AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Original Seismic Shotpoint Location Maps.

This document data set contains original prints, on paper, sepia or film, of seismic reflection survey location (navigation) maps. These provide the location data for the seismic sections of the Original Seismic Sections (ORIGSEISECS) and Copy Seismic Sections (COPYSEISECS) datasets. Almost all data are within the UK onshore area; although there are some UK near-shore and offshore (North Sea, Irish Sea) and foreign data. Most data were acquired for commercial hydrocarbon exploration and subsequently provided to BGS for use on specific projects. Some data were acquired by BGS and other public-sector bodies, e.g. BIRPS, for academic research. All maps are digitised upon receipt (see LOCSEC database) and then archived in this data set. (Copies used to be used for interpretation purposes but this is no longer the case.) Documents stored rolled in tubes. Approx 800 maps.

Tags: Geophysical surveys, Geophysics, NERC_DDC, Seismic reflection surveys, Seismic surveys
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
50k sheet data files

An important paper archive of a wide variety of miscellaneous geological information organised on the basis of its location within 1:50 000 scale geological map sheet areas in Great Britain. The majority of the data has been produced or collected by BGS staff since 1835 as part of the mapping programme. The data may not fit into any of the main collections, but is valuable for future projects and answering enquiries.

Tags: Boreholes, Coal, Geology, Maps, Metalliferous minerals, Mine shafts, Mining, NERC_DDC, Resource assessment, Water
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Seismic locations and sections database

The Seismic Locations and Sections database (LOCSEC) stores digitised seismic reflection survey location and line-interpretation data. Supplementary data stored includes map projection information and rock-unit seismic velocity data. The data are grouped by interpretation project area. Location data are input from digitised seismic shotpoint (SP) or common depth point (CDP) maps, or from direct input of digital navigation data. [See: Original Seismic Shotpoint Location Maps (ORIGSPMAPS) and Digital Seismic Shotpoint Location Maps (DIGSPMAPS) datasets]. Line-interpretation data are input from digitised pick-lines on manually interpreted printed seismic sections. [See: Copy Seismic Sections dataset (COPYSEISECS)]. In-house software is used for data management and display, to perform interpretation related tasks, e.g. depth-conversion, and to merge data into X, Y, Z form for input to 3D mapping and modelling packages such as EarthVision. Data in LOCSEC may also be related to the borehole interpretations held in the Stratigraphic Surfaces Database (SSD). Almost all data are within the UK Onshore area; although there are some UK near-shore and offshore (North Sea, Irish Sea) and foreign data. Most data were acquired for commercial hydrocarbon exploration and subsequently provided to BGS for use on specific projects. Some data were acquired by BGS and other public-sector bodies, e.g. BIRPS, for academic research.

Tags: Geophysical surveys, Geophysics, NERC_DDC, Seismic reflection surveys, Seismic surveys, Seismology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
London register of Lower Palaeozoic microfossils from the UK

The register lists Lower Palaeozoic microfaunas (including "small shelly" faunas), but occasionally mentions small trilobites and various fragments. SAQ1-259 are used, although several numbers have no details assigned to them. Sample number, sheet number, NGR, fossil identification, borehole names & depths are given.

Tags: Microfauna, Microfossils, NERC_DDC, Palaeontology, Palaeozoic
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
World Mineral Statistics Dataset

The British Geological Survey has one of the largest databases in the world on the production and trade of minerals. The dataset contains annual production statistics by mass for more than 70 mineral commodities covering the majority of economically important and internationally-traded minerals, metals and mineral-based materials. For each commodity the annual production statistics are recorded for individual countries, grouped by continent. Import and export statistics are also available for years up to 2002. Maintenance of the database is funded by the Science Budget and output is used by government, private industry and others in support of policy, economic analysis and commercial strategy. As far as possible the production data are compiled from primary, official sources. Quality assurance is maintained by participation in such groups as the International Consultative Group on Non-ferrous Metal Statistics. Individual commodity and country tables are available for sale on request.

Tags: Commerce, Commodity economics, Exports, Imports, Mineral economics, Mineral statistics, NERC_DDC, Ores, Production, Statistics
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Digital seismic shotpoint location maps

This digital data set contains original files of seismic reflection survey location (navigation) data and dates from the late 1970s. These provide location information for the Digital Seismic Sections data set (DIGSEISECS) and some of the printed seismic sections of the Original Seismic Sections dataset (ORIGSEISECS) and Copy Seismic Sections dataset (COPYSEISECS). Most data are within the UK Onshore area; although there are some UK near-shore and offshore (North Sea, Irish Sea) and foreign data. Most data were acquired for commercial hydrocarbon exploration and subsequently provided to BGS for use on specific projects. Some data were acquired by BGS (British Geological Survey) and other public-sector bodies, e.g. BIRPS (The British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate), for academic research. The data are used with the Seismic Locations and Sections Database (LOCSEC) and for workstation-based interpretation. There are approximately 20 tapes and 15 Exabyte cartridges. The data are mostly concentrated in coal, oil and gas prospecting areas.

Tags: Geophysical surveys, Geophysics, NERC_DDC, Seismic reflection surveys
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Coal Authority Seismic Survey Data

This data set is an archive of original data for the seismic reflection surveys conducted by the National Coal Board (NCB) and its successor, British Coal Corporation (BCC). The data consists of observers' logs, surveyors' reports, (some 3000 files of written records), seismic sections, location data, field data records and processed data. The processed data are at various stages of processing from demultiplexed field data to migrated stack (not all available for all profiles). The data were originally recorded on over 13000 tapes and have been transcribed to more modern media in Tape Image Format (TIF/ARC) to retain the tape block integrity. These data are owned by the Mining Remediation Authority (MRA), as successor to the NCB and BCC, BGS being the custodian under an agreement with the MRA. The MRA surveys cover various areas in the UK, shot and processed or reprocessed between 1973-94. There is at an initial estimate half a terabyte of MRA data. The seismic data will be stored as standard format SEGY files which can be read by a variety of software packages designed to manipulate seismic data. Demultiplexed field data and various post-stack data can be supplied as SEGY (subject to integrity of data recovery). Catalogue available.

Tags: Coal, Geophysical surveys, Geophysics, NERC_DDC, Seismic reflection surveys
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Coal Authority Borehole Log Data.

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480158] This dataset is an archive of original data for the geophysical logging of boreholes drilled by the National Coal Board (NCB) and its successor, British Coal Corporation (BCC). Data coverage is UK wide and dates from the 1970's to the privatisation of the coal mining industry, in 1994. The dataset includes approximately 2000 field data recording tapes and processed data tapes. The processed data tapes are at various stages of processing and consist of edited data and computed (CSU) data (not available for all boreholes). The data are kept as archive copies. The data are owned by the Coal Authority (CA), as successor to the NCB and BCC, BGS being the custodian under an agreement with the Coal Authority. No full catalogue or index available yet.

Tags: Boreholes, Coal, Geophysical logs, Geophysical surveys, Geophysics, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geohazard Assessment of Soluble Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for an area to be affected by geological deposits that have suffered or are suffering dissolution through natural processes. A characteristic usually of deposits such as evaporites (rock salt, gypsum), chalk or limestone. The methodology is based on BGS digital stratigraphic linework and expert knowledge of the behaviour of the formations so defined in three dimensions.

Tags: Dissolution, NERC_DDC, Natural hazards
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geohazard Assessment of Shrink Swell Behaviour of Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to shrink or swell with changes in moisture content. A characteristic usually of clays, mudstones and shales. The methodology is based on BGS digital stratigraphic linework, geotechnical properties and expert knowledge of the behaviour of the formations so defined.

Tags: NERC_DDC, Natural hazards, Subsidence
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Aquifer Properties, Database Of Physical Properties Of Aquifers In England And Wales.

Data on the physical properties (transmissivity, storage coefficient, porosity and permeability) of aquifers in England and Wales. Compiled by BGS staff from paper records of field and laboratory testing held by BGS, the Environment Agency and other organisations. Contains summary data on approximately 20,000 pump tests at over 2000 discrete locations. Raw data may be available on request. The majority of BGS and EA pump test data is included for both major and minor aquifers, but in minor aquifers this is complemented by data on specific yield. Laboratory determinations of porosity and permeability are limited to open file BGS data only. All data subject to similar processing and interpretation, but raw data highly variable.

Tags: Aquifer properties, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, NERC_DDC, Permeability, Porosity, Pump tests
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Dalradian Carbonate Rock Geochemistry Database

The database contains a range of geochemical data for metamorphosed limestones from the Dalradian of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The data include a) whole-rock geochemical analyses by XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) for major oxides and a range of trace elements for several hundred samples, b) a number of whole-carbonate O (oxygen) and C (carbon) stable isotope and Sr (strontium) data, c) electron microprobe mineral data on carbonates and calc-silicate minerals and d) ion-probe O stable isotope and mineral trace element data for calcites in a small number of samples. The samples from which the data have been derived were collected from a wide range of outcrops within the Scottish and Irish Dalradian, mainly concentrated in the North East Grampian Highlands of Scotland. The data have been collected mainly to support the mapping and scientific work being undertaken in the Grampian Highlands by BGS since the early 1980s. The database includes some data from the literature. All samples are located by British National Grid coordinates to the nearest 10m or better. The isotope data were acquired as part of a PhD study by C W Thomas in the late 1990s. The database is not currently being added to, but is still being used in various studies. The combined data provide wide-ranging insights into marine chemistry contemporary with deposition of the limestones and the way in which this chemistry changed with time during the Neoproterozoic, and they elucidate subsequent effects of diagenesis and metamorphism and the outcrop and grain-scale. The data set is largely complete with regard to geochemical data, but still requires some editing to bring all fields up to date, particularly with regard to lithostratigraphical assignation. The data are currently held in MS Access tables and can conveniently be displayed via GIS or abstracted in tabular form and used in spreadsheets, statistical analysis and graphing software.

Tags: Geochemistry, Geology, NERC_DDC, Stable isotopes, Strontium isotopes, Trace elements
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Registered borehole specimens collection (England and Wales).

Collection of individually registered specimens and cuttings from onshore boreholes drilled in England and Wales by BGS, commercial and public bodies since the establishment of BGS in 1835. The collection has been developed as part of the BGS responsibility to establish and maintain a National Borehole Collection. The collection is updated on a daily basis by the addition of new data and by the modification of existing data. The collection contains all registered borehole samples for England and Wales, Scottish borehole samples are excluded. Details of the collection are held on the 'Borehole Materials Database', and may be accessed over the internet from the BGS web site.

Tags: Boreholes, Drill cuttings, General geology, NERC_DDC, Specimen collecting
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Index to Onshore Borehole Collection

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480339]. Index to borehole material held chiefly as continuous drillcore, bulk samples, unwashed cuttings and processed material from onshore UK.

Tags: Boreholes, Core samples, Drill cuttings, General geology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Borehole Geology database

The Borehole Geology database holds downhole lithological / lithostratigraphical data (with unit-bound lithological properties where appropriate) for boreholes identified within the Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI), which covers onshore and nearshore Great Britain. The database can store multiple interpretations for each borehole and properties assigned to each coded lithological unit. Available borehole geology properties include porosity, Munsell colour, grain size, water struck, etc, and other valid property types can be included if required.

Tags: Boreholes, Down hole geophysics, Geology, NERC_DDC, Well log interpretation, Well logging
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Analytical Geochemistry Laboratory Records

This dataset of paper records holds details of analysis of all the sample batches (from both internal and external customers) analysed by the Analytical Geochemistry Laboratory of the BGS since June 1996. It was installed to underpin the UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accreditation of the geochemistry laboratories at Keyworth, which was awarded in August 1999. There is a file for each batch of samples submitted for analysis. The file documents the progress of the samples through the laboratories, including sample registration, sample processing, raw data from analytical instruments and the data reported to the client. The records are archived to provide supporting evidence for any query regarding geochemical data provided by the laboratories.

Tags: Analytical chemistry, Chemistry, Geochemistry, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Architecture and Controls of Sinuous Submarine Channels: Analysis of 3D Seismic Data, Modern Channel Systems and Experimental Investigations

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Sinuous submarine channel systems are important sedimentary components of continental margins and form significant oil reservoirs in the deep offshore. Their internal sedimentary architecture and the processes that govern this are very poorly understood, thus limiting their sedimentary predictability. The investigators propose an integrated study to analyse the gross-scale hydrodynamic and sedimentary processes of sinous submarine channels in order to evaluate controls on intra-channel facies distribution. This will be achieved by controlled laboratory experiments, examination of modern systems, and analysis of high resolution 3D-seismic datasets utilising innovative 3D modelling and visualisation technologies. The investigators will then use these results to build generic facies models of intra-channel architecture, and to develop 3D-modelling tools to enhance reservoir prediction.

Tags: Flow profile, NERC_DDC, Sedimentary history
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geohazard Assessment of Potential for Slope Instability

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for landslides to be present or occur in an area. The methodology is based on BGS a digital terrain model, digital stratigraphic linework and expert knowledge of the behaviour of the formations so defined.

Tags: Landslides, NERC_DDC, Natural hazards, Slope stability
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Earth Science Academic Archive (ESAA)

The results of research carried out under NERC research grant schemes. A variety of different types of research and results are lodged with the NGDC's Earth Science Academic Archive (ESAA) as the NERC Designated Data Centre. Individual data sets will have their own entries where appropriate.The research is all linked to Earth Science and is carried out worldwide. The ESAA also maintains the results of similar academic research that has not been funded by NERC.

Tags: Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geophysical logs database

The British Geological Survey Geophysical Logs Database provides an index into downhole geophysical log data from onshore UK boreholes held by BGS within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). Geophysical log data may be used to understand stratigraphy, aid mapping work, assess resources like groundwater and quantify subsurface variability, so they are critical to many projects across the geoscience sector in the UK, including those which contribute towards net zero objectives such as the assessment of geothermal resources, storage of heat and waste materials, and the identification of mineral resources. The database includes hardcopy records (with digital scans) as well as digital wireline data in lis, las and dlis format. The data are linked to the Single Onshore Borehole Index and may be queried by borehole and spatial location. Hardcopy records are held in NGDC at BGS Keyworth. Some of the digital wireline data are in binary file formats, including .lis, .dlis, .tap and .tif (not an image format), which require specialist logging software to use. The database represents the combination of three historic databases which date from 1985 onwards, and the primary data were collected by different drilling companies and for different purposes, so the data have varying provenance and therefore quality. Not all data in the database are provided externally. Some data remain confidential, and because of the aggregate nature of the dataset, a small amount of the data are considered suspect and are not provided publicly. Significant collections within the database are: 1. Data acquired by the former National Coal Board and British Coal during their exploration for coal in the UK. Ownership of UK coal exploration data was transferred to the Coal Authority (now the Mining Remediation Authority) following privatisation of the UK coal industry, with British Geological Survey as custodian of the data. These data are in general publicly available; however, access to data within active mining licences is restricted in that it requires the consent of the mining licensee. The Coal Authority data archive includes digital data for some of the geophysical borehole logging. These are mainly in the form of original field tapes; however, also available are some data transcribed onto more modern media during BGS projects. 2. Data from onshore hydrocarbon wells regulated by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA; formerly known as DECC – Department of Energy and Climate Change and OGA – Oil and Gas Authority). These oil and gas wells deeply penetrate the crust (often over 1 km deep) under the UK mainland and are geographically widespread.

Tags: Boreholes, Coal, Coal exploration, Down hole geophysics, Geophysical logs, Geophysics, Hydrogeology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Pelite Illite crystallinity database

This is a simple Oracle table holding sample numbers, locations (UK National Grid) and illite crystallinity values measured for pelitic (mudrock) samples from Lower Palaeozoic terranes in the UK. Though intended for use by a BGS collaborative project with Birkbeck College, London, data may be made available to others on request.

Tags: Illite, Metamorphism, NERC_DDC, Palaeozoic, Pelite
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Petrological rock sample collection record sheets

Archive of rock collector's record sheets, giving details of what samples were collected for, petrographic characterisation and storage in the BSG petrological collections. The proformas record what was collected, where, when and by whom. The oldest include records compiled in 1891 by C.T. Clough. The sheets are archived in accession sequence by collector's name. Although most of the sheets refer to samples collected onshore in the UK, there are also sheets for overseas collecting, for instance by A.C. MacGregor in the Caribbean Islands. Paper sample collection record sheets remain in active use in the BGS, a few new sheets are added each year. System has remained essentially unchanged except for change from lat-long to national grid. High proportion have grid references to 10m precision whilst some sheets only have written locality descriptions.

Tags: Archives, NERC_DDC, Petrology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Gorst Road petrographic archival rock specimen collection

Named after the former BGS sample store at Gorst Road, London, this archival collection of c.600 rocks is made up of a series of sub-collections donated by past senior members of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. The donators include several past Directors and other important figures in the history of the GSGB, including Sir Henry De la Beche, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Sir Archibald Geikie, Sir J.J.H.Teall, A. Greenly, A.C. MacGregor and many others. Many of the specimens have original labels attached to them. However, only scant details of tray contents are recorded in a local (PC-based) database, and there is no other register of the contents.

Tags: Historical geology, NERC_DDC, Petrology, Specimen collecting
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Miscellaneous rocks collection (former museum reserve collection)

Important collection of >37 000 rocks of historic and scientific value, incorporating the Former Reserve collection of the Geological Museum (South Kensington) but with recent additions, and includes many high (display) quality and unusual specimens. Extensive geographical and petrological coverage of UK, including historic quarry and mine samples; also sub-collections from overseas including Darwin's volcanic samples from Galapagos and Reunion, display sets of volcanics from several countries, Caribbean volcanic deposits from 1902, bauxite from Les Baux, monchiquite from Monchique, etc. Recent addition of c.600 samples from metaliferous mines in SW England (formerly kept at BGS Exeter office). Much of the collection was assembled in the 1930s at the new Geological Museum out of older material already in survey collections. Paper registers in accession sequence are supplemented by a local (PC-mounted) database currently covering almost 50% of the collection.

Tags: NERC_DDC, Specimen collecting
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)