip rates and extension rates along the major faults. References McNeill, L.C., Shillington, D.J., Carter, G.D.O., and the Expedition 381 Participants, 2019a. Corinth Active Rift Development. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 381: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). McNeill, L.C., Shillington, D.J., et al., 2019b, High-resolution record reveals climate-driven environmental and sedimentary changes in an active rift, Scientific Reports, 9, 3116. Nixon, C.W., McNeill, L.C., Bull, J.M., Bell, R.E., Gawthorpe, R.L., Henstock, T.J., Christodoulou, D., Ford, M., Taylor, B., Sakellariou, S. et al., 2016. Rapid spatiotemporal variations in rift structure during development of the Corinth Rift, central Greece. Tectonics, 35, 1225–1248. Taylor, B., J. R. Weiss, A. M. Goodliffe, M. Sachpazi, M. Laigle, and A. Hirn (2011), The structures, stratigraphy and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth Rift, Greece, Geophys. J. Int., 185(3), 1189–1219.

Tags: Extension faults, Faulting, NERC_DDC, Rift faults
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Scanned images of Falkland Islands Mapping

The dataset comprises scanned images of maps and aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands. The original maps are printers films and final paper printed originals of Falkland Islands OS maps, compiled for the Falkland Islands Government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by the Overseas Directorate of the Ordnance Survey. The Falkland Islands Government retains copyright interest in the maps. There are no access or usage constraints for BGS staff for BGS purposes. The field slips of geological maps were compiled by BGS under contract to the Falkland Islands Government. Copyright remains with the Falkland Islands Government , but there are no access or usage constraints for BGS staff for BGS purposes. Access to both datasets are restricted to BGS staff.

Tags: Field maps, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geochemical characterisation of San Andreas Fault damage zone rock at Lake Hughes and Littlerock localities

Geochemical and petrophysical data acquired on intact and damage zone rock samples for two localities along the San Andreas Fault, Mojave section. Data used in the publication entitled "Chemically altered Pulverized granite along the Mojave section of the SAF shows evidence for large-scale heat transfer by post-seismic fluid flow and fluid overpressure at depth" by F.M Aben et al., in revision at the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Rock samples (33 samples at Lake Hughes locality, 27 at Littlerock locality) were analysed for porosity, grain- and bulk density, and chemical composition (XRF analysis). Mineral content was established from point counting on thin sections for 9 samples (Littlerock locality) and 13 samples (Lake Hughes locality). The results of these analyses are presented in this dataset. In addition, the samples were grouped in three categories: intact, damaged, and pulverized. Statistical analysis was performed on the grouped data to identify statistically significant changes between the groups. The statistical analysis results are presented here as well.

Tags: NERC_DDC, Porosity, X ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2014, Statoil, ST14306 Mariner Area Block 8/15 and 9/11, Semi-Sub Rig, DECC Reference Number GS_122

An oil and gas industry site survey for a semi-sub rig acquired under licences E437,P1758,P335 in July 2014. The block numbers traversed were 8/15, 9/11.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Glass chemistry of eruption deposits from volcanoes around Mexico City (NERC Grant NE/S009035/1)

Electron microprobe glass chemistry data from explosive eruption deposits from Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl and Tláloc-Telapón volcanoes in Central México, spanning the last 700 ka. Associated with the following paper: Sunyé-Puchol, I., Hodgetts, A.G.E., Watt, S.F.L., Arce, J.L., Barfod, D.N., Mark, D.F., Sosa-Ceballos, G., Siebe, C., Dymock, R.C., Blaauw, M., Smith, V.C., 2021. Reconstructing the middle to late Pleistocene explosive eruption histories of Popocatépetl, Iztaccíhuatl and Tláloc-Telapón volcanoes in Central México. J Volcanol Geoth Res 421, 107413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107413

Tags: NERC_DDC, Volcanic ejecta, Volcanic eruption
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)