Date (Publication)

1995

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608355

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Isopach maps
• UK Location (INSPIRE)
• Geothermal energy
• Sandstone reservoirs
• Aquifers
• Triassic

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations

Other constraints

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.

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

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Other constraints

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.

Spatial representation type

vector Vector

Distance

100  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

Cheshire Basin [id=1000427]

Date (Creation)

2005

Geographic identifier

EAST YORKSHIRE & LINCOLNSHIRE [id=156000]

Date (Creation)

1979

Geographic identifier

Wessex Basin [id=1000328]

Date (Creation)

2005

Geographic identifier

Worcestershire County [id=2993]

Date (Revision)

2009

Begin date

1978

End date

2025

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

OnLine resource

UK Geothermal Platform Web Map ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.

OnLine resource

UK Geothermal Platform ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An online platform for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

These isopach maps were developed as part of the assessment of the geothermal resources of Permo-Triassic basins in England, published by Rollin, K. E., G. A. Kirby, and W. J. Rowley. Atlas of geothermal resources in Europe: UK revision. British Geological Survey technical report WK/95/7, Regional Geophysics Group, 1995: https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/publications/publication.html?id=21735106. Depth maps of relevant horizons taken from the Atlas of Onshore Sedimentary Basins (Whittaker et al., 1985) and revised where new data had become available since their production (e.g. detailed seismic interpretations) were used to provide and refine the main geological and structural models. The 1995 digital grids of the thickness of the main aquifers were generated using the Interactive Surface Modelling package, integrating both vertical and non-vertical faults identified in the seismic data. Grids were calculated at a 1000 m square node spacing and gridded at 200 m x 250 m for the Cheshire Basin. The maps for each basin were vectorised and merged into a single layer as part of the 2025 UK Geothermal Platform project. The maps are provided in raster format at a 100 m resolution.

File identifier

2f98f2ff-2eda-37b7-e063-0937940a4ed0 XML

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2025-11-13

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608355