AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Heavy mineral and bulk petrography data from modern, Quaternary and Cenozoic loess, sand and river sediment samples from northern China (NERC grant NE/I008837/1)

Files contain heavy mineral (HM) and framework petrography data for samples taken from sediments across Northern China, from Tarim in the west to Ordos in central north China. The data come from river, loess, silt and sand sediments from deserts, the Chinese Loess Plateau, major rivers and alluvial fans of ages spanning the Cenozoic to modern. Data are grouped into tables with sample details and data types. Each file pertains to a given paper: Stevens et al., 2013a: doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.032 Stevens et al., 2013b: doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.014 Bird et al., 2015: doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.06.024 Nie et al., 2015: doi:10.1038/ncomms9511 Rittner et al., 2016: doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.036 Supplementary Material - Contains Hf, Nd and Sr isotopic data from modern, Pleistocene and Pliocene samples from surface and sediment section sediments from Northern China. Including loess, red clay, sandy desert, alluvial fan and river bar and terrace sediments. Samples obtained between 2010 and 2014.

Tags: Deserts, Heavy minerals, Loess, NERC_DDC, Petrography, Provenance, Quaternary
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1905 Dover Strait - Northwest of Bullock Bank

Acoustic Backscatter mosaics, H575 Seabed samples, Images and Natural Feature Shapefiles. Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1793 NW Approaches to Liverpool Bay A

Acoustic backscatter mosaics, H575 seabed sample records, sample images, natural feature shapefiles. Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1788 North Channel A

Acoustic Backscatter mosaics, H575 Seabed samples, Images and Natural Feature Shapefiles. Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1784 Dunnet Head to Duncansby Head

Acoustic Backscatter mosaics, H575 Seabed samples, Images and Natural Feature Shapefiles. Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office. Vessels - MV Lode, MV Northern Storm, MV Northern Wind MBES - Kongsberg EM2040D, Kongsberg EM2042.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1783 Thurso to Hoy

Acoustic Backscatter mosaics, H575 Seabed samples, Images and Natural Feature Shapefiles. Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office. Vessels: MV Lode, MV Northern Storm, MV Northern Wind.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1782 South West Shetlands

Acoustic Backscatter mosaics, H575 Seabed samples, Images and Natural Feature Shapefiles. Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office. Vessels - Northern Storm, Northern Wind, Lode and Northern Remote.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Thermal Properties Great Britain Web service

This Web service provides the BGS Thermal Properties (1 km hex grid) dataset as a Web Map Service (WMS). This dataset shows thermal properties relating to bedrock beneath our feet. The information can be used to assess the potential for closed and open loop ground source heat pumps across, or deeper geothermal assessments, across the United Kingdom. The attribution and spatial data underpinning the model are that which is described and shown by Rollin (1987) and Gale (2004, 2005).

Tags: Bed rock, Economic geology, GIS, Geological data, Geological maps, Geology, Geothermal maps, NERC_DDC, Rocks
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Offshore Quaternary 250k UK

This Offshore Quaternary dataset shows the distribution of interpreted lithostratigraphic units within the shallow subsurface. Large areas of the UK offshore are covered, at a scale of 1:250 000. This dataset was originally published between 1984 and 1992, as a series of paper map sheets. This is the first time that the Quaternary Geology 1:250 000 maps have been made available in digital format. Information from the original map sheets have been included in the attribute fields in this dataset, including a lithological description for each formation. Additional data has also been provided where it was deemed to add value. The BGS lexicon code for each formation has been supplied, so users can research any formation of interest. The maximum and minimum age of each formation, in a variety of formats, has also been added. This key information was sourced from Stoker et al (2011). Our understanding of the Quaternary lithostratigraphy is evolving due to the increased data collection associated with renewable energy development. However, no formal update of the regional lithostratigraphic framework has been completed at time of release. This dataset therefore reflects the understanding at the time of original publication. Inaccuracies in the dataset may have since been resolved and the level of uncertainty regarding the age or character of a formation may have changed. Nonetheless, this dataset contains valuable information, and this digital version will help facilitate access to this for users.

Tags: Marine sediments, NERC_DDC, Quaternary, Sea floor, Shallow geology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Heat flow United Kingdom Web service

This Web service provides the BGS heat flow dataset as a Web Map Service (WMS). The British Geological Survey (BGS) heat flow model (United Kingdom) is derived from a catalogue of legacy heat flow data points and ground-heat modelling. The model portrays heat flow as a continuous modelled surface, interpolated between observation and estimation points. Heat flow data is typically used to determine temperatures beneath the ground surface, and model how much thermal energy may be recovered from or stored within.

Tags: Economic geology, Geothermal energy, Geothermal gradients, Geothermal heat flow, Geothermal surveys, NERC_DDC, Resource assessment
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 2 project poster: Development of Infiltration Models for the Ingress of CO2 into Buildings, UKCCSRC Manchester Biannual Meeting, 13.04.2016

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 2 project Shelter and Escape in the Event of a Release of CO2 from CCS Infrastructure (S-CAPE) was presented at the UKCCSRC Manchester Biannual Meeting, 13.04.2016. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C2-179.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKCCSRC Call 2 project poster: CO2 Flow Metering through Multi-Modal Sensing and Statistical Data Fusion, UKCCSRC Manchester Biannual Meeting, 13.04.2016

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 2 project CO2 Flow Metering through Multi-Modal Sensing and Statistical Data Fusion was presented at the UKCCSRC Manchester Biannual Meeting, 13.04.2016. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C2-218.

Tags: Carbon capture and storage, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
newGeoSure Insurance Product version 7 2016.3

**This dataset has been superseded** The newGeoSure Insurance Product (newGIP) provides the potential insurance risk due to natural ground movement at a postcode level. 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. The newGeoSure Insurance Product evaluates these hazards 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 newGeoSure Insurance Product is updated biannually with new releases of Ordnance Survey Code-Point® data (current version used: 2016.3) and 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). The newGeoSure Insurance Product 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)
Sharpening the U-Th Chronometer through technical developments and community implementation (NERC Grant NE/I013814/1)

This dataset comprises a series of six .xls workbooks which contain the data auxiliary material for the manuscript "Metrology and Traceability of U-Pb Isotope Dilution Geochronology (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part I)" by Daniel Condon, Blair Schoene, Noah McLean, Samuel Bowring and Randall Parrish, submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (June 2014). These data comprise the input measurement data for the EARTHTIME U-Pb Tracer Calibration experiment, the results of which are documented in the manuscript mentioned above. This data set contains isotope ratio data for the manuscript listed above. ts01.xls Amelin and Davis (2006) Pb reference material isotope ratio data ts02.xls CRM 115 U isotope ratio data ts03.xls Gravimetric-Tracer mixture isotope ratio data ts04.xls GDMS elemental concentration data ts05.xls Tracer-blank Pb isotope ratio data ts06.xls U critical mixture isotope ratio data. Link to Published Paper - Metrology and Traceability of U-Pb Isotope Dilution Geochronology (EARTHTIME Tracer Calibration Part I) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.026

Tags: Calibration, Geochronology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS offshore small-scale digital mapping Web service

This Web service provides layers containing offshore digital mapping datasets compiled by the British Geological Survey which have coverage across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), mostly at scales smaller than 1:250 000. It provides view and download services for the following datasets: - BGS Offshore Bedrock 250k - BGS Seabed Sediments 250k (including the Marine Hard Substrate Dataset) - BGS Offshore Quaternary 250k - 1:1 000 000 scale geological factor map: bedrock summary lithology - 1:1 000 000 scale geological factor map: Quaternary deposit summary lithology - 1:1 000 000 scale geological factor map: Quaternary deposit thickness - BGS Predictive Seabed Sediments (UK) For more information, contact BGS Marine Enquiries (offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk).

Tags: Bed rock, Data, Geological data, Geology, Isopach maps, Marine geology, Marine surveys, NERC_DDC, Offshore drilling, Quaternary, Sea floor, Sea floor sediments
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS UK Coal Resource for New Exploitation Technologies (Version 1)

The UK contains extensive resources of coal, both at surface and in the subsurface. It is estimated that onshore these surface and subsurface deposits cover an area of approximately 40,000 km2. This dataset is derived from a 2004 study to assess the potential of the UK onshore coal resources for both exploitation by conventional (mining) and new technologies. Digital data was created using a Geographic Information System (GIS) to produce the delivered output of the original project, a series of paper maps that would identify prospective areas. The dataset layers include: Mining Technologies: Area with technical potential for opencast workings (source Coal Resource Map of Great Britain BGS/Coal Authority 1999) Underground mining exploration prospects Good prospects for abandoned mine methane (AMM) (Mine workings not recovered) Resource area for coal mine methane (CMM) (source Coal Authority Underground Licences, May 2002) Extent of underground workings with 500m buffer zone (based on Coal Authority data, May 2002) New Technologies: Area greater than 1200m from surface with potential for CO2 sequestration Area with good coalbed methane (CBM) potential Underground coal gasification (UCG) potential Coalbed methane (CBM) resource area Coal-bearing strata

Tags: Abandoned mines, Carbon dioxide, Coal, Coal exploration, Coal gasification, Coal resource maps, Coal resources, Coalbed methane, Methane, Mine exploration, Mining, NERC_DDC, Underground gasification
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
GeoSure Insurance Product V7 2016.1

This dataset is the Derived Postcode Database issued as part of the GeoSure Insurance V7 incorporating postcode data from OS Code-Point Open version 2016.1. The GeoSure Insurance Product (including the Derived Postcode Database) represents the end of an interpretation process, starting with the BGS Digital Geological Map of Great Britain at the 1:50,000 scale (DiGMapGB-50). This digital map is the definitive record of the types of rocks underlying Great Britain (excluding the Isle of Man), as represented by various layers, starting with Bedrock and moving up to overlying Superficial layers. In 2003, the BGS also published a series of GIS digital maps identifying areas of potential natural ground movement hazard in Great Britain, called GeoSure. There are six separate hazards considered - shrink-swell clays, slope instability, dissolution of soluble ground, running sand, compressible and collapsible deposits. These maps were derived by combining the rock-type information from DiGMapGB-50 with a series of other influencing factors which may cause the geological hazards (e.g. steep slopes, groundwater). In 2005, the BGS used the GeoSure maps to make an interpretation of subsidence insurance risk for Great Britain property insurance industry, released as the new GeoSure Insurance Product. This represents the combined effects of the 6 GeoSure hazards on (low-rise) buildings in a postcode database - the Derived Postcode Database, which can be accompanied by GIS maps showing the most significant hazard areas. The combined hazard is represented numerically in the Derived Postcode Database as the Total Hazard Score, with a breakdown into the component hazards. The GeoSure Derived Postcode Database (DPD) is a stand-alone database, which can be provided separately to the full GeoSure Insurance Product V7. The methodology behind the DPD involves balancing the 6 GeoSure natural ground stability hazards against each other. The GeoSure maps themselves have a fivefold coding (A to E), and the balancing exercise involves comparing each level across the six hazards e.g. comparing a level C shrink-swell clay area with a level C running sand area. The comparison is done by a process involving expert analysis and statistical interpretations to estimate the potential damage to a property (specifically low-rise buildings only). Each level of each of the hazards is given a 'hazard score' which can then be added together to derive a Total Hazard Score at a particular location (e.g. within a given postcode).

Tags: Insurance, NERC_DDC, Natural hazards, Risk analysis, Risk management
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Seismic data from volcano observatories and from laboratory experiments (NERC grant NE/H02297X/1)

Seismic data from volcano observatories and from laboratory experiments, plus description of novel methods of data analysis and synchronization. 6 papers - Library for volcanology and rock physics data analysis; An innovative platform to allow collaborative research in rock physics and volcanology; Trends in the aggregated rate of pre-eruptive seismicity at Kilauea volcano, Hawaii; Convergence of the frequency-size distribution of global earthquakes; Method for predictability of volcanic eruptions from monitored seismic data and; Evaluation of the failure forecasting model for volcanic eruptions.

Tags: Forecasting, NERC_DDC, Seismic data, Seismicity, Volcanic eruption, Volcanology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Laboratory experimental data on time-dependent rock deformation by the mechanism of brittle creep (NERC grant NE/G016909/1)

Laboratory experimental data on time-dependent rock deformation by the mechanism of brittle creep. The data was obtained from laboratory triaxial deformation experiments. The full dataset also includes a compilation of data on this topic from other laboratories that has previously been published in the open literature.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) Hafnium isotope data and eclogite trace element maps

Whole rock Hafnium (Hf) isotope data for mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) samples from the Reykjanes ridge, Arctic Ocean, Equatorial MAR, South MAR, SEIR. The Hf isotope results are not yet published but will contribute to the mantle characterisation efforts detailed in Béguelin et al. (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012357). Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) glasses were crushed and sieved to ~600 µm. Chips were then hand-piked under a binocular microscope to remove alteration (only optically clear chips selected). Hf fractions were purified using the column chemistry protocol of Béguelin et al. (2017) and references therein (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.015). Hf isotope ratios were measured on a Nu Instruments Plasma II mass spectrometer equipped with an Aridus desolvating nebuliser, on 50 ppb solutions. Accuracy and precision were monitored with repeated measurements of the JMC-475 standard (reported in dataset). Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM EDS) and Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) major and trace elements maps of eclogites from the Raspas complex (Ecuador). Samples were prepared as 1-inch epoxy mounts. Samples are described in John et al. (2010) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0427-0). The objective of this (present) work is to trace U, Pb and Th fluxes during subduction, as documented by obducted eclogites. Dataset includes SEM mapping of major elements with a Zeiss Sigma HD Field Emission Gun Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Elements measured are Fe, Ca, Cu, Ni, Mn, K, Na, Al, Mg, Ti, O, Cr, S, Si, P, Zr. Resolution is 25µm. Dataset also includes LA-ICP-MS mapping of trace elements using an Elemental Scientific ESL213 laser coupled to a Thermo Scientific iCap Q mass spectrometer. Elements measured are Rb, Sr, Mo, Cs, La, Yb, Pb, Th, U. Parameters: Raster spacing (resolution): 40µm, scan speed: 80 µm/s, rep rate: 20 Hz, fluence: 4.5 J/cm2, dwell time per element: 50 ms, injector: ESI dual concentric injector (DCI). SEM data are in weight %, LA-ICP-MS data are in µg/g (ppm). Data are unpublished, but further details can be found in the poster included with the dataset. Dataset was produced at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, in the context of NERC grant NE/T012633/1 Mantle Circulation Constrained (MC2): A multidisciplinary 4D Earth framework for understanding mantle upwellings.

Tags: Eclogite, Hafnium isotopes, Isotopes, MORB, Major element analysis, NERC_DDC, Trace analysis
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Rapid dynamics in the Earth's core (NERC grant NE/I012052/1)

Published Papers: 1) Brown, W.J., Mound, J.E. \& Livermore, P.W., (2013) Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Vol 223, pp 62-76 Jerks abound: an analysis of geomagnetic observatory data from 1957 to 2008 doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2013.06.001 2) Cox, G.A., Livermore, P.W. & Mound, J.E., (2014) Geophysical Journal International. Vol 196, pp 1311--1329. Forward models of torsional waves: dispersion and geometric effects doi:10.1093/gji/ggt414 3) Hori, K., Jones, C.A. & Teed, R.J. (2015) Geophysical Research Letters, vol 42, pp 6622--6629. Slow magnetic Rossby waves in the Earth's Core. doi:10.1002/2015GL064733 4) Teed, R.J., Jones, C.A. & Tobias, S.M., (2014) Geophysical Journal International, vol 196, pp 724--735. The dynamics and excitation of torsional waves in geodynamo simulations. doi:10.1093/gji/ggt432 5) Teed, R.J., Jones, C.A. & Tobias, S.M., (2015) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol 419, pp 22-31. The transition to earth-like torsional oscillations in magnetoconvection simulations. Doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.045

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme 2025 Backscatter and Sampling Data: HI1814 Bahama Bank South

Acoustic backscatter mosaics, H575 seabed sample records, sample images, natural feature shapefiles Collected as part of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Data and records verified by UK Hydrographic Office. Vessel: Northern Gale.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
IODP Exp 346: Onset and Evolution of Millennial-scale variability of the Asian monsoon (NERC Grant NE/L002655/1)

This award was made as a sailing participant of IODP Expedition 346, an international ocean drilling programme that NERC subscribe to. As such there was a lot of data generated that is owned and kept by IODP and which is freely available at: web.iodp.tamu.edu/UWQ/. Published Paper: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 346 Scientific Prospectus - Asian Monsoon Onset and evolution of millennial-scale variability of Asian monsoon and its possible relation with Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau uplift. doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.346.2013

Tags: NERC_DDC, Palaeoenvironment, Quaternary, Sedimentation
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Processes governing semi-metal - PGE linkage in crustal magmatic systems: opportunities for discovery and recovery (NERC grant NE/L002191/1)

Publications linked to the Grant: Holwell DA, Keays RR, McDonald I and Williams MR. 2015. Extreme Enrichment of Se, Te, PGE and Au in Cu sulfide microdroplets: evidence from LA-ICP-MS analysis of sulfides in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology. doi: 10.1007/s00410-015-1203-y. 2) Smith JW, Holwell DA, McDonald I, Boyce AJ. 2016. The application of S isotopes and S/Se ratios in determining ore-forming processes of Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits: a cautionary case study from the northern Bushveld Complex Ore Geology Reviews, 73, 148–174 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.10.022. Jenkin GRT, Al-Bassam AZM, Harris, RC, Abbott, AP, Smith DJ, Holwell DA, Chapman RJ and Stanley CJ. 2015. The application of Deep Eutectic Solvent Ionic liquids for environmentally friendly dissolution and recovery of precious metals. Minerals Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2015.09.026. Hughes, H. S.R., McDonald, I., Faithfull, J. W., Upton, B. G..J., and Loocke, M. (2016) Cobalt and precious metals in sulphides of Peridotite Xenoliths and inferences concerning their distribution according to geodynamic environment: a case study from the Scottish lithospheric mantle. Lithos, 240-3, pp. 202-227. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.11.007. Abbott, A.P., Harris, R.C., Holyoak, F., Frisch, G., Hartley, J. and Jenkin, G.R., 2015. Electrocatalytic recovery of elements from complex mixtures using Deep Eutectic solvents. Green Chemistry, 17(4), pp.2172-2179. DOI: 10.1039/C4GC02246G

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)