AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Offshore oil and gas industry site survey metadata

Available metadata for oil and gas industry site surveys, including their geographic locations. As the Data Archive Centre (DAC) for geology and geophysics for MEDIN (the Marine Environment Data and Information Network), the British Geological Survey (BGS) has been indexing metadata relating to oil and gas industry site surveys since 2009. The metadata describe site survey data acquired under exploration and production licences by oil companies from 1997 onwards. The metadata have been collected in collaboration with the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) (now the North Sea Transition Authority, NSTA). The metadata collected include: survey name; survey reference number(s); originator (or operating licencee); survey area boundary; contractor; start date; end date; survey description; additional information (including the equipment used); and the data custodian at the time of metadata submission. BGS hold only the metadata, not the data. To access the data, first check whether the data are provided by the NSTA through the National Data Repository (NDR) at https://ndr.nstauthority.co.uk/. If the data are not available, the NDR may be able to contact the data custodian to obtain the data.

Tags: Exploration, Exploration licences, Marine geology, Marine surveys, NERC_DDC, Offshore operations, Offshore petroleum, Petroleum industry, Petroleum production, Seismic data
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
14C, 33P and 15N isotope tracing data showing carbon for nutrient exchanges between Lycopodiella, Anthoceros, Phaeoceros, Lunularia and their Mucoromycotina fine root endophyte fungal symbionts

Isotope tracing data for 14C, 15N and 33P tracing between plants and symbiotic fungi in Lycopdiella inundata, Anthoceros and Phaeoceros sp. and Lunularia cruciata. All plants tested and traced in atmospheric CO2 conditions of 440 ppm [CO2] and 800 ppm [CO2]. Datasets includes total mass of plants and soils, Bq in each component of experimental systems and values in Bq and mg where appropriate.

Tags: Carbon, Carbon dioxide, NERC_DDC, Nitrogen, Phosphorus
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Digital Great Britain coastlines (DiGBcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of Great Britain from 1984 to 2022 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery

DiGBcoast v1.0, is a new supranational dataset documenting three decades of coastal change across Great Britain mainland (England, Scotland, and Wales) including the isle of Wight and Anglesey. This dataset has been produced using the publicly available optical Landsat-5,8 and Sentinel-2 missions over the period between 1984 to 2022 (38 years). It includes instantaneous waterlines and instantaneous tidally corrected to Mean Sea Level shorelines. DiGBcoast is made available to the public as free and open interactive data to support future coastal research and management across Great Britain.

Tags: Coasts, Erosion, Landsat, Monitoring, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Video and photogrammetric data for soft coral communities offshore Thailand, Japan and Fiji

This dataset contains video (841 mp4) and photograph (8674 jpg) data of soft and hard coral communities from Thailand, Japan and Fiji. These data were collected in order to be used to construct 3d models of the coral forests and reefs. The 3D models were creating by extracting stills from the video, and supplementing with added photographs, then using Agisoft metashape to make the photogrammetric reconstructions of the coral communities (as *.psx files). These data will be used to reconstruct the community ecology using spatial point process analyses and Bayesian network inference. There are 128 models from 8 sites taken across 25 days from Phi Phi Islands, Phuket, Thailand. The Thailand models consist of videos taken with a variety of different techniques, and were an exercise in honing the methods of data collection, rather than taking data to be used. There are 14 models from four sites in Okinawa and Shikoku Islands, Japan across 4 days. There are 47 models from nine sites in Rainbow Reef, Tavenui, Fiji across 13 days. This data set is part of an project to understand the eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animal communities using ecological approaches with this data providing modern analogue communities.

Tags: Coral, Coral reefs, NERC_DDC, Photogrammetry, Underwater cameras
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
3D viscosity model inferred from GLAD-M25

A model of mantle viscosity inferred from the seismic model GLAD-M25 using a method described within Lloyd et al. (2024). Model stored in NETCDF4 format with the following dimensions: depth(201), latitude(631), longitude(721). Latitude and longitude spacings are equal, while those for depth are variable, being adapted to the background earth model. Andrew J Lloyd, Ophelia Crawford, David Al-Attar, Jacqueline Austermann, Mark J Hoggard, Fred D Richards, Frank Syvret, GIA imaging of 3-D mantle viscosity based on palaeo sea level observations – Part I: Sensitivity kernels for an Earth with laterally varying viscosity, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 236, Issue 2, February 2024, Pages 1139–1171, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad455

Tags: NERC_DDC, Viscosity
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Times, locations, families, and durations of earthquakes identified near Parkfield, California, USA 2020 - 2022

This catalogue contains the times, locations, families, and durations of earthquakes identified near Parkfield, California, USA. Collected over the period of 2020 – 2022. The methodology used to identify the earthquakes is described by Huang, H., Hawthorne, J.C. Linking the scaling of tremor and slow slip near Parkfield, CA. Nat Commun 13, 5826 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33158-3. The data provided here are also provided in the supplement of that paper. This catalogue contains the times (columns 1-2), locations (columns 3-5: latitude, longitude, and depth), families (column 6), and durations (columns 7).

Tags: Earth tremors, Earthquakes, NERC_DDC, Seismology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Chlorine, Fluorine, and Bromine fluid/melt partitioning data in basaltic andesite and dacite rock experiments

The data report new F, Cl, and Br fluid/melt partition coefficients for intermediate to silicic melts, for which F and Br data are particularly lacking; and for varying CO2-H2O contents. The data was collected from basaltic andesite and dacite rock experiments from the Kelud volcano in Indonesia and Quizapu volcano in Chile Over the period of two years, 2020 – 2022. The experiments were conducted at pressures 50–120 MPa, temperatures 800–1100 °C, and volatile compositions [molar XH2O = H2O/(H2O +CO2)] of 0.55 to 1, with redox conditions around the Nickel-Nickel Oxygen buffer (ƒO2 ≈ NNO). Experiments were not doped with Cl, Br, or F and were conducted on natural crystal-bearing volcanic products at conditions close to their respective pre-eruptive state. The data was collected to assess the effects of changing fluid composition (XH2O) on Br fluid/melt partitioning for the first time. Three tables of data are provided; Table 1.xlsx Table 1 Experimental conditions, which were conducted under NNO oxygen buffer. Table 3.xlsx Table 3: Major element and Br, Cl and F contents of experiments, modelled water and CO2 values and Fluid/melt partitioning. The standard deviation (1 sigma) of the multiple analyses for each experiment (n=11-24) Table S2 SIMS and EMPA Secondary standards.xlsx SIMS and EMPA secondary standards Associated paper; Mike Cassidy, Alexander A. Iveson, Madeleine C.S. Humphreys, Tamsin A. Mather, Christoph Helo, Jonathan M. Castro, Philipp Ruprecht, David M. Pyle, EIMF; Experimentally derived F, Cl, and Br fluid/melt partitioning of intermediate to silicic melts in shallow magmatic systems. American Mineralogist 2022;; 107 (10): 1825–1839. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2022-8109

Tags: Bromine, Chlorine, Fluorine, Halogens, NERC_DDC, Volcanoes
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS 1:25 000 Classical Areas of British Geology Series geological maps

A series of maps at the detailed scale of 1:25 000 have been produced for areas of outstanding geological interest in Great Britain. Some maps are accompanied by explanatory booklets. The maps were published between 1954 and 2007. About 60 maps have been published, some showing solid geology, some drift geology and some combined solid and drift. Most of the maps include geological cross sections and generalised vertical sections. Geological maps represent a geologist's compiled interpretation of the geology of an area. A geologist will consider the data available at the time, including measurements and observations collected during field campaigns, as well as their knowledge of geological processes and the geological context to create a model of the geology of an area. This model is then fitted to a topographic basemap and drawn up at the appropriate scale, with generalization if necessary, to create a geological map, which is a representation of the geological model. Explanatory notes and vertical and horizontal cross sections may be published with the map. Geological maps may be created to show various aspects of the geology, or themes. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.

Tags: Geological mapping, Geological maps, Geological models, Geological surveys, Geology, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS small-scale non-series maps

A collection of small-scale non-series maps which offer whole-country coverage of the United Kingdom 1856-2013. Included in the collection are geological, tectonic, structural, mineral resource and geophysical maps, together with a small number of historical facsimile maps. Key geological maps included in the collection which ran to many editions are Geology of the British Islands 1:584 000 and the Geological Map of Great Britain 1:625 000. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.

Tags: Geological mapping, Geological maps, Geological surveys, Geology, Geophysical maps, Gravity anomalies, Groundwater, Magnetic surveys, Mineralogy, Minerals, NERC_DDC, Seismology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geological Maps of Ireland (including Northern Ireland pre-1922)

A collection of 1:63 360 and 1:10 560 geological maps of Ireland. The maps were firstly created by the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Ireland up until 1905 when the Geological Survey of Ireland was transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. Following this point, the maps were created and published by the Geological Survey of Great Britain (later to become the British Geological Survey). The maps range from 1853 to 1953. Geological maps represent a geologist's compiled interpretation of the geology of an area. A geologist will consider the data available at the time, including measurements and observations collected during field campaigns, as well as their knowledge of geological processes and the geological context to create a model of the geology of an area. This model is then fitted to a topographic base map and drawn up at the appropriate scale, with generalization if necessary, to create a geological map, which is a representation of the geological model. Explanatory notes and vertical and horizontal cross-sections may be published with the map. Geological maps may be created to show various aspects of the geology, or themes. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.

Tags: Geological mapping, Geological maps, Geological models, Geological surveys, Geology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UK Lancashire Shale Gas wells: Bedding, discontinuity and borehole breakout interpretations

Resistivity Borehole imaging (FMI, CMI) derived interpretation of bedding, discontinuities (“fractures”) and related stress derived deformation feature borehole breakouts from two wells. Becconsall 1Z (BGS SOBI registration number: SD24SW/11) Grange Hill 1Z (BGS SOBI registration number : SD33NE/27)

Tags: Boreholes, Fracturing (formation), NERC_DDC, Shale gas
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS Geophysical maps

A collection of 1:250 000 scale geophysical maps in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, covering the United Kingdom and continental shelf areas between 1975 – 1990. Mapping is divided into squares which cover 1 degree by 1 degree of latitude / longitude. A geophysical map is a graphical representation of data collected through various geophysical methods to investigate the subsurface characteristics of the Earth. Geophysics is the study of the physical properties and processes of the Earth using measurements of physical quantities such as gravity, magnetic fields, seismic waves, electrical resistivity, and others. The collection includes aeromagnetic anomaly maps (1975 – 1990), Bouguer gravity anomaly maps (1975 – 1989) and a small number of free air anomaly maps (1981 – 1989). These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.

Tags: Bouguer anomaly maps, Free air anomaly, Free air anomaly maps, Geophysical maps, Geophysics, Gravity anomalies, Magnetic anomalies, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Element ratios of seawater and of aragonite precipitated in vitro from seawater at 25°C over variable pH and seawater saturation state and in the presence and absence of amino acids (aspartic acid, glutamic acid and glycine)

Strontium/calcium, magnesium/calcium, lithium/calcium and boron/calcium ratios of 107 aragonite samples precipitated in vitro using a pH stat titrator using the constant composition technique between August 2020 and April 2022. Measured seawater pH and dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations (DIC) are used to estimate the seawater aragonite saturation state (O) of each precipitation. Aragonite precipitation rates are estimated from the rate of titrant dosing. The trace element contents of the solid produced in the experiment was corrected for the composition of the seed used as a surface for aragonite growth. Seawater [Sr], [Mg], [Li], [B] and [Ca] were also measured and seawater [B(OH)4-] is estimated from total seawater [B] and pH. Data were collected to determine how changes in the calcification fluids of calcareous organisms affect aragonite precipitation. Data were collected by Cristina Castillo Alvarez and Ed Hathorne and interpreted by Cristina Castillo Alvarez, Nicola Allison, Adrian Finch, Kirsty Penkman, Roland Kröger, Ed Hathorne and Matthieu Clog.

Tags: Boron, Calcification, Calcium, Coral, Lithium, Magnesium, NERC_DDC, Strontium
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS collection of geologist field notebooks, section books and field record cards

A collection of manuscript field notebooks, section books and field record cards containing detailed information gathered by Survey geologists (or other recognised geologists) from various sources as part of the mapping process. Examples include observations linked directly to field slips, borehole logs, sections and drawings and cover the United Kingdom. The field notebooks date from the 1840s until they were more commonly replaced by field note record cards (sometimes referred to as field cards or sheets) in the field. A digital index of the notebook collection was created in the 1990s and stored in the BGS corporate database. Some notebooks are held by the BGS Library and may not be included in the field notebook index. The field notebook index is an index into the hard-copy records themselves, and does not include detailed locality information or information about data held within the notebooks. The Happs / Hall mining index to field notebooks and the field notebook localities dataset contain more detail for select notebooks. The hardcopy notebooks can be viewed upon enquiry to the National Geoscience Data Centre at BGS.

Tags: Field geology, Geological surveys, Geology, Hydrogeology, Mapping, Minerals, Mining, NERC_DDC, Stratigraphic section, Type locality
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
DECC: Reports from Longannet ScottishPower UK Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Consortium Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) Project

In March 2010, the Scottish CCS (Carbon Capture & Storage) Consortium began an extensive Front End, Engineering and Design (FEED) study to assess what exactly would be required from an engineering, commercial and regulatory, perspective in order to progress the CCS demonstration project at Longannet Power station in Scotland (Goldeneye) through to construction. The study has yielded invaluable knowledge in areas such as cost, design, end-to-end CCS chain operation, health and safety, environment, consent and permitting, risk management, and lessons learnt. The ScottishPower CCS Consortium FEED study material are available for download.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 series geological maps

The 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 scale map series are the most useful scale for most purposes. They provide almost complete coverage of onshore Great Britain. The BGS collection of 1:63 360 and 1:50 000 scale maps comprises two map series: - Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 Geological Map Series [New Series]. These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey One-inch New Series topographic basemaps and provide almost complete coverage of England and Wales, with the exception of sheet 180 (Knighton). The quarter-sheets of 1:63 360 Old Series sheets 91 to 110 coincide with sheets 1 to 73 of the New Series maps. These earlier maps often carry two sheet numbers which refer to the Old Series and the New Series. - Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 Geological Map Series. These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey First, Second, Third and Fourth editions of the One-inch map of Scotland. The maps used the most recent topographic basemap available at the time. In the Western Isles, one-inch mapping was abandoned and replaced by maps at 1:100 000 scale, which are associated with this series. Sheets were traditionally issued at 1:63 360 scale, with the first 1:50 000 maps appearing in 1972. Sheets at 1:50 000 scale may be either facsimile enlargements of an existing 1:63 360 sheets, or may contain new geology and cartography. The latter bear the additional series designation '1:50 000 series'. Within the Scottish series, new mapping at 1:50 000 scale was split into east and west sheets. For example, the original one-inch sheet 32 became 1:50 000 sheets 32E and 32W. A number of irregular sheets were also introduced with the new 1:50 000 scale mapping. There are a number of irregular special sheets within both series. Geological maps represent a geologist's compiled interpretation of the geology of an area. A geologist will consider the data available at the time, including measurements and observations collected during field campaigns, as well as their knowledge of geological processes and the geological context to create a model of the geology of an area. This model is then fitted to a topographic basemap and drawn up at the appropriate scale, with generalization if necessary, to create a geological map, which is a representation of the geological model. Explanatory notes and vertical and horizontal cross sections may be published with the map. Geological maps may be created to show various aspects of the geology, or themes. The most common map themes held by BGS are solid (later referred to as bedrock) and drift (later referred to as superficial). These maps are, for the most part, hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.

Tags: Geological mapping, Geological maps, Geological models, Geological surveys, Geology, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 National Grid Series geological maps

The BGS collection of 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 National Grid Series geological maps. These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey National Grid series of maps, which are defined by the 10 km intervals of the larger 100 km square identified by a specific two-letter code. Each map is thus denoted by a unique reference, e.g. SP 29 NW. SP=100 km square; 29=10 km square; NW=5 km square. Since field mapping is generally undertaken at the scale of 1:10 000 (or equivalent), these maps are the largest-scale main series of geological maps that BGS holds. A small number of remote areas were mapped at 1:25 000 scale, the subsequent maps are also at 1:25 000 scale and are included in this series. The equivalent to the National Grid Series prior to the 1960s is the County Series (at 1:10 560 scale). In the 1960s, this series started to be replaced by 6 inches to 1 mile (1:10 560 scale) National Grid sheets based on the four quadrants (NW, NE, SW, SE) of a 10 km Ordnance Survey National Grid square. Areal coverage provided by the National Grid series of large-scale maps is limited in extent and the preceding County series of six-inch maps can still be the most up to date map available for some areas. Geological maps represent a geologist's compiled interpretation of the geology of an area. A geologist will consider the data available at the time, including measurements and observations collected during field campaigns, as well as their knowledge of geological processes and the geological context to create a model of the geology of an area. This model is then fitted to a topographic basemap and drawn up at the appropriate scale, with generalization if necessary, to create a geological map, which is a representation of the geological model. Explanatory notes and vertical and horizontal cross sections may be published with the map. Geological maps may be created to show various aspects of the geology, or themes. The most common map themes held by BGS are solid (later referred to as bedrock) and drift (later referred to as superficial). These maps are, for the most part, hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.

Tags: Geological mapping, Geological maps, Geological models, Geological surveys, Geology, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)