AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: North Celtic Deep: Multibeam Survey NCLD_1_2013: Western Channel & Celtic Sea (01/02/2013 to 27/02/2013)

Full coverage multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter to client specifications, namely International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a standard, WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD), crosslines run at c.20 times spacing of main lines. Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Offshore Foreland: Multibeam, Benthic Sampling and Photo/Video Survey OFRL_cend0614: Eastern Channel (12/04/2014 to 01/05/2014)

Tidally corrected and cleaned MBES bathymetry and backscatter data for Offshore Foreland rMCZ. Underwater video and camera stills gathered onboard Cefas Endeavour in April 2014. PSA and Fauna grabs acquired via Hamon Grab onboard Cefas Endeavour in April 2014. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Bristow to the Stones: Multibeam and Photo/Video Survey ISSS_CEND0113Y: Isles of Scilly (19/01/2013 to 25/01/2013)

Full coverage multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter. WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by Differential Global Positioning System (D-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD). Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. Drop Camera survey collecting video and still images of the seabed habitats within the Isles of Scilly rMCZ. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Poole Rocks: Benthic Sampling and Video survey plrc_stgn0113: Eastern Channel (08/07/2013 to 13/07/2013)

Poole Rocks recommended Marine Conservation Zone 2013 habitat verification survey. Sampling equipment: Drop camera and 0.1 m2 Mini-Hamon grab. Drop Camera survey collecting video and still images of the seabed habitats within the Poole Rocks rMCZ. Hamon Grab survey within the Poole Rocks rMCZ. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geochemical data from hot springs and associated bed rocks worldwide along with Mars samples and meteorites

Concentrations of various elements along with temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen, in hot spring fluids around the world. Bedrock chemistry data for Mars, in situ samples and meteorites, also included. Data from Iceland were partly generated in this study, other data are taken from the literature for comparison. Also included are literature data about associated bedrocks. Sheet 1: concentrations of dissolved elements in hot spring fluids Sheet 2: concentrations of elements in bedrock associated with hot springs Sheet 3: averages of bedrock data Sheet 4: full reference list

Tags: Bed rock, Chemical analysis, Hot springs, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Slieve Na Griddle: Multibeam survey SNGR_afbi: Irish Sea (09/02/2012 to 21/02/2012)

Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds: Benthic Sampling and Photo/Video Survey cscb_2ENC30914: Southern North Sea (06/08/2014 to 12/09/2014)

Drop Camera survey collecting video and still images of the seabed habitats within the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds rMCZ. Hamon Grab survey within the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds rMCZ. (Part 1, 2 and 3). These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Neodymium isotope, REE, and Percentage CaCO3 data from IODP Expedition 390 and 393: South Atlantic Transect

Neodymium (Nd) isotope data measured from IODP Site U1556 comprises of detailed sample information including 3 depth scales, the normalised 143/144 Nd ratio, the eNd(0) and eNd (t) values for each sample, plus the associated internal errors for normalised 143/144 Nd ratio, the eNd(0). Rare Earth Element (REE) data measured from IODP Site U1556 comprises of detailed sample information including 3 depth scales, mass of fish debris dissolved for each sample, the concentration of Phosphorous (P) and Calcium (Ca) in ppm, and the concentration of REEs in ppb. Additionally, the concentration of REEs has been normalised to the Post-Archean Australian Shale (PAAS) using values from Pourmand et al. 2012 have been included. Ce anomalies have been calculated using 2 similar methods, plus other REE parameters: LREE, MREE, HREE, MREE*, HREE/LREE, and MREE/MREE*. Percentage Calcium Carbonate (%CaCO3) data from IODP Sites U1557 and U1558 including detailed sample information including 3 depth scales where possible, and weight percentage CaCO3 data.

Tags: Calcium carbonates, NERC_DDC, Neodymium isotopes, Rare earth elements
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Pesticide concentrations in the River Tone, Somerset, and the River Wensum, Norfolk

Measured concentrations of 52 different modern pesticides in both waters and sediments. Collected during routine sampling as part of the PhD project "Assessing the Impacts of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants on British Rivers: from Sediments to Fish". Samples were collected in 2021 and 2022, and pesticides were measured using UPLC-MS/MS at the British Geological Survey. Site coordinates are included in a separate tab. Full detail on sample collection, analytical methodology and data summaries, including interpretations, can be found in the accompanying thesis.

Tags: Chemical pollutants, NERC_DDC, Pesticides, River pollution, Water quality
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Virkisá river image timeseries Iceland

This image dataset was captured as part of the operation of a river gauging station on the Virkisá River, SE Iceland. The station formed part of the BGS Iceland Glacier Observatory network of sensors, deployed between 2009 and 2020 in order to characterise and identify glacial, geomorphological and hydrological drivers and processes and their timescales across the deglaciating Virkisjökull-Falljökull catchment in SE Iceland. The records presented here begin in September 2011 with the installation of the river gauging station, and continue to August 2020. Responsibility for the station passed to the Icelandic Meteorological Office in January 2018. The gauge is understood to remain operational as at August 2024. The data complements the published meteorological and river gauging datasets published here, and will be of use to researchers and students interested in the hydrology of a rapidly deglaciating landscape, including anyone interested to follow up on the various research studies published from this site in the international literature.

Tags: Catchment, Glaciers, Hydrology, NERC_DDC, River flow
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Engineering Properties: Discontinuities

This dataset is a characterisation of discontinuity types found within rocks and soils in Great Britain. Discontinuities are breaks, fractures or planes of weakness in the rock mass. The dataset includes type, frequency and orientation of discontinuities within rock and soil materials at formation (local to regional) scale. The discontinuities are classified in 3 categories: stratification (bedding planes), foliation (mineral banding) and rock mass description. The dataset aims to facilitate the preliminary research for planning and design of buildings, infrastructure and resource extraction. It forms part of the DiGMap Plus dataset series of GIS layers which describes the engineering properties of materials from the base of pedological soil down to c. 3m depth (ie the uppermost c.2m of geology). These deposits display a variable degree of weathering, but still exhibit core engineering characteristics relating to their lithologies.

Tags: Discontinuity, Engineering, Engineering geology, Geological structures, Geology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Nitrogen geochemistry data of extrusive igneous rocks from Hekla volcano, Iceland

The data set contains major, trace element, and stable isotope (Si, Zn, Mo, V, Tl, Zr) from previous studies and new nitrogen abundance and stable isotope values for 17 samples spanning a range of igneous rock types (basalt, andesite, dacite, rhyolite). The samples are apheric extrusive volcanic rocks from Hekla volcano, Iceland.

Tags: Geochemistry, NERC_DDC, Nitrogen
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Late Eocene microspherule count and foraminifera multispecies oxygen and carbon stable isotope data from DSDP Site 94

Twenty-six 10 cm3 samples from DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project) Site 94, Core 15, sections 3 and 4 were examined at 10 cm-intervals (417.84-415.01 meters below seafloor [mbsf]). The sedimentary material was soaked in distilled water and washed under running water through a 63 µm sieve and oven dried at <40 degrees C. Samples were then re-washed and dried using the same method. Foraminifera are abundant and recystallised. Calcite precipitation is observed on microspherules in some samples. For each sample, a total of three foraminiferal species that correspond to different ecological habitats were selected for isotope analysis. Specimens of Pseudohastigerina micra and P. naguewichiensis were selected from the 125-250 µm size fraction and Turborotalia cocoaensis, and Cibicidoides eocaenus were selected from the >250 µm size fraction. Specimens that had infilling or showed heavy calcification were avoided. All foraminifera were ultrasonicated for 2 seconds prior to isotopic analyses. To track the number of impact microspherules across the sampled interval, we performed our own microspherules count from the >125 micron size fraction. Microtektites have not been distinguished from microkrystites in this study and thus all recovered spherules should be considered under the broader category of microspherules (both microtektites and crystalline-bearing microkrystites). We recovered a total of 4999 microspherules from the 26 samples. Microspherules are usually <1 mm in size, and occur primarily spherical, although ellipsoid, teardrop and dumbbell forms and fragments have also been found. In most samples the microspherules count is low <50 microspherules. We found a high abundance (>50 microspherules/10 cm3) between samples 15R/3/135-137 cm and 15R/3/89-91 cm (416.36 to 415.90 mbsf). Our peak concentration of microspherules at 15R/3/109-111 cm (416.10 mbsf), where 3395 microspherules were recovered, coincides with the younger of the two late Eocene impacts i.e., the North America microtektite horizon associated with the Chesapeake Bay impact.

Tags: Eocene, Foraminifera, NERC_DDC, Stable isotopes, Tektites
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Keyworth D (Ground Source Heat Pump BH3) Core Scanning Dataset

A core scanning dataset from the Keyworth D borehole 3. This borehole was drilled onshore at the British Geological Survey (BGS) headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, UK, in March 2024 as part of BGS’s geothermal heat pump project funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC). The 238.5 m-long Mercia Mudstone core succession was scanned for radiographic images (RAD) and geophysical property data (MSCL-S) using the Core Scanning Facility (CSF) at the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
An index of borehole materials held by BGS from the Bowland Hodder geological unit

The dataset is a subset of the BGS borehole material database, created on August 1st 2015 covering only the Bowland-Hodder geological unit (as defined and mapped by Andrews et al., 2013). It shows all boreholes (name, location and registration details) for which BGS hold borehole material (drillcore, cuttings, samples and their depth ranges). This data will add value to existing NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) data by allowing a simple route for users to identify borehole material from the Bowland-Hodder interval.

Tags: Boreholes, Core samples, Drill core, Drill cuttings, Geology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Marine sediment core sediment and pore water fraction barium concentration and isotope data collected during the IODP expedition 391 at Walvis Ridge, offshore Namibia, collected November 2021 - February 2022.

Marine sediment core sediment and pore water fraction barium concentration and isotope data with associated error collected during the International Ocean Discovery Programme (IODP) expedition 391 at Walvis Ridge, offshore Namibia, collected November 2021 - February 2022. Latitude and Longitude of each specific sample is listed in the datafile. Samples were measured on the Thermal Ionising Mass Spectrometer at the University of Oxford and have been drift corrected between 1st January 2023 and 30th September 2024. They are the final, complete record of the data. The data has an external error of 0.03 per mil and is deemed reproducible. Ethan Petrou is responsible for collection and processing of the data and can be contacted. The data was collected to increase the number of barium isotope measurements in the modern oceans and would be useful for any modern oceanography or geochemist interested in redox or paleoproductivity.

Tags: Barium, Isotopes, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
QEMSCAN mineral abundances from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption from La Palma, Canary Islands

Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy (QEMSCAN®) analysis of thick sections of lava and tephra samples from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption from La Palma, Canary Islands. QEMSCAN® data were processed to produce a phase map and an olivine composition map per sample, in which each distinct phase/composition was assigned an 8-bit pixel intensity value. Olivine compositions were divided into 4 equal ranges of forsterite content (using the Fe-Mg ratio in the raw data) which were later calibrated using EPMA data. Pixels that did not fit the strict raw data requirements needed to be assigned a mineral phase were assigned to “Undifferentiated groundmass” , and instead reflect pixels containing glass or a combination of minerals ± glass below the pixel resolution. Isolated pixels of chemically complex phases such as amphibole may be the result of partial- or sub-volume interaction (i.e. between clinopyroxene, Ti-magnetite, plagioclase) and not a true representation of phase abundance. Isolated and small clusters of QEMSCAN® pixels of amphibole were shown by BSE data to be particularly prone to these effects, and so were added to the groundmass. Individual phase maps were extracted, labelled and analysed in Python using the pandas, numpy and skimage libraries. Pixel connectivity was determined by any of 4 neighbours, as opposed to 8 neighbours (any adjacent pixel including on the corners), which was more accurate in delineating groundmass crystals from each other. We chose an area of 10,000 microns2 to reflect the minimum size of phenocrysts, and assigned every region smaller than this limit to the groundmass. Phases that contributed =5% phenocrysts by area (normalised to solid rock area) in at least one sample were regarded as “major”, while the rest termed “minor”. Full details of the QEMSCAN® methodology is found in the accompanying Supplementary Data1_QEMSCAN spreadsheet.

Tags: Igneous petrology, Lavas, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Spherical shell rotating convection simulation

This dataset includes numerical simulation data of bottom heated convection in a rotating spherical shell. These numerical models are used to investigate the dynamics of convection in planetary cores. The simulations are performed over a range of thermal forcing and rotation rate [1-3] to study the various dynamical regimes of rotating convection. The dataset includes the simulation states to reproduce the simulations, time-series output of relevant variables from the simulations apart from post-processed diagnostic quantities. Due to large volume of the simulation state files only the initial, final and time averaged files are stored in the dataset in NETCDF format. The simulation diagnostics are provided in text, which includes time series, spatial and temporal averages of various diagnostic quantities (e.g. kinetic energy of convection) and forces to assess the underlying dynamics and heat transfer behaviour. The simulations have been performed using the Leeds Spherical Dynamo code [4], using ARC2, ARC3 and ARC4 HPC system in University of Leeds and the ARCHER and ARCHER2 HPC system. Refs: [1] https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.539 [2] https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.67 [3] https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.03369 [4] https://github.com/Leeds-Spherical-Dynamo/leeds-spherical-dynamo

Tags: Convection, Geophysics, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Mathematical equations, tables, supplementary information and geochemical, radiogenic and stable Sr isotopic compositions of waters from Nepal rivers

Geochemical data, cations, anions and stable and radiogenic strontium isotope data of Nepali rivers collected in 2002 as part of a study now accepted for publication as Stevenson et al. in American Journal of Science. The data set also includes supplementary information with the analytical solutions to the reactive transport equations describing dissolution-reprecipitation reactions in a carbonate matrix, definition of symbols and references that accompany the paper. The paper is authored by Emily Stevenson, Kevin Burton, Ian Parkinson, Rachael James, Basak Kisakürek, Ed Tipper and Mike Bickle.

Tags: Geochemistry, NERC_DDC, Strontium isotopes, Water chemistry
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Rhenium isotope compositions of the Eagle Ford shale

The data set comprises rhenium isotope compositions, rhenium concentrations, total organic carbon concentrations, and titanium concentrations measured from bulk rock digestions of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, USA. The samples were obtained from coeval strata recovered in drill core Innes-1 and outcrop sections DR5 and DR12. The project aimed to compare the isotopic composition of Re before and after oxidative weathering. Rhenium concentrations were measured by isotope dilution, using liquid-liquid (alcohol) extraction and measurement by MC-ICP-MS. Rhenium isotopes were measured after a 3-stage column purification procedure using MC-ICP-MS. MC-ICP-MS measurements were made with the addition of a tungsten spike to correct for instrumental mass fractionation. Total organic carbon concentrations were measured by Rock-Eval pyrolysis (Rock-Eval VI) and Ti concentrations by ICP-AES.

Tags: Carbon cycle, NERC_DDC, Rhenium isotopes, Weathering
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Scanned images of seismological papers and reports compiled by John Wartnaby

Scanned collection of seismological journals and offprints. The original collection was compiled by John Wartnaby. John Wartnaby was a curator at the Science Museum, London, and wrote a historical survey of seismology and scientific instruments. His accumulated papers consist chiefly of offprints and articles, and many older British Association seismological reports. The collection is part of the National Seismological Archive.

Tags: NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
UKGEOS Cheshire Core Scanning Dataset

A comprehensive core scanning dataset from 17 boreholes drilled onshore at Thornton Science Park, Cheshire, UK as part of the UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Cheshire project funded by UKRI/NERC. The core scanning dataset contains X-ray radiographic images (RAD), geophysical property data (MSCL-S), high-resolution optical images (LS) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) point data using the Core Scanning Facility (CSF) at the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Tags: Core logging, Drill core, Imagery, NERC_DDC, X ray fluorescence spectroscopy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Cave monitoring data from Cueva Llanio, Matienzo, Northern Spain, collected between February 2023 to April 2024

Cave monitoring data from Cueva Llanio, Matienzo, Northern Spain, collected between February 2023 to April 2024. Monitoring parameters consist of drip water temperature, conductivity, pH and chemical composition, all measured as spot samples on collated drip waters. Chemical composition can be detailed as nitrate, phosphorus, inorganic carbon, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and strontium content of the drip waters. Values of drip water oxygen and deuterium isotopes are also presented. Cave air temperature and drip rate are also logged as continuous data and presented for the duration of cave monitoring.

Tags: Caves, Chemistry, Isotopes, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
BGS OGCAPI Service

This server provides OGCAPI endpoints for a selection of BGS open geospatial data. The BGS has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these, publishing as many as possible under Open Government Licence. Not all datasets are available under OGL, please check the metadata record for the dataset to confirm any licence requirements and obligations if not OGL. This is a BETA API service, endpoints and attributes could change at anytime, unscheduled downtime should be expected. Data includes boreholes, earthquakes and mineral statistics

Tags: Boreholes, Data processing, Geochemistry, Geology, Hydrology, Mineral resources, Minerals, NERC_DDC, Natural resources, Statistics
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)