AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Stress-Dependent Permeability data, XRD Mineralogy, Porosity, Density for Glasgow Main Coal, mudstone and sandstone.

Stress-Dependent permeability data for samples of the Glasgow Main coal and the overlying mudstone and sandstone from the UKGEOS research borehole GGC01. Associated XRD mineralogy, Helium Porosity, bulk and matrix densities are also included. Samples and data are derived from the UK Geoenergy Observatories Programme funded by the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council and delivered by the British Geological Survey.

Tags: Coal, Density, Mineralogy, Mudstone, NERC_DDC, Permeability, Porosity
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2021 Welsh Fishermen’s Association - Cymdeithas Pysgotwyr Cymru (WFA-CPC) Severn Esturary/Môr Hafren SAC Benthic and Geophysical surveys

MEDIN Data. Within the project (WFA-CPC EMFF Protecting Our Seas), benthic and geophysical surveys were undertaken in the Severn Esturary/Môr Hafren SAC to explore the location of Sabellaria alveolata reefs, and collected bathymetry, sidescan sonar, AGDS and acoustic imagery data (ARIS) to identify areas of variable ground or potential features. A ten-day survey was undertaken in July 2020 to collect broad-scale acoustic data using an interferometric swath bathymetric system (GeoSwath Plus) and Acoustic Ground Discrimination System (RoxAnn™ AGDS). Twelve secondary survey areas were selected to be investigated in greater detail using high frequency sidescan sonar and an Acoustic Resonance Inspection System (ARIS Explorer 3000) camera in a second ten-day survey conducted in August 2020 (https://www.envision.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2018-1008-NRW-WFA-Protecting_Our_Seas_Final_Report_20210201.pdf) The data sets include: SSS (.tif) collected using Trident SeaStar MBES (.xyz) collected using GeoSwath Plus, AGDS (.csv and .asc) collected using RoxAnn™ AGDS ARIS imagery (.png and .mp4) collected using ARIS Explorer 3000 camera Shapefiles (.shp etc)

Tags: Acoustics, Bathymetry, Geophysical surveys, NERC_DDC, Reefs, Side scan sonar
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2013, Taqa Bratani Ltd, UMC Cormorant, Semi-Sub Rig, DECC Reference Number 2869

An oil and gas industry site survey for a semi-sub righ acquired under licences P296, P232, P1845 in two phases (Phase 1: 22/10/2012 - 18/11/2012, Phase 1: 15/04/2013 to 12/05/2013). The block numbers traversed were 211/21, 211/26.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2013, Premier Oil, Catcher Development Area, Site Survey, DECC Reference Number 3053

An oil and gas industry site survey for a jack-up rig, environmental, drilling hazard aquired under licence P1430 between May 2013 and July 2013. The block numbers traversed were 28/9a, 28/10c, 28/10a, 28/9.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Welsh Fishermen’s Association (WFA-CFC) (WFACPC) 2021 Welsh Fishermen’s Association - Cymdeithas Pysgotwyr Cymru (WFA-CPC) Severn Esturary/Môr Hafren SAC Benthic and Geophysical surveys

Within the project (WFA-CPC EMFF Protecting Our Seas), benthic and geophysical surveys were undertaken in the Severn Esturary/Môr Hafren SAC to explore the location of Sabellaria alveolata reefs, and collected bathymetry, sidescan sonar, AGDS and acoustic imagery data (ARIS) to identify areas of variable ground or potential features. A ten-day survey was undertaken in July 2020 to collect broad-scale acoustic data using an interferometric swath bathymetric system (GeoSwath Plus) and Acoustic Ground Discrimination System (RoxAnn™ AGDS). Twelve secondary survey areas were selected to be investigated in greater detail using high frequency sidescan sonar and an Acoustic Resonance Inspection System (ARIS Explorer 3000) camera in a second ten-day survey conducted in August 2020 (https://www.envision.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2018-1008-NRW-WFA-Protecting_Our_Seas_Final_Report_20210201.pdf) The data sets include: SSS (.tif) collected using Trident SeaStar MBES (.xyz) collected using GeoSwath Plus, AGDS (.csv and .asc) collected using RoxAnn™ AGDS ARIS imagery (.png and .mp4) collected using ARIS Explorer 3000 camera Shapefiles (.shp etc)

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Crushed rock-water experimental data investigating the role of temperature in generating hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide from silicate rocks (NERC Grants NE/W005506/1, NE/S001670/1)

The data was generated from a range of laboratory experiments where a range of silicate rocks (granite, basalt, peridotite) were crushed in oxygen-free conditions, deoxygenated water added, and the generation of hydrogen gas and hydrogen peroxide followed over a week. Results were compared to rock-free controls. The data was collected to provide insight into the production of oxidants (such as hydrogen peroxide) along tectonically active regions of the subsurface, and how the oxidants might influence subsurface microbiology.

Tags: Basalt, Biosphere, Granite, Hydrogen, Hydrogen peroxide, NERC_DDC, Tectonics
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKGEOS Glasgow groundwater and surface water chemistry dataset release (2020–2021)

The data release includes surface and groundwater chemistry data from 86 samples (20 surface water, 60 ground water, and 6 ground water duplicates) collected during the baseline water monitoring at the UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility. This release from the British Geological Survey (BGS) covers surface and groundwater samples collected between 14 September 2020 and 20 May 2021 from 6 surface water sites, 5 mine water boreholes, and 5 environmental monitoring boreholes. The samples were then analysed for the concentrations of selected parameters at BGS and other laboratories. It contains a report and 2 data sheets GroundWaterChemData1 and SurfaceWaterChemData2. Further details can be found in the accompanying report https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532731/ . Detailed methodologies are reported in Fordyce (2021, http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529818/ and Palumbo-Roe (2021, http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531098/ ).

Tags: Boreholes, Chemical analysis, Geochemistry, Groundwater, NERC_DDC, Surface waters, Water chemistry
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Mesoproterozoic Diabaig Formation, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes and metal abundances (NERC grant NE/V010824/1)

Organic carbon and nitrogen and bulk nitrogen isotope data and metal abundance data for siltstones and shales of the Mesoproterozoic Diabaig Formation. For a detailed description and interpretation, see Stüeken, E.E. and Prave, A.R., 2022. Diagenetic nutrient supplies to the Proterozoic biosphere archived in divergent nitrogen isotopic ratios between kerogen and silicate minerals. Geobiology.

Tags: Carbon isotopes, Diagenesis, NERC_DDC, Nitrogen isotopes
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Major cation concentrations and sodium adsorption ratios for salt marsh sediment cores collected from Tillingham and Warton Sands, UK.

Concentration data used to calculate sodium adsorption ratios for sediments collected from Tilling Farm and Warton sands saltmarshes. Extracts for cation analysis were prepared using methods highlighted in Rowell 1994 and Chirol 2021 (SAR = [Na+] /([Ca2+] + [Mg2+])0.5 with the concentration in mmol-1). Final cation conentrations and dilutions were calculated using sediment mass in 'mass for SAR calc'. Quality control (QC) for ICP analysis are also provided. SAmples were collected from varying depths and in triplicate.

Tags: Geochemistry, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Laboratory Scale-up, Optimisation, and Characterisation of Ce-based Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) for CO2 Capture Applications

Provided here are the experimental data for the synthesis and characterisation of crystallinity and CO2 capture performance of Ce-based metal-organic frameworks. For more details on this material, please find the information in the following open-access paper: 10.26434/chemrxiv.13252544.v2. The project took place at Swansea University, Bay Campus, in the Energy Safety Research institute from 1st October until the 31st December 2021. The material was characterised using powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) to ensure crystallinity and CO2 sorption analysis for comparison of CO2 capture performance with the pristine material’s performance. This material showed promising CO2 capture in previous experiments and is of interest to researchers working on the development of porous materials. All data collected during the project is provided. UKCCSRC Flexible Funding 2021: Scale up of F4_MIL-140(Ce) for next generation carbon capture (F4-Next-CC)

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Carbon dioxide flux and isotopic composition from sedimentary rock weathering, Waiapu River catchment, New Zealand

These data were collected to study oxidative weathering processes in the Waiapu River catchment, New Zealand, with potential carbon release sourced from the oxidation of petrogenic organic carbon or carbonate dissolution coupled to the oxidation of sulfide minerals. There, in mudstones exposed in a highly erosive gully complex, in situ CO2 emissions were measured with drilled gas accumulation chambers following the design by Soulet et al. (2018, Biogeosciences 15, 4087-4102, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4087-2018). Temporal and spatial variability in CO2 flux can be put in context with environmental changes (e.g., temperature and hydrology). For this, CO2 release from 5 different chambers, which were installed over a transect of ~ 10 m length in a gully above a nearby streambed, was measured several times over a short study period (circa one week). In addition, the gaseous CO2 storage (partial pressure) in the shallow weathering zone was measured prior to a CO2 flux measurement. To understand the source of CO2, gas samples were collected and their stable and radioactive carbon isotope compositions determined. In this process, we identified a contaminant, which was associated with the chamber installation, that can be traced in the gas samples that were collected within 4 days following the installation. Details of the subsequent data analysis and interpretation can be found in: Roylands et al. 2022, Chemical Geology: Capturing the short-term variability of carbon dioxide emissions from sedimentary rock weathering in a remote mountainous catchment, New Zealand. This work was supported by the European Research Council (Starting Grant to Robert G. Hilton, ROC-CO2 project, grant 678779).

Tags: Carbon dioxide, Carbon isotopes, NERC_DDC, Sedimentary rocks, Weathering
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Borehole and transmissivity dataset, Uganda (NERC Grant NE/M008606/1)

This dataset comprises 655 borehole records and previously unanalysed pumping tests from across Uganda that were compiled from historical borehole records held within 9 district water offices. The dataset is a compilation of historical borehole records held within nine district water offices across Uganda. These data originated from numerous drilling campaigns undertaken by private contractors in each district to site and construct hand-pump borehole community water supplies between 2000 to 2018. In total over 1000 paper borehole records were initially collated and reviewed. This work was carried out over several months visiting the district water offices. Following a quality assurance procedure 655 records were transcribed to create a digital dataset. Each borehole record in the dataset contains a series of metadata alongside the pumping test data (e.g. pump depth, static water level, pumping rate and duration) including locational information (e.g. coordinates, water strike, borehole depth, borehole lithologies). The dataset is delivered as a series georeferenced site information within an MS Excel spreadsheet file.

Tags: Boreholes, Groundwater, NERC_DDC, Transmissivity
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
newGeoSure Insurance Product version 8 2022.1

**This dataset has been superseded** The newGeoSure Insurance Product (newGIP) provides the potential insurance risk due to natural ground movement. It incorporates the combined effects of the 6 GeoSure hazards on (low-rise) buildings: landslides, shrink-swell clays, soluble rocks, running sands, compressible ground and collapsible deposits. These hazards are evaluated using a series of processes including statistical analyses and expert elicitation techniques to create a derived product that can be used for insurance purposes such as identifying and estimating risk and susceptibility. The evaluated hazards are then linked to a postcode database - the Derived Postcode Database (DPD), which is updated biannually with new releases of Ordnance Survey Code-Point® data (current version used: 2022.1). The newGIP is provided for national coverage across Great Britain (not including the Isle of Man). This product is available in a range of GIS formats including Access (*.dbf), ArcGIS (*.shp) or MapInfo (*.tab) on request. The newGIP is produced for use at 1:50 000 scale providing 50 m ground resolution.

Tags: Geohazards, Insurance, NERC_DDC, Risk analysis, Risk management
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Feasibility study into Quantum Technology-based Gravity Sensing for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

This study was carried out jointly by the University of Birmingham and the British Geological Survey. The report addresses the feasibility of using novel quantum-technology-based gravity sensors to monitor underground CO2 storage. Of particular interest is the applicability to upcoming near-surface leak monitoring trials that the British Geological Survey will be conducting at its test site. UKCCSRC Flexible Funding 2021: Feasibility study into Quantum Technology based Gravity Sensing for CCS

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, Carbon dioxide, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
High resolution river stage and groundwater level data from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK

The borehole is located at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), screened between 2 and 4.5 m in the Thames gravels, and drilled to a total depth of 4.8m. It is located on an actively managed grass verge with popular and sycamore trees within 10 m. The stilling well is positioned 420 m west of the borehole in the River Thames. Both stage and groundwater level were monitored at 1-minutre frequency to investigate hydrological fractal scaling of high frequency data between 2012 and 2016. An automatic weather station is present between the borehole and stilling well and the data are available separately from UKCEH (stetur@ceh.ac.uk). Further site description is provided in: Habib, A. et al. 2017. Journal of Hydrology, 549, 715-730. Habib, A. et al. 2022. Hydrological Sciences Journal

Tags: Aquifers, Gravel, Groundwater, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Detections of tremor at a set of template locations, Vancouver Island, Canada, over the course of four slow slip events in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2010 (NERC Grant NE/P012507/1)

Detections of tremor at a set of template locations over the course of four slow slip events in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2010. As well as identified bursts of tremor within these windows. The dataset consists of: Detected spikes in the tremor time series Each file contains a list of identified spikes in the inter-component coherence time series. LFE (Low frequency earthquakes) locations The locations of LFEs identified by Bostock, M. G., Royer, A. A., Hearn, E. H., and Peacock, S. M. (2012), Low frequency earthquakes below southern Vancouver Island, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q11007, doi:10.1029/2012GC004391. Cp values through time 12 files containing time series of inter-component and/or inter-station coherence at a range of LFE locations Further descriptions are available in the README and in the preprint hosted on EarthArxiv: Gombert and Hawthorne, Rapid tremor migration during few minute-long slow earthquakes in Cascadia, 2022, doi: 10.31223/X56623.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS onshore bedrock 1:625k geology (OGC WFS using GeoSciML with INSPIRE vocabularies)

This service is an INSPIRE download WFS service, providing UK onshore bedrock geological data at 1:625 000 scale. This map data is collected as part of an ongoing BGS project: Digital Geological Map of Great Britain (DiGMapGB). GeoServer software is used to provide this WFS service. This service is delivering MappedFeatures specified by GeologicUnits, the geological history of which is recorded by GeologicEvents.

Tags: Data, Digital maps, GIS, Geology, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
GeoScour v2 - A geological assessment of the potential for river scour

BGS GeoScour v2 provides river scour susceptibility information for Great Britain using a three-tiered data provision allowing increasing levels of understanding at different resolutions from catchment to local (channel/reach) scales. GeoScour v2 includes 18 GIS layers, providing information on the natural characteristics and properties of catchment and riverine environments for the assessment of river scour in Great Britain. The dataset product fills a gap in current scour modelling, with the input of geological properties. It provides an improved toolkit to more easily assess and raise the profile of scour risk, now and in the future, to help infrastructure providers and funders prioritise resources, identify remedial works to preclude costly and prevent disruptive failures. The product has broad applications through its adaptation to suit multiple types of asset susceptible to fluvial erosion. GeoScour looks specifically at the geological factors that influence scour and does not consider any hydraulic or hydrodynamic factors. The GeoScour Dataset Product is designed to be used by multiple stakeholders with differing needs and therefore, can be interrogated at a number of levels. Tier 1 A catchment stability dataset provides a summary overview of the catchment characteristics, typical response type, and evolution. It can be used as a high-level overview for incorporation into catchment management plans, national reviews and catchment comparisons using Tier 2 datasets are available as smaller catchment areas and focusses on providing data for more detailed catchment management, natural flood management and similar uses. It analyses geological properties such as flood accommodation space, catchment run-off potential, geomorphology types, and additional summary statistics for worst, average, and best-case scenarios for underlying surface geology scour susceptibility, as well as additional summary statistics of key environmental parameters such as protected sites and urban coverage. Tier 3 datasets provide the detailed riverine information that is designed to be incorporated into more complex river scour models. It provides the baseline geological context for river scour development and processes and identifies important factors that should be considered in any scour model. Factors such as material mineralogy, strength and density are key properties that can influence a river’s ability to scour. In addition, an assessment of river fall, sinuosity and flood accommodation space is also provided. This data is of use to those assessing the propensity for river scour for any given reach of a river across Great Britain and can be used as an input into hydraulic/hydrodynamic models. Tier 1 and 2 datasets are Open Government Licence (OGL), Tier 3 is licenced.

Tags: Catchment, Floods, Geohazards, NERC_DDC, Scouring
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Reflectance Transformation Image of cast GSM106352 showing Ediacaran (Pre-Cambrian) fossils from Charnwood Forest, UK

Reflectance Transformation Imaging files of specimen BGS GSM106352, a large (1.0 x 1.2m) display cast, made from Jesmonite AC-300 and coloured dark gray and showing several species typical of the fossil biota on the Bed B surface of Wilby et al. (2011) in Charnwood Forest. Wilby. P, Carney, J.N, Howe, M.P.A 2011 A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia: Evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean. https://doi.org/10.1130/G31890.1

Tags: Fossils, NERC_DDC, Precambrian
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
British Geological Survey (BGS) Sampling Survey 2001/4: Estuarine Contaminant: Mersey Estuary (09/May/2000 to 14/June/2001)

These British Geological Survey (BGS) marine sampling surveys took place from May 2000 to June 2001 in the Mersey estuary. The purpose was to obtain the data necessary for a study of the estuarine geochemistry of the Mersey estuary. Sampling was undertaken using Environment Agency vessels; the hovercraft ‘Sea Spray’ was used May-July and September/October 2000 and May/June 2001; Sea Jet was used 15/16 February 2001 and RV Coastal Guardian, 8/9 February 2001. Seabed samples were obtained using a Day grab; Mackereth corer and manual beach surface sampling and hand coring. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS report RR/10/002.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2013, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Blackjack, Site Survey, DECC Reference Number 2953

An oil and gas industry semi-sub rig, drilling hazard, environmental, debris clearance site survey acquired under licences P300, P1611, P252, P928, P1779 in March 2013. The block numbers traversed were 14/26, 14/26a, 20/1.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
2013, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Griffon North, Site Survey, DECC Reference Number 2959

An oil and gas industry semi-sub rig, drilling hazard, environmental, debris clearance site survey acquired under licences P811, P1893 between January and March 2013. The block numbers traversed were 13/29, 13/30b, 13/30, 19/4, 19/5b.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
British Geological Survey (BGS) Multibeam Survey: Isle of May continuation (20/May/2013 to 04/Jun/2013)

This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine multibeam survey took place in May/June 2013 in the area of Isle of May, Anstruther and the Firth of Forth on board the RV White Ribbon. The survey was carried out by the British Geological Survey (BGS). Sea floor bathymetry data were collected using a Kongsberg EM3002D multibeam system. This programme of survey follows on from survey efforts around Isle of May during May/June of 2012 (BGS Survey 2012_6_Defra). These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in the BGS Report of Survey IR/13/031.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Trans-African Regional Geo-data for the Energy Transition (TARGET) model

A geographic information system (GIS) containing geo-data for the energy transition across continental Africa created by extracting data from open sources into a series of shapefiles and rasters containing information on culture, geology, geothermal and geophysical data. This data is stored in the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Geographic Projection System.

Tags: Energy, Geothermal energy, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)