AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Historic Land Use associated with Mineral Planning Permissions for England

Between 2001 and 2003 BGS received approximately 1400 1:25 000 paper maps and associated card index from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (now Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG)). The maps, originally compiled by the Minerals Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (CLGs historic predecessor), contain hand drawn boundaries for permitted, withdrawn and refused mineral planning permissions, and worked ground. They also contain hand drawn boundaries for land use at each site. These 'MHLG' maps show information collated from the 1940s (retrospectively to 1930) to the mid 1980s. The index cards provide supplementary information regarding name, operator, dates and relevant local authority. Data depicted on the maps are for England only and include; [a] all planning appeals, departures and called in cases whether permitted or refused; [b] all planning permission and refusal data for various local authority areas which were obtained by Departmental officials through visits to authorities in a staged programme spread over many years. Priority was placed on areas that were giving rise to then current casework issues thus at the time when the maintenance of the maps ended (mid 1985), some authority information had been updated recently but other areas had not been visited for many years. [c] land use present at each site. Categories include: derelict areas, restored quarries (filled and unfilled), tip heaps and spoil heaps, and wet areas. The variable completeness of the data sets should be kept in mind when this material is being used. Land use polygons have been digitised from the MHLG maps and attribute information has been provided from the map legend and the appropriate card in the card index. The principal aim of the data is to show land use present in areas of land that have been affected by the extraction of minerals.

Tags: Land use planning, Mineral deposits, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Geohazard Assessment of Compressible Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to compress under an applied load. A characteristic usually of superficial deposits such as peat or alluvium. The methodology is based on BGS digital stratigraphic linework and expert knowledge of the behaviour of the formations so defined.

Tags: NERC_DDC, Natural hazards
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Permeability Dataset for Great Britain (Merged)

The data comprises four GIS layers representing the permeability of geological deposits for Great Britain (bedrock, superficial, artificial and mass movement deposits). The permeability data has been derived from DiGMap-GB (Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain), and therefore reflects the scale of DiGMap-GB. For the majority of the Great Britain, the scale is 1:50,000, however in areas where the geology is not mapped to this scale, the next best available scale is used. For bedrock deposits this is 1:250,000 and for superficial deposits this is 1:625:000. Artificial ground and mass movement deposits have not been mapped beyond 1:50,000. The data is updated annually, or after a major new release of DiGMap-GB. The permeability data describes the fresh water flow through geological deposits and the ability of a lithostratigraphical unit to transmit water. Maximum and minimum permeability indices are given for each geological unit to indicate the range in permeability likely to be encountered and the predominant flow mechanism (fracture or intergranular). Neither of the assigned values takes into account the thickness of either the unsaturated or saturated part of the lithostratigraphical unit. The data can be used freely internally, but is licensed for commercial use. It is best displayed using a desktop GIS, and is available in vector format as ESRI shapefiles and MapInfo TAB files.

Tags: Ground water movement, Hydrogeology, NERC_DDC, Permeability
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Marine Quaternary Map - UK Waters - 1:1M scale

This is a digital version of the paper based 1:1M scale Offshore Quaternary map, North and South sheets. Customers should be aware that, given the age of the paper based maps, the digital version is not quality assured and BGS can accept no liability for the information held on the digital map. In addition, published 1:250,000 Quaternary maps are available. These contain more detailed subdivision of the Quaternary succession. The original paper based map covers the UK Continental shelf. The paper map is symbolised using lithology and chronology. The lithological boundaries were compiled from the data published in the BGS 1:250,000 Quaternary Geology map series and from revised interpretation of core and borehole data. Core and borehole sites are commonly 5 to 20 km apart, thus the lithological divisions are generalised. The formations and sequences identified by BGS have been grouped into Quaternary age ranges. The geological codes assigned to the digital version of the map have been compiled using the key information held on the paper map. The LEX-ROCK style codes combine the lithology and chronology and have been subject to the standard BGS approval process.

Tags: Marine geology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Photographic negatives of BGS large scale maps

Photographic negatives of Geological map 'Standards', manuscript and published maps produced by the Survey on County Series (1:10560) and National Grid (1:10560 & 1:10000) Ordnance Survey base maps. Current holdings over 41,000 maps for Great Britain. The majority of maps were scanned in 2004, any new maps produced are scanned and added to the collection. This is essentially a back up collection for disaster recovery.

Tags: Geological maps, Maps, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Index to statutory borehole notifications

Index to the statutory notifications of the intention to drill any boreholes, shafts or wells under the Mining Industry Act 1926 or the Water Resources Act 1991 for Great Britain. Index complete for all notifications since 1952, but record data will vary. Complete and current entries generally accurate to 10 metres . Earlier entries to map sheet level only. Digital capture from October 1988.

Tags: Boreholes, Mine shafts, NERC_DDC, Wells
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Historic maps collection

This dataset comprises two collections of maps. The facsmile collection contains all the marginalia information from the original map as well as the map itself, while the georectified collection contains just the map with an associated index for locating them. Each collection comprises approximately 101 000 monochrome images at 6-inch (1:10560) scale. Each image is supplied in TIFF format with appropriate ArcView and MapInfo world files, and shows the topography for all areas of England, Wales and Scotland as either quarter or, in some cases, full sheets. The images will cover the approximate epochs 1880's, 1900's, 1910's, 1920's and 1930's, but note that coverage is not countrywide for each epoch. The data was purchased by BGS from Sitescope, who obtained it from three sources - Royal Geographical Society, Trinity College Dublin and the Ordnance Survey. The data is for internal use by BGS staff on projects, and is available via a customised application created for the network GDI enabling users to search for and load the maps of their choice. The dataset will have many uses across all the geoscientific disciplines across which BGS operates, and should be viewed as a valuable addition to the BGS archive. There has been a considerable amount of work done during 2005, 2006 and 2007 to improve the accuracy of the OS Historic Map Collection. All maps should now be located to +- 50m or better. This is the best that can be achieved cost effectively. There are a number of reasons why the maps are inaccurate. Firstly, the original maps are paper and many are over 100 years old. They have not been stored in perfect condition. The paper has become distorted to varying degrees over time. The maps were therefore not accurate before scanning. Secondly, different generations of maps will have used different surveying methods and different spatial referencing systems. The same geographical object will not necessarily be in the same spatial location on subsequent editions. Thirdly, we are discussing maps, not plans. There will be cartographic generalisations which will affect the spatial representation and location of geographic objects. Finally, the georectification was not done in BGS but by the company from whom we purchased the maps. The company no longer exists. We do not know the methodology used for georectification.

Tags: Maps, NERC_DDC, Topography
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Mineral resource polygons England version 2

The original version of this dataset contained lithologies interpreted as representing a mineral resource for mineral extraction. Collated on a County by County basis as part of the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Mineral Resource Information in support of National Regional and Local Planning between 1994 and 2006. A primary objective is to produce baseline data in a consistent format that can be updated, revised and customised to suit planning needs, including Mineral Local Plans and Regional Planning Guidance, as well as those of industry. The BGS Mineral Resource data does not determine mineral reserves and therefore does not denote potential areas of extraction. Only onshore, mainland mineral resources are included in the dataset. This dataset has been produced by the collation and interpretation of mineral resource data principally held by the British Geological Survey. The mineral resource data presented are based on the best available information, but are not comprehensive and their quality is variable. The dataset should only be used to show a broad distribution of those mineral resources which may be of current or potential economic interest. The data should not be used to determine individual planning applications or in taking decisions on the acquisition or use of a particular piece of land, although they may give useful background information which sets a specific proposal in context. During 2011-2012 revisions were made to areas of the resource linework. These changes were made as a result of new research and release of a new version of DiGMap (v5). This work was on an ad hoc basis but affects all resource layers. The paper maps were not re-released with this data update.

Tags: Mineral resources, Minerals, NERC_DDC, Planning
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Settling behaviour of sand through a non-Newtonian colloidal mud suspension: Implications for turbidity current motion and turbidite deposition - Data

Deposition in many Ocean Margin settings involves settling of non-cohesive grains ('sand') through a non-Newtonian suspension of colloidal ('mud') particles. Although sand or mud-only settling is well constrained, combined sand-mud settling is poorly understood. Complex particle interactions ensure sand-mud settling is not simply the addition of individual sand and mud settling behaviour. Novel experiments will develop a better understanding of sand-mud settling dynamics in the context of submarine turbidity currents, in order to predict lateral variations in mud-content and reservoir quality of their deposits (turbidites). Many of the World's largest petroleum reservoirs occur within turbidites. Results will also aid prediction of pollutant flux to the sea-floor in diverse marine settings, as pollutants are preferentially incorporated onto mud particles.

Tags: Marine geology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
A Deep Seismic Study of the Amazon Cone: Implications for the Strength of the Extended Continental Lithosphere - D275 Underway geophysical data

Marine geophysical data from the cruise. The Amazon Cone is a deep-sea fan system that developed on a continental margin, North East Brazil and French Guiana, approximately 90-100 Myr following a rifting event. Gravityand flexure modelling suggest that the Cone sediments have loaded the margin almost to the limits of its strength. The investigators propose to carry out the first seismic refraction experiment to determine the structure of the crust and mantle that has been deformed by the Cone load. The experiment will provide new constraints on the structure, the nature of the ocean-continental boundary, the thermal and mechanical properties, and the resource potential of deep-water continental margins. Latitude Longitude and Value for underway geophysical data ( bathymetry magnetics (total field) and Free air gravity anomaly)

Tags: Bathymetry, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Glacial Deposits at Upper Sundon Bedfordshire

These notes are based on a photographic record, made between 1950 and 1977, of the glacial deposits exposed in the workings of the Sundon Cement and Lime Works in south Bedfordshire. The site is located on the brow of the Lower Chalk escarpment at about 160 m OD (Figure 1). The principal section (Figure 2) was up to 14 m high and 300 m long aligned approximately N-S as shown on the 1:10, 560 map. The glacial deposits constituted the overburden on the Chalk. The description of the face, including black and white photographs, is as it was in 1950-1954. The colour photographs were taken on fleeting visits up to 1977 south of the 1950-1954 working. The photographs are referenced by BGS numbers and shortened to the last 3 figures.

Tags: Chalk, Geology, Glacial till, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Identification of lipid biomarker skeletons as potential "chemical fossils" of micro-organisms

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Biomarkers are organic molecules found in the natural environment whose stable carbon skeletons have been well preserved. They are often regarded, therefore as "chemical fossils" and can provide valuable information about the biological origins and subsequent transformations undergone by organic matter in the natural environment and geosphere. Although biological sources have been identified for many lipids in environmental samples, the gaps in our knowledge are large. We propose to utilise the unique capabilities of hydropyrolysis (pyrolysis assisted by high hydrogen pressures) to generate representative biomarker hydrocarbon profiles (both free and bound) from a broad range of microorganism species. This will facilitate more accurate chemotaxonomny to be performed in earth and aquatic applications. The findings of this project will be of great interest to all disciplines which employ biomarker lipids as diagnostic molecular tools.

Tags: NERC_DDC, Taxonomy
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Murchison House aerial photograph and satellite image inventory

This data set is an inventory of aerial photographs held at BGS, Murchison House office and consists of a MS Excel spreadsheet containing 11 worksheets. Each worksheet contains information pertaining to the different sub-collections within the collection (9 worksheets of aerial photographs, one for aerial photograph scans, one for satellite imagery). Quality and coverage of metadata varies from worksheet to worksheet, depending on the size of the sub-collection, its pre-existing organisation, and the way in which the sub-collection was brought together (if it was not a complete entity when the inventory was started). Areal extent ranges from Shetland in the N (1200000) to the southern Lake District in the S (480000) and from Barra in the W (65000) to Stockton-on-Tees in the E (450000). By late 2001 all photos (except those being worked on by cuurently by staff) were catalogued in the inventory spreadsheet. By late 2003, the inventory spreadsheet had been updated with newly purchased and newly discovered photos as well as modified to include details of digital holdings and satellite imagery.

Tags: Aerial photographs, NERC_DDC, Satellite imagery
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Crushed Rock Inter-Regional Flows

Derived from data collated from the 2005 Aggregate Minerals Survey, carried out by BGS for the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) which provide an in-depth and up-to-date understanding of regional and national sales, inter-regional flows, transportation, consumption and permitted reserves of primary aggregates for England and Wales. The information is used to monitor and develop policies for the supply of aggregates. This data set depicts the flow of crushed rock aggregate between the regions of England and Wales. The data originator also has similar data for sand and gravel and also the same data derived from the 1997 and 2001 Aggregate Minerals Surveys.

Tags: Aggregates, Minerals, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Age and Origin of Siberian diamonds: a Re-Os isotope study of sulphide inclusions

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Knowing the age of diamonds is critical to understanding their formation and likely distribution in the mantle. Re-Os isotope analyses of synergetic sulphide inclusions allows dating of individual diamonds by isochron and model age methods. This method will be applied to a suite of well-characterised Siberian diamond inclusions from several different kimberlite pipes. We will aim to determine the ages of eclogite-suite and periodite-suite diamonds, which may provide clues as to their different modes of origin. Shrimp ii Pb-Pb isotope and S-isotopic measurements will further constrain the age and origin of the sulphides and hence the diamonds. N-aggregation studies on the host diamonds will independently assess mantle residence times. We will examine absolute age differences between cores and rims of diamonds by laser cutting fragments of diamonds with multiple inclusions.

Tags: Diamonds, Earth mantle, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Deflection of mantle plume material by cratonic keels models and observations

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Numerical models (sleep, 1996,1997) of mantle plumes that consider variations in lithospheric thicknesss suggest that deep cratonic roots influence the flow of hot, bouyant plume material. This process may explain the longlevity of cold, thick cratonic roots and the generation of kimberlites in crtons. We will use these methods to: a) predict the temporal and spatial distribution of adiabatic decompression melting and b) track the diamond/graphite stability field beneath and along the margins of the supeior craton, the world's largest, and the small tanzania craton, working in collaboration with n. Sleep. Initial lithospheric rhickness will be constrained by new and existing seismic, as well as zenolith, gravity, and heat flow data. These results will improve models for mineral exploration, as well as plume processes.

Tags: Earth lithosphere, Geothermal heat flow, Gravity data, Mantle plumes, Mineral exploration, NERC_DDC, Seismology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Seismo-Volcanic Crisis in Afar: The 2005 Boina-Erta 'Ale Rupture-Eruption Sequence

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Since 20 September, 2005, an ~120 km-long segment of the Red Sea rift system in Ethiopia has been rocked by 31 earthquakes detected on seismometers worldwide. Ashes emanating from long, open fissures at the surface have blanketed a much wider area, displacing ~50,000 people and their livestock. Colleagues from Addis Ababa University report new fault scarps, and new displacements along existing fault scarps; these faults provide direct measures of rates of crustal deformation that can only be inferred from routine monitoring. The active rupture zone is much larger than has been associated with other historic sequences in the Afar depression, and other continental rift zones worldwide, suggesting this linked tectonic-volcanic crisis is a major event. Thus, the Boina seismo-volcanic crisis provides a superb opportunity to record directly the processes of continental breakup leading to the formation of a new ocean basin. Routine seismic, volcanic, and geodetic monitoring provides information on the time-averaged deformation, but misses the sometimes catastrophic discrete events that achieve the tectonic processes. This proposal aims to: 1) establish a seismic monitoring network to measure aftershock sequences and lava movement within the plate; 2) investigate reports of new eruptions and measure gas emissions from vents along the length of the rupturing segment and compare them with earlier baseline measurements from Afar; and 3) use space-based radar images acquired prior to, during, and after the crisis to measure the magnitude and extent of deformation across the region. Simple elastic modelling of seismic and radar interferometry results will allow us to estimate the proportion of tectonic vs magmatic deformation associated with continental rupture. Additionally, our measurements will provide a firm basis for hazard mitigation for the Ethiopian government coping with this catastrophe, supplementing the sparse infrastructure established by our Ethiopian colleagues.

Tags: Earth surface, NERC_DDC, Natural hazards, Seismology, Tectonics, Volcanology
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Calibration of Speleothem Luminescene Excitation-Emission Wavelength Variations and the Development of High Res Records of Holocene Climate Change for NW Europe

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Fibre-optic spectrophotometry permits the non-destructive analysis of speleothem luminescence wavelength with a temporal resolution of 1-10 years. This luminescence derives from the overlying soil organic waste matter: humification rate is climatically controlled in temperate latitudes. A pilot study demonstrates a correlation between the luminescence emission wavelength and mean annual rainfall over the last 70 years, and for the last 3000 years a remarkable 80-100 cyclicity in luminescence is observed, as well as longer term luminescence trends and the presence of short lived, severe events. This project aims to (1) provide a calibration of stalagmite luminescence over the last 100 years from sites contrasting climate, before (2) providing high resolution records of Holocene climate change from multiple samples.

Tags: Climate change, Climatology, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Seismic Hazard UK (475 Year Intensity) V2003

This is a set of data points for constructing a seismic hazard map of the UK, plotting the intensity (EMS) with a return period of 475 years, equivalent to a 90% probability of not being exceeded in 50 years. Individual data points should NOT be used.

Tags: Earthquakes, NERC_DDC, Natural hazards, Seismic data
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)
NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories (NIGL) Publications

NIGL (NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratories) is a comprehensive stable and radiogenic isotope laboratory facility that undertakes environmental, life, archaeological and earth science research, and educates and trains PhD students, in a collaborative research environment. This dataset contains a complete record of publications and scientific reports involving NIGL staff, dating from the formation of the group in 1987. The published research is not geographically restricted.

Tags: Archaeology, Earth sciences, Environmental science, Geochemistry, Geology, Isotope geochemistry, NERC_DDC
Organization: British Geological Survey (BGS)