Date (Publication)

2023

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608359

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• UK Location (INSPIRE)
• Aquifers
• Carboniferous
• Limestone
• Basement depth
• Geothermal energy

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

grid Grid

Distance

2500  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

NORTHERN ENGLAND [id=151000]

Date (Creation)

1979

Geographic identifier

SOUTHERN ENGLAND [id=158800]

Date (Creation)

1979

Begin date

2022

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

The study was conducted to assess the geothermal potential of the early Carboniferous limestone (ECL) in Great Britain and is published in D J.R. Jones, T. Randles, T. Kearsey, T.C. Pharaoh, A. Newell (2023). Deep geothermal resource assessment of early Carboniferous limestones for Central and Southern Great Britain, Geothermics, 109, 102649, ISNN 0375-6505, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102649. Two geological models were created for the northern and southern ECL provinces using borehole horizon markers, depth converted seismic picks and polygons defining erosional limits of formations and outcrop from BGS surface mapping using SKUA-GOCAD. An implicit geological modelling method was used, where all the geological units were modelled simultaneously using all the available data held and interpolated within a 3D framework. The gridded geological model was attributed with appropriate bulk density values based on average values that are known from the two areas (Rollin, 1987). These were mapped to the 3D grid using a combination of lithostratigraphic unit and any internal lithological variation that had been modelled. The geological grids were then converted to regular raster grids with a 2500 m x 2500 m horizontal resolution and 50 m vertical resolution to be imported into the volumetric 'heat in place' (HIP) calculator.

File identifier

2f98f2ff-2ede-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/13608359