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Legacy BGS geothermal models: temperature at the base of the Upper Devonian Kinnesswood Formation and Stratheden Group (hot sedimentary aquifer resources) in the Midland Valley of Scotland

This raster dataset provides the maximum temperature in the Upper Devonian formations in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The reservoir temperature is modelled over the extent of the base of the Kinneswood Formation and Stratheden Group, based on an updated geological model created by Kearsey, T.I., Receveur, M. and Monaghan, A.A., 2024. Modelled hot sedimentary aquifer geothermal potential of Upper Devonian strata in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The model is presented with high uncertainty.

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Date (Publication)
2024
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608363
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • Devonian
  • Aquifers
  • Geothermal energy
  • Sandstone reservoirs
  • Temperature
dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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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.
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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.
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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
500  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
CENTRAL REGION (SCOTLAND) [id=147300]

Date (Creation)
1979

Geographic identifier
Midland Valley Basin [id=1000334]

Date (Creation)
2005

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Begin date
2024
End date
2025
Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
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.

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dataset Dataset
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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 potential geothermal energy source in the Midland Valley of Scotland was calculated as part of a first regional-scale estimate of the heat-in-place for the hot sedimentary aquifer in Scotland. The study considers the Kinnesswood Formation and Stratheden Group as the main target units (Upper Devonian in age) and includes the construction of an updated 3D geological model of depth and thickness, as well as values and assumptions used for the potential geothermal energy source estimation. The average geothermal gradient for the Upper Devonian units was calculated using a compilation of data from 79 boreholes, including temperature logs from deep hydrocarbon and coal-bed methane wells not included in previous analyses, long-term test reports, the UK Geothermal Catalogue (Burley et al. 1984; Rollin 1987), BGS reports (Browne et al., 1985), the UK Geoenergy Observatories boreholes (Monaghan et al. 2017), the Glenrothes geological well completion report and hard-copy logs of borehole temperatures. Newer LOG and BHT temperature data were corrected for the time since circulation. The maximum temperature (at the base Upper Devonian) was calculated based on the updated geological model, using the calculated geothermal gradient of 26.6 °C and assuming an average surface temperature of 8 °C.
File identifier
2f98f2ff-2ee2-37b7-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
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608363
 
 

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