AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
UKCCSRC Call 1 project poster: Fault Seal Controls on Aquifer CO2 Storage Capacity, CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 1 project Fault Seal Controls on Aquifer CO2 Storage Capacity was presented at the CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C1-14. Structural traps for storage of supercritical CO2 will commonly rely on a component of fault seal. Faults are among the most important natural potential migration pathways for buoyant fluids stored in reservoir rocks. Failure of storage integrity may occur either by mechanical failure or by flow across faults due to geometric juxtaposition of the reservoir against similarly permeable rocks and/or lack of a low permeability fault gouge. This project aimed to reduce uncertainty relating to the sealing capacity of faults affecting prospective North Sea saline aquifers, by: &bullet; Studying the controls on fault seal capability in naturally-occurring fault-bound CO2 accumulations (Fizzy and Oak), &bullet; Assessing the geomechanical stability of faults affecting an important saline aquifer offshore UK (Captain Sandstone), &bullet; Investigating the characteristics of apparently hydraulically-conductive faults in the North Sea (Netherlands).

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 1 project poster: Multi-Phase Flow Modelling for Hazardous Assessment, CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 1 project Multiphase flow modelling for hazard assessment of dense phase CO2 pipelines containing impurities was presented at the CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C1-07. The aim of the project is to develop and validate experimentally a heterogeneous flow model for predicting the transient depressurisation and outflow following the puncture of dense-phase CO2 pipelines containing typical impurities. Given that CO2 is an asphyxiant at high concentrations, this information is pivotal to assessing all the hazard consequences associated with CO2 pipeline failure, including fracture propagation behaviour, atmospheric dispersion, emergency shutdown valve dynamics and emergency blowdown.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 1 project data: Phase 1 data thermal oxygen

Data associated with the UKCCSRC thermal oxygen project - UKCCSRC-1-39, including rig design, reactor and burner design diagrams, heat transfer calculations for thermal oxygen, CuO-AI2O3 particles preparation procedure document, etc. Data is restricted.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS Seabed Geology 10k

Seabed geology of the UK’s continental shelf, fine-scale maps providing detailed and accurate characterisation of the seabed geology, integrating substrate geology, structural geology and seabed geomorphology. Areas covered Anglesey, Bristol Channel, Dorset, East Anglia and Offshore Yorkshire. Mapping is based primarily on high-resolution bathymetry data produced by the UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Analysis and interpretation are further informed by secondary data and information resources, including; acoustic backscatter, physical samples (for example grabs, cores and boreholes), seismic data, academic and publicly accessible industry data and literature, and previous BGS mapping (onshore and offshore). The CHP is administered by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), with technical oversight, data validation and onward charting undertaken by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The new fine-scale BGS Seabed Geology mapping comprise three complimentary components (or layers); substrate geology: distribution of bedrock and superficial geological units interpreted to be dominant within the top 1 m below seabed, structural geology: principal structural features such as faults and folds observed at rockhead and seabed geomorphology: physical morphology and interpreted geomorphic character of the seabed. These detailed geological digital maps are intended as enabling resources to better inform multiple offshore activities, research, and management of the marine environment. However, the seabed is a dynamic environment, where sediments may be in constant motion and sediment waves may migrate across the seafloor, burying or exposing the underlying hard substrate. Therefore, this data should not be relied on for local or site-specific geology. The mapping presented has been developed at a scale of 1:10 000 and should not be used at finer scales. Further detail on the mapping process and dataset characteristics are described within individual dataset user guides.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 1 project paper: Carbon dioxide storage in the Captain Sandstone aquifer: determination of in situ stresses and fault-stability analysis

Peer reviewed paper published in the journal Petroleum Geoscience - the paper describes work carried-out on behalf of the 'Fault seal controls on CO2 storage capacity in aquifers' project funded by the UKCCS Research Centre, grant number UKCCSRC-C1-14. The geomechanical stability of faults affecting the Captain Sandstone and its overburden in the Inner Moray Firth region is investigated in terms of the ability of the faulted reservoir to safely store CO2. Also available online at http://pg.lyellcollection.org/content/22/3/211.full.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 2 project data: Gas-liquid two-phase CO2 flow data from a vertical Coriolis meter and a DP transmitter

The data is collected in North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) on a 1-inch bore, gas-liquid two-phase, high pressure (up to 72bar), ambient temperature CO2 flow test rig from 19th May to 3rd June 2016. Single phase gas and liquid information are provided by Coriolis meter and mixed together. Then a vertical Coriolis meter is used to measure the two-phase mixture together with a DP transmitter measuring differential pressure across the vertical Coriolis meter under test. UKCCSRC Call 2 project: CO2 Flow Metering through Multi-Modal Sensing and Statistical Data Fusion. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C2-218. Published papers: 1) Mass flow measurement of two-phase carbon dioxide using Coriolis flowmeters (https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969891). 2) Mass flow measurement of gas-liquid two-phase CO2 in CCS transportation pipelines using Coriolis flowmeters (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2017.11.021).

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 1 project presentations: Mixed matrix membranes preparation for post combustion carbon capture (Jul 2015 to Jun 2016)

Posters and presentations from the UKCCSRC Call 1 Project: Mixed matrix membranes for post combustion carbon capture (Mar 2013 to Dec 2015). Membrane processes are a promising alternative to the more classical post-combustion capture technologies due to the reduced maintenance of the process, the absence of dangerous solvents and their smaller footprint. This project aims at supporting the development of new mixed matrix membranes for post-combustion applications. Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) are composite materials formed by embedding inorganic fillers into a polymeric matrix in order to overcome the upper bound and combine the characteristics of the two solid phases: mechanical properties, economical processing capabilities and permeability of the polymer and selectivity of the filler. Despite several studies on the concept, the interactions between the two phases and their effect on the transport properties are not well understood. Yet, this fundamental knowledge is crucial in order to design the reliable materials needed for real-world-applications.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, Membranes, NERC_DDC, Permeability
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKGEOS Cheshire - Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) data (Feb 2025)

This data contains raw electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements made at the UKGEOS (United Kingdom Geoenergy Observatories) site at Thornton science park in Cheshire, as well as associated metadata, during February 2025. The measurements in this case were made in support of a 3-day closed loop heat injection test starting on the 10th of February 2025. During the test approx. 24kW of heat was equally distributed between 4 observatory heat exchanger boreholes via a circulating heat exchange fluid. This resulted in the fluid delivery temperature increasing from 12 to 27C. The ERT data was collected from 12 boreholes instrumented with ERT electrodes at 1m intervals from 12 to 96 m below the ground surface to facilitate down and cross- hole imaging with electrical currents (1008 electrodes in total). The electrodes are connected to a geoelectrical monitoring system comprising two PRIME servers (1 and 2) which are installed at the site indefinitely. The PRIME instrument is bespoke developed by the British Geological Survey (BGS) for long term geoelectrical monitoring applications, in this case the purpose of the data is to study how the electrical resistivity of the ground responds to temperature changes and other hydrogeological processes. Metadata includes the position of the electrodes within the subsurface, furthermore, finite element meshes are included to aid the user in processing this data. There is a readme (text) file provided with this data that describes its formatting and usage. This data is managed by BGS.

Tags: Borehole imaging, Boreholes, Geophysical data, Geothermal energy, NERC_DDC, Resistivity, Tomography
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 2 project poster: Novel Materials and Reforming Process Route for the Production of Ready-Separated CO2/N2/H2, CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 2 project Novel Materials and Reforming Process Route for the Production of Ready-Separated CO2/N2/H2 from Natural Gas Feedstocks was presented at the CSLF Call project poster reception, London, 27.06.16. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C2-181. Large reserves of shale gas and unconventional gases worldwide will ensure that hydrogen remains produced mainly via the catalytic steam reforming process (C-SR) for the next few decades. In conventional C-SR, the most energy intensive step is the production of syngas (CO+H2) in the primary reformer which relies on fired heaters in large scale furnaces. SR plants need to be enormous in order to be economical due to syngas production stage and H2 purification steps.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Late Glacial Sea Level Minima in the Western British Isles (NERC Grant NE/H024069/1)

Due to differential loading of ice on Britain and Ireland the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) response and therefore sea-level record will vary with distance from the centre of the British Irish Ice Sheet. GIA models are tested against geological observations, however there is a paucity of observations below -10m depth and the lateglacial period when the BIIS retreated leading to a rapid response of both sea-level and GIA. The aim of the project was to use geophysical data, ground truthed by core material, to find evidence of lateglacial sea-level minima in the Irish and Celtic Sea to refine these GIA models. Cruise log and digital copies of the core information (location, water depth, core length) taken onboard the research cruise CE12008 on the RV Celtic Explorer. A GeoReseource 6m vibrocorer was used to collect sediment samples. Cores where taken at multiple sites and from southern and eastern Ireland: Bantry Bay, Dunmanus Bay, Waterford,Offshore County Louth and Dundalk Bay, offshore Isle of Man; offshore Wales: Cardingan Bay; and offshore Northern Ireland: Kilkeel and Dundrum Bay, Belfast Lough.

Tags: Carbon dating, Core analysis, Drill core, Foraminifera, Mollusca, NERC_DDC, Sea level
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Surface and meteorological data of barchan and protodune dynamics at the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast, Namibia from 2014 to 2023

This dataset includes raw point cloud and gridded data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring barchans and protodunes in the Huab Dune Field, Huab River Valley, Skeleton Coast, Namibia. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed, wind direction and sediment transport for some of the measurement period.

Tags: Aeolian, Barchan, Dunes, Lasers, NERC_DDC, Terrestrial science
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Morphology and migration data of protodunes and barchans on Mars and Earth

This dataset includes measurements of protodune and barchan height, length and migration on both Mars and Earth. Earth measurements were calculated from high resolution Terrestrial Laser Scans (TLS) of bedforms migrating through time in coastal and desert regions. Raw point cloud data can be found at Nield et al. (2023a; 2023b; 2025a; 2025b). Mars measurements were calculated from High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) imagery. Nield, J.M., Baddock, M.C., Wiggs, G.F.S. (2023). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia on 13th September 2022. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/10203f53-7471-4b8e-8177-74aef66bb432 Nield, J.M., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baddock, M.C. (2023). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Brancaster Beach, UK on 12th August 2016. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/26eacb3a-982b-4d5c-bb48-9bc4de4dfb40 Nield, J. M., Wiggs, G. F. S., Baddock, M. C., Nangolo, S. N., Huck, R. A., Rambert, C. (2025). Surface and meteorological data of protodune dynamics at Helga's interdune area (north), Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia from September to December 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/d5675759-de19-4d47-ba5d-f8fb323bdc24 Nield, J.M., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baddock, M.C., Hipondoka, M.H.T., Delorme, P., Morgan, P.R., Mayaud, J.R., Huck, R.A., Wallum, N.S., Flores Aqueveque, V., Gillies, J.A. (2025) Surface and meteorological data of barchan and protodune dynamics at the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast, Namibia from 2014 to 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/f7d18a98-9cd5-4b35-b42d-ed9f5afd944d

Tags: Aeolian, Barchan, Coasts, Deserts, Earth (planet), Lasers, Mars, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Legacy BGS geothermal models: depth to the base Sherwood Sandstone Group in the Permo-Triassic Cheshire and Worcester basins

This vector contour dataset represents the modelled depth in meters to the base Sherwood Sandstone Group (SSG) in the Permo-Triassic Cheshire and Worcester basins, considered for their hot sedimentary aquifer geothermal resource potential. This dataset is derived from Rollin, K. E., G. A. Kirby, and W. J. Rowley. Atlas of geothermal resources in Europe: UK revision. British Geological Survey technical report WK/95/7, Regional Geophysics Group, 1995: https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/publications/publication.html?id=21735106 and the European Geothermal Atlas (https://op.europa.eu/publication-detail/-/publication/9003d463-03ed-4b0e-87e8-61325a2d4456).

Tags: Aquifers, Basement depth maps, Geothermal maps, NERC_DDC, Sandstone reservoirs, Triassic
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
U-Th chronology results of Siberian and Mongolian speleothems, data used as the basis of a scientific paper. (NERC Grant NE/G013829/1)

The data presented in the Table 1 are U-Th chronology results of Siberian and Mongolian speleothems. This data is a basis for a scientific paper of Vaks, A. et al. (2013) "Speleothems Reveal 500,000-Year History of Siberian Permafrost." Science 340 (6129): 183-186. The table shows the ages of 111 layers of 36 speleothems taken from the six caves of Siberia and Mongolia. Vadose speleothems grow in caves of unsaturated zone when atmospheric water infiltrates into the caves from the surface. Therefore these speleothems cannot grow in permafrost, as well as in dry desert conditions. Therefore in Siberia the periods of speleothem growth show intervals during which the Siberian permafrost thawed and became discontinuous or absent. In Mongolian Gobi Desert the speleothem deposition periods show when the desert was both humid than present and warm enough to enable water infiltration into the caves. The data presented in tables 2 and 3 are OxCal-4.1 modeling results of the Table 1 chronology data for the Holocene (Table 2) and Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 5.5 (Table 3). The tables show exact durations of Holocene and MIS-5.5 permafrost thawing periods in Botovskaya and Okhotnichya Caves.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area (north), Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia from September to December 2023

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring early-stage protodunes developing, migrating and eroding on a gravel surface in the Helga's Interdune Area (north), Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed with a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit sensor.

Tags: Aeolian, Gravel, Lasers, NERC_DDC, Saltation, Terrestrial science
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Fault Seal controls on aquifer CO2 storage capacity UKCCSRC; third and final annual report project update

The data consists of a short project update for the 2015/16 annual report and the final report for the project. The update describes work carried-out on behalf of the 'Fault seal controls on CO2 storage capacity in aquifers' project funded by the UKCCS Research Centre, grant number UKCCSRC-C1-14. The report details the latter stages of the project, the final conclusions and results dissemination throughout the project.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Surface and Meteorological Data of Saltation and Protodune Dynamics at Brancaster Beach, UK in December 2019

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) for measuring saltation and moisture dynamics as well as early-stage protodunes developing on a moist beach surface. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements include wind speed with a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit and Wenglor fork sensors. Sediment traps were also used for sediment transport, and grain size of the trapped sand was measured.

Tags: Aeolian, Beaches, Lasers, NERC_DDC, Saltation, Terrestrial science
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
EBSD, AMS and AARM data from Whin Sill rock samples

This dataset consists of EBSD (electron backscatter diffraction), AMS (anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility) and AARM (anhysteretic anisotropy of remanent magnetisation) files, and magnetic carrier characterisation information, for samples collected from the Whin Sill ,northern England. Described in the paper Unravelling the complex record of magma flow and solidification in sills (Williams et al. 2025 - accepted into the Journal of the Geological Society May 2025). This work was completed at the University of Liverpool. Samples were collected and named WS01, WS02, WQC1C, WQC2C and WQC3C. The dataset includes .ctf files from the samples, which contain crystal orientation data from thin sections, .ran files which include the AMS and AARM fabric information for each sample, and .cur files of magnetic susceptibility data, hysteresis data from VFTB.

Tags: Crystallography, NERC_DDC, Rock samples, Sills
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
GlaciStore: revised full proposal to IODP, UK CCS RC, Call 1 (1 April 2016)

Revised full proposal for scientific drilling (852-CPP2) 'GlaciStore: Understanding Pleistocene glaciation and basin processes and their impact on fluid migration pathways (North Sea)', submitted to Integrated Ocean Discovery Programme (IODP) April 2016. The proponent 'GlaciStore' consortium comprises research and industry organisations from the UK, Norway, USA and Canada. The full proposal describes the relationship of the proposed research with the IODP science plan, sets the regional background and describes and illustrates three scientific objectives. The objectives are to: establish a high-resolution depositional and chronological framework defining multiple cycles of glacial advance and retreat over the last 2.6 Ma by investigating the strata preserved in the centre of the NSB by scientific drilling, sampling and detailed analysis; investigate how the temporal variations in depositional environment and geochemistry of the different stratigraphic units have affected the pore fluids (dissolved gases, salts and isotopes) and the microbial community; determine the measurable impact on geomechanical properties of strata (porosity, rock stiffness, in-situ stresses, pore pressure, fractures) caused by cycles of glacial loading and unloading. The drilling and sampling strategy, standard drilling and logging operations and the specialist measurements expected to be taken are described. Related initiatives and wider context of the proposed research also the initial and planned strategy for support from industry and government are outlined. The lead submitter, on behalf to the GlaciStore consortium is Heather Stewart, British Geological Survey (BGS).The 32 proponents from the UK and Norway (BGS, Institute for Energy Technology, Lundin Norway AS, Memorial University of Newfoundland, SINTEF Energy Research, Statoil ASA, University of Bergen, University of Edinburgh University of Oslo, University of Texas at Austin and University of Ottowa) and their expertise are listed and detailed. Site forms for each of the 13 proposed drilling sites are included.The full proposal is a pdf format file. This is restricted to the proponents for publication and to progress to a revised full proposal accepted for drilling by IODP. UKCCSRC Grant UKCCSRC-C1-30.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, Glaciation, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
GlaciStore: Cover sheet to pre-proposal to IODP, UK CCS RC Call 1 (31 March 2014)

Pre-proposal cover sheet for scientific drilling 'GlaciStore: Understanding Late Cenozoic glaciation and basin processes for the development of secure large-scale offshore CO2 storage (North Sea)', submitted to Integrated Ocean Discovery Programme (IODP) March 2014. The pre-proposal cover sheet document is publicly available from IODP; the submitted pre-proposal document is restricted to the proponents for publication and to progress to full proposal to IODP. The lead submitter, on behalf to the GlaciStore consortium is Heather Stewart, British Geological Survey (BGS).The 25 proponents are from research and industry organisations in the UK and Norway (BGS, Institute for Energy Technology, Lundin Norway AS, SINTEF Energy Research, Statoil ASA, University of Bergen, University of Edinburgh and University of Oslo). The pre-proposal cover sheet states the names of proponents of the 'GlaciStore' consortium and contact details for the lead submitter of the bid. The pre-proposal cover sheet comprises an abstract of the submitted pre-proposal, describes and states the scientific research objectives, and tabulates details of the 12 proposed drill sites to address the scientific objectives. The objectives are to investigate the glacial history and sedimentary architecture, fluid flow and processes, and the stress history and geomechanical response in strata that have experienced multiple glacial and interglacial cycles. The table of proposed drilling sites includes the co-ordinates of the position and water depth at each proposed site, the objective for drilling and sampling and the depth to achieve the objective. The IODP pre-proposal cover sheet is a pdf format file. UKCCSRC Grant UKCCSRC-C1-30

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)