Hydrogeological map of the UK and Isle of Man
The map shows the potential for the rocks to supply groundwater and the type of groundwater flow within the rocks. The dataset reattributes polygons in the Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 625k (DiGMapGB-625) Bedrock version 5 dataset to indicate whether the bedrock is an aquifer, the type of flow through the aquifer (fracture and fissure flow or intergranular flow) and how productive the aquifer is likely to be. The dataset is based on the known hydrogeological properties of rock types. The dataset covers just the bedrock formations for the UK and the Isle of Man. The data can be used for planning, environmental analysis, water supply and hazards.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-08
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
01491 692345
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
,
WALLINGFORD
,
OXON
,
OX10 8BB
,
United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
01491 692345
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
,
WALLINGFORD
,
OXON
,
OX10 8BB
,
United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
Custodian
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
01491 692345
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
,
WALLINGFORD
,
OXON
,
OX10 8BB
,
United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Scottish SDI
- Aquifer properties
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Hydrogeological maps
- Hydrogeology
- Aquifers
- dataCentre
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
- Other constraints
- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Spatial representation type
- vector Vector
- Denominator
- 625000
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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GB
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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IOM
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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ISLE OF MAN [id=178000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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UK [id=139300]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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UKM
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
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- Begin date
- 2011-04
- End date
- 2011-04
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile
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Current BGS version
)
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ArcGIS layer file
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Current BGS version
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ESRI Shapefile
(
Current BGS version
)
Distributor
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
01491 692345
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
,
WALLINGFORD
,
OXON
,
OX10 8BB
,
United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
- OnLine resource
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=2258
- OnLine resource
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/hydrogeology/maps.html
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Other
- dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- The dataset is based on the DigMapGB_625k_v5_bedrock digital mapping. Polygons in the 625k_v5_bedrock dataset are reattributed to indicate whether the bedrock is an aquifer, the type of flow through the aquifer and how productive the aquifer is likely to be.
- File identifier
- 9df8df53-2aa9-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom, OX10 8BB
,
WALLINGFORD
,
OXON
,
OX10 8BB
,
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605487
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