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2011, Centrica, Pegasus, Jack-Up Rig, DECC Reference Number 2630
An oil and gas industry site survey for a jack-up rig acquired under licence P1724 in November 2011. The block numbers traversed were 43/13b, 43/12.
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The metadata is freely available for general disclosure. The actual survey data is restricted.
This dataset was collected by Fugro Survey Ltd on behalf of Centrica North Sea Gas Ltd and reported by the licensee through the PON 14 regulation. Data was collected by single beam echo sounder, multibeam echo sounder, side scan sonar, hull-mounted pinger, mini airgun, high resolution seismic, magnetometer/gradiometer, grab samples, seabed photography and seabed video.
British Geological Survey (BGS) Multibeam Survey 2010/6: Loch Eriboll (09/Aug/2010 to 20/Aug/2010)
This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine multibeam survey took place in August 2010 in Loch Eriboll on board the RV White Ribbon. The aim was improve the geological understanding of the area and the interpretation of various sedimentary processes active on the seafloor. Loch Eriboll has played an important role in naval warfare and it is believed much material, including several vessels, has ended up on the floor of the loch. Having an accurate map of such obstacles can be used to update the archaeological records and mean better marine spatial planning for future users including aquaculture. Sea floor bathymetry data were collected using a Kongsberg EM3002D multibeam system. These data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Internal Report IR/11/038.
The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2012/1: Moray Firth (27/Jan/2012 to 08/Feb/2012)
This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine geophysical and multibeam survey took place in January/Febuary 2012 in the area of the Moray Firth on board the RV White Ribbon. The purpose was to enable BGS to reconstruct the glacial history of the areas and place it in the wider context of the dynamics of the British Ice Sheet. Sea floor bathymetry data were collected using a Kongsberg EM3002D multibeam system. Sub bottom seismic profiling data were collected using an Applied Acoustics surface tow boomer (STB). These data are archived by BGS.
Geophysical equipment types used included: Surface Tow Boomer. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
2011, Xcite Energy Resources Ltd, Bentley, Jack-Up Rig, DECC Reference Number 2546
An oil and gas industry site survey for a jack-up rig acquired under licence P1078 in August 2011. The block number traversed was 9/3b.
This dataset was collected by Gardline Geosurvey Ltd on behalf of Xcite Energy Resources Ltd and reported by Senergy through the PON 14 regulation. The data was collected using single beam echo sounder, multibeam echo sounder, side scan sonar, sub bottom profiler, high resolution seismic, seabed photography, seabed video and grab samples.
Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Multibeam and Sampling Survey 2005/6_MEPF: MALSF Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map Study (26/Jul/2005 to 06/Aug/2005)
This CEFAS sampling survey took place during July/August 2005 in the Eastern English Channel aboard the RV CEFAS Endeavour. This survey was undertaken for the Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map study (EECMHM) as part of a series of four surveys. The EECMHM study was funded by the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) a marine component of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF). The main cruise objective was to collect groundtruthing samples from up to 150 sites in the Eastern English Channel in order to validate acoustic data collected in May/June 2005. All 150 sites were sampled with a HamCam (Hamon grab with camera fitted) and ~40 with a 2m Jennings type Beam trawl. Stills and video imagery were collected from ~40 sites using either a towed video sledge or drop camera frame. Multibeam bathymetry data were collected on the transits between sampling stations. During this survey, benthos and sediment samples were also collected for a time-series study at 10 EARS sites in the Eastern English Channel using the HamCam, and UWTV sledge. These data are archived with the MEDIN Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the BGS DAC for geology and geophysics, the DASSH DAC for biological data. The multibeam data are not part of the archived dataset. Where they hardcopy records/samples exist these have been archived by CEFAS. For further information on the surveys and general information on the EECMHM see the final report (James et al, 2007. Cefas Science Series Technical Report No. 139).
Sample equipment types used included: Grab: Amon or Hamon. CEFAS was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2006/6_MEPF: MALSF Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map Study (24/Feb/2006 to 06/Mar/2006)
This CEFAS marine geophysical survey took place in February/March 2006 in the Eastern English Channel aboard the RV CEFAS Endeavour. This survey was undertaken for the Eastern English Channel Marine Habitat Map study (EECMHM) as part of a series of four surveys. The EECMHM study was funded by the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) a marine component of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF). The purpose of this survey was to infill between lines completed during a previous survey in 2005. Sea floor data were collected using an EM3000 multibeam bathymetry system. Backscatter data were collected using sidescan sonar system. These data are archived with the MEDIN Data Archive Centres (DACs), including the BGS DAC for geology and geophysics and multibeam bathymetry data are available from the UKHO Bathy DAC, https://www.gov.uk/guidance/inspire-portal-and-medin-bathymetry-data-archive-centre. Where Hardcopy records exist these have been archived by CEFAS. Cruise summary report available: https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/reports/endeavour6_06.pdf. For further information on the surveys and general information on the EECMHM see the final report (James et al, 2007. Cefas Science Series Technical Report No. 139).
Geophysical equipment types used included: Sidescan Sonar. CEFAS was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1974/17: North Sea: Geochemistry (1/Oct/1974 to 19/Oct/1974)
This British Geological Survey (BGS) marine geophysical and sampling survey took place in October 1974 in the North Forties-South Viking area aboard the Royal Research Ship RRS John Murray. The purpose was to evaluate gamma spectrometry technique in an area where no solid outcrop would occur. This provided an opportunity to gather data in an area with no previous coverage. A total of 1290 km of data were collected in a grid of 13 survey tracks. Sea floor data were collected using a echo-sounder and a transit sonar. Subsurface data were gathered using a suite of seismic instruments (airgun, sparker, pinger). Analogue data were collected and paper records were generated. Sea-bed samples and cores were collected using shipek grab and gravity corer. The data are archived by BGS. Technical details of the survey are contained in BGS Technical Report WB/74/15C.
Geophysical equipment types used included: Echo Sounder, Pinger, Sparker and Transit Sonar. Sample equipment types used included: Corer: Sediment Gravity and Grab: Shipek. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
British Geological Survey (BGS) Geophysical and Sampling Survey 1970/VV/8: Sea of Hebrides and the Minches (22/08/1970 to 30/09/1970)
This British Geological Survey (BGS) geophysical and sampling survey was carried out as part of the Continetal Shelf Unit II programe in the Sea of the Hebrides and the Minches from late August to Mid October 1970 on board the RV Vickers Venturer in conjunction with BGS1970/9 survey. A secondary objective as to assess the feasibility of operating sampling and geophysics on one ship. Seabed samples were collected with Shipek Grab, gravity corer, vibrocorer and rockdrill. Sea floor data were collected using echosounder and transit sonar. Subsurface seismic data were gathered using Sparker. Technical detail contained in BGS Marine Geophysics report 27.
Geophysical equipment types used included: Echo Sounder, Sparker and Transit Sonar. Sample equipment types used included: Beach Sample, Corer: Rock Gravity, Corer: Sediment Gravity, Corer: Vibrocorer, Diver Collected, Dredge: Rock, Drill, Grab: Shipek, Photographic Site and Submersible. The survey was undertaken by British Geological Survey. For more detailed information on the acquisition equipment and data collection techniques, operational standards, data processing methods and quality control procedures used on this survey see the Report of Survey/Cruise Report and associated documentation where available. The information available may vary depending on the age of the survey. Data are checked and loaded to the BGS Coastal and Marine data management system following BGS marine data management procedures.
High-resolution LA-MC-ICP-MS Pb isotope data (65.5 - 63 Ma) for Tropic Seamount, north-east Atlantic, and Matlab and R processing scripts for cyclostratigraphic analysis (NERC Grant NE/M011151/1)
The excel table presents the high-resolution LA-MC-ICP-MS Pb isotope data (± 2S%) produced for the Paleocene interval of Fe-Mn crust core sample 085_004 recovered in 2016 during the JC142 expedition to Tropic Seamount for the MarineE-Tech project. A detailed description of the sample can be found in Josso et al., 2019 and 2020. The Scripts data are Matlab and R readable file presenting all scripts and built-in functions used during the processing of the data to demonstrate the presence of astronomical imprint on the cyclicity of the Pb isotope ratios.
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
The Pb isotope data was generated by laser ablation and analysed on a Neptune MC-ICP-MS at the British Geological Survey. Data were acquired in continuous transects using a letterbox format (2*150 µm) ablation spot rastering perpendicular to the sample layering at 2 µm/s with one integration every 0.262 seconds. Data were normalised to Nod-A (Baker et al., 2004) as the primary reference material and the data output at the integration level for plotting as a continuous profile. Nod-P, JMn-1 and an in-house material (HRM) prepared from a homogenised quantity of Fe-Mn crust from Tropic Seamount, were analysed during the same sessions to validate the results by comparison to published and/or in-house results determined by solution calibration.
UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) meteorology data: 1992-2012
[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Meteorology data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. Variables measured include albedo (ground and sky), temperature (dry bulb, wet bulb and soil (at 10cm and 30cm)), relative humidity, radiation (net. and solar), rainfall, surface wetness, soil moisture, wind direction and wind speed). These data are collected by Automatic Weather Stations at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. They represent continuous hourly records from 1992 to 2012. ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of fourteen government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. These organisations are: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government, Natural England, Natural Environment Research Council, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e1d33b37-f1d4-4234-a0d5-8bf4e657f653
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rennie, S., Adamson, J., Anderson, R., Andrews, C., Bater, J., Bayfield, N., Beaton, K., Beaumont, D., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., Britt, C., Brooker, R., Brooks, D., Brunt, J., Common, G., Cooper, R., Corbett, S., Critchley, N., Dennis, P., Dick, J., Dodd, B., Dodd, N., Donovan, N., Easter, J., Eaton, E., Flexen, M., Gardiner, A., Hamilton, D., Hargreaves, P., Hatton-Ellis, M., Howe, M., Kahl, J., Lane, M., Langan, S., Lloyd, D., McElarney, Y., McKenna, C., McMillan, S., Milne, F., Milne, L., Morecroft, M., Murphy, M., Nelson, A., Nicholson, H., Pallett, D., Parry, D., Pearce, I., Pozsgai, G., Rose, R., Schafer, S., Scott, T., Sherrin, L., Shortall, C., Smith, R., Smith, P., Tait, R., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Thurlow, M., Turner, A., Tyson, K., Watson, H., Whittaker, M., Wilkinson, M. (2015). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) meteorology data: 1992-2012. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e1d33b37-f1d4-4234-a0d5-8bf4e657f653
Data are collected by Automatic Weather Stations at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. Prior to deposit of the data in the EIDC, data are managed by the ECN Data Centre at CEH Lancaster according to defined protocols. Verification steps include numeric range checks (i.e. checking if a value falls within a specified range), categorical checks (e.g. checking that a species code appears on the standard code list), formatting (i.e. that the dataset conforms to the specified data format) and logical integrity checks (i.e. checking the data make sense, e.g. that the dates in one dataset match those in a related dataset). Appropriate range settings for ECN variables have been selected following discussion with specialists in each field. Where data fall outside these ranges, a cautious approach has been adopted towards discarding data on the principle that apparent errors may be valid outliers. Such values are discarded only if there is a clear explanation (e.g. an instrumentation error) and corrections are made where possible. If the reason is unclear, the values are stored, but are qualified using pre-defined quality codes or free-text descriptions. Data providers also use these codes or free text to describe factors affecting sampling outside their control, instrument damage or site management effects.
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Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Characterisation of palaeo-precipitation from variations in the structure of stalagmite annual luminescence laminations
PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. To determine the seasonality and inter-annual variability of rainfall from the variations in annual luminescence laminations for multiple samples of recently deposited stalagmites from two monitored cave systems. a) extend this for the last 2000 years of climate change for multiple sites in the UK and continental Europe to establish regional palaeoprecipitation records. Measurement of variations in the structure of laminae luminescence using UV microscope and laser techniques for samples from England and France with parallel monitoring of seasonal variations of luminescence. UV techniques as above with additional samples to extend the project spatially (to Belgium, Scotland, England & France) and temporally (last 2000 years)
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.
Either : (i) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under license; and / or (ii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted before the dataset can be provided to, or accessed by, BGS staff or external clients. 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 access restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (IPR@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.
An Experimental Study of the Stability of Hydrous Phases at High Pressures Implications for H2O Storage and Release in Subduction Zones
PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. To determine the p-t stability of hydrous phases in ultramafic compositions in subduction zones, and the conditions at which h2o is released from subducting slabs in dehydration reactions; to obtain thermodynamic data for hydrous phases through phase-equilibrium experiments and in situ volume measurements; and to constrain the equation of state of h2o at high pressures. Reversed phase-equilibrium experiments will be conducted on reactions in the systems mgo-sio2-h2o and mgo-al2o3-sio2-h2o; thermodynamic data for hydrous phases wil be extracted from p-t postions of solid-solid reactions; positions of dehydration reactions will constrain the equation of state of h2o; volumes of phases will be measured in situ using synchrotron radiation
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Aerial Photographs
A collection of aerial photographs providing national coverage supplied to BGS by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). The aerial photos bought by BGS were taken during a two year period from 1988-89 and were bought by BGS for individual mapping projects. The photos are a copy of the originals held by the RCAHMS. Since 1976, RCAHMS has undertaken an annual programme of aerial survey, recording archaeological sites, monuments and buildings throughout Scotland. All RCAHMS data is crown copyright. The photos are for internal BGS use but external users are welcome to view them at BGS, an appointment must be made first. An index is provided on the Geoscience Data Index (GDI).
There are no restrictions on the use that may be made of the dataset, although an appropriate copyright acknowledgement must be made when any part of the dataset is reproduced. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely available without any use constraints - inclusion of any third party data / information will affect the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
All RCAHMS data is crown copyright. External customers can view the photos at BGS.
Copies of aerial photographs bought by BGS, for individual mapping projects, from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).
East African Rift Temperature and Heatflow model (EARTH)
A geographic information system (GIS) heat flow and temperature model of East Africa created by extracting data from open sources into a series of shapefiles and rasters containing information on geothermal sites, hot spring locations, digital elevation model, surface temperature, geothermal gradients, thermal conductivities and heat flow data, major faults, surface geology, crustal basement, electrification grid system and population density across East Africa. This data is stored in the World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Geographic Projection System.
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
All data has been assimilated into a Arc GIS project.
North Pennine Orefield 1:25 000 scale vein maps
A set of 11 1:25 000 scale OS sheets annotated with the outcrops of the principal veins of the North Pennine Orefield, prepared as aids to the revision of the BGS Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield memoir, vol. 1: Tyne to Stainmore, published in 1990. Some mining data are also included on the maps. The original data provided by Sir Kingsley Dunham were transcribed onto the 1:25 000 scale sheets to aid in adding grid references to the revised memoir. The data were mostly originally compiled from Dunham's detailed Second World War investigations of the orefield, together with some of Dunham's original 1930s PhD work. These records came from Geological Survey 'mining slips', which were on County Series sheets. For the 1990 revision of the memoir, new data were incorporated, derived from more recent mapping and a large volume of post-1940s mining and exploration data, together with the results of major advances in stratigraphical, structural, mineralogical and geochemical interpretations. The maps depict all of the major mineralised veins as black solid lines. The extent of replacement 'flat' orebodies are generally not shown, though the comparatively modest 'flats' associated with the Windshaw Bridge and Browngill veins at Tynebottom (sheet NY74) and the famous Boltsburn flats at Rookhope (sheet NY84/94) are indicated: the extent of the substantial area of 'flat' mineralisation around Nenthead is not depicted, almost certainly due to the difficulty of so doing due to the closely-spaced network of parent veins. Major, mostly un-mineralised, faults relevant to the descriptions and interpretations of the mineralisation are depicted as broken black lines. Other faults, depicted on BGS mapping, are not generally included. Only those details of mining, such as shaft and adit positions – shown in red by the use of standard BGS symbols – included on Dunham’s Mining Slips are recorded here. There are countless other shafts and adits across the orefield, some of which are mentioned in the memoir text but not depicted on these maps. Broken red lines depict significant underground cross-cut levels and drives which are described in detail in the memoir text. Countless others were not depicted by Dunham and are not shown here. Notes in red, copied from Dunham, are mostly self-explanatory and indicate the names of individual mines, shafts and adits. On his ‘Mining Slips’ Dunham made brief notes on some of the most obvious primary minerals he observed on some mine dumps. These are not included on these 1:25 000 scale maps. Many of these dumps have since become overgrown, and some have been removed. Reference to the ‘Mining slips’ may therefore be useful, though subsequent detailed mineralogical studies have revealed a much greater diversity of mineral species than was then recognised and which gives important clues to the nature and origins of the deposits. There is a rather extensive more recent literature on these.
The dataset has been formally approved by BGS for access by external clients under a BGS Digital Data Licence, issued via BGS's IPR Section. The dataset must not be provided to, or be accessible by, an external client until the IPR Section confirms that signed licence documentation is in place. Refer to the IPR Section (DigitalLE@bgs.ac.) if further advice is required.
Maps transcribed to National Grid sheets in the 1980s from original County Series 'mining slip' data created in the 1930s - 1940s as part of the revision of the Northern Pennine Orefield memoir, published in 1990. New data derived from more recent mapping, as well as mining and exploration data and major advances in stratigraphical, structural, mineralogical and geochemical interpretations were also incorporated into the 1990 revision. Records scanned to NGDC specifications in 2025.
This dataset provides digital spatial information on the location and distribution of metallic mineral occurrences in Wales at a scale of 1:50 000. While the broader term ‘mineral resources’ encompasses a wide range of geological materials, this dataset focuses solely on metallic minerals. These are defined in accordance with international mineral resource standards to include both geological characteristics and potential economic considerations. The dataset is based primarily on mapped geology, with limited assessment of economic viability, and is intended to show the distribution and extent of metallic mineral occurrences rather than potential extraction areas or mineral reserves. The Welsh Assembly Government recognised the importance of managing mineral resources at a national level to maintain an appropriate balance between mineral supply and demand. In response, the British Geological Survey (BGS) was commissioned in 2009 (contract 252/2009/09) to provide a comprehensive and accessible information base to support sustainable mineral resource management across the 25 Unitary and Mineral Planning Authorities of Wales. This work formed part of the National Minerals Map of Wales and Aggregate Safeguarding Map of Wales, funded through the Welsh Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund and co-funded by the BGS Sustainable Mineral Solutions project. This metallic minerals dataset is a thematic subset of the wider Welsh mineral resources dataset and was derived using the same methodology. Data production was completed in 2010, with minor revisions to geometry and attributes undertaken in 2020. The dataset enables users to visualise broad patterns in the distribution of metallic mineral occurrences across Wales and to consider their spatial relationship with other land-use designations, infrastructure, environmental constraints and conservation data. It is suitable for regional-scale planning and safeguarding assessments but does not indicate economically viable reserves, designate extraction areas, or confer planning status. Only onshore mainland occurrences are included. The data quality varies spatially and reflects the availability and resolution of underlying geological mapping. The presence of a metallic mineral occurrence does not imply current working, planning permission, or economic viability. Point data for metallic mineral occurrences have historically been included within related resource mapping; however, occurrence-level information is more comprehensively represented in other BGS datasets, such as the BGS BritPits database of mines and quarries. This dataset should therefore be used as a regional-scale spatial planning and safeguarding tool rather than as a definitive inventory of all recorded metallic mineral sites in Wales.
The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.
The dataset was produced using the following methodology, consistent with the wider Welsh mineral resources project: 1. Important mineral occurrences were selected using expert judgment and existing literature on the location of mines and mineralised areas 2. Draft maps were shared with stakeholders for comment. 3. Approved maps were collated and prepared in GIS for dataset creation. 4. Data for metallic mineral commodities were merged into a regional file.
Northwest Scotland Stalagmite and Climate Reconstruction Data
Northwest Scotland Stalagmite Data to 3600 BP