Geological and geochemical information on over 1000 samples was collected during the course of the Snowdonia Regional Geological Survey project.

Dataset comprises the results of a study into the engineering geological characteristics of tropical red clay soils, funded by the Overseas Development Administration. The geotechnical properties of a wide variety of red clay soils were determined by means of standard, specialised and new test procedures on both disturbed and undisturbed samples. These were obtained from selected study sites in a range of contrasting climatic, topographic and geological terrains, at various depths in weathering profiles. The majority of the study was undertaken in Kenya and Indonesia, in collaboration with local counterpart organisations (Ministry of Public Works, Materials Testing and Research Department, Nairobi; Institute of Road Engineering, Bandung). Study also included sample sites in Fiji and Dominica. The dataset includes detailed description sheets for the sampling sites, together with the laboratory programme of index and mechanical properties tests, much of which is held in digital format. All data from the study is available.

The Britrocks database provides an index to the BGS mineralogical & petrological collection. The computer database covers samples in the UK onshore mapping collection together with world wide reference minerals and the Museum Reserve collection. Currently circa 200k out of circa 300k samples are recorded in the computer database. A collection audit is ongoing, so availability of any particular sample is not guaranteed. The first England and Wales collection sample is from circa 1877, Threshthwaite Comb, Cumbria (collected by the Reverend Clifton Ward). The addition of new samples, transfer of records from registers and updates of existing records is ongoing on a regular basis. Internet access to the database is provided on the BGS web site.

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480339]. Index to borehole material held chiefly as continuous drillcore, bulk samples, unwashed cuttings and processed material from onshore UK.