Legacy BGS geothermal models: depth to the top Upper Devonian in hot sedimentary aquifers in the Midland Valley of Scotland

This raster dataset represents the depth in metres to the top of the Upper Devonian in the Midland Valley of Scotland (top Kinnesswood Formation) over the extent of the model developed 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. Uncertainties in the model are linked to the absence of boreholes penetrating both the top and the base of the Upper Devonian (except the Inch of Ferryton well) and poor seismic reflection data in the centre of the basin where it is thickest and deepest. The extent of the geological units is as shown on the published BGS geology maps, considering the re-interpretation of the Kinnesswood Formation as Devonian in age. The model is presented with high uncertainty.

Date (Publication): 2024

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608364

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British Geological Survey - Enquiries

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276

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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

Sandstone reservoirs
UK Location (INSPIRE)
Basement depth
Devonian
Geothermal energy
Aquifers

dataCentre

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

NERC_DDC

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

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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

Begin date: 2024

End date: 2025

Vertical extent

Minimum value: -5802.0000

Maximum value: 497.0000

Vertical datum

No information provided.

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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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 3D geological model was created using borehole/well horizon markers, depth converted seismic picks and polygons defining the erosional limits of formations at outcrop from BGS surface mapping. Most of the bases of the modelled units incorporated surfaces from previous models. The fault network was derived from Monaghan (2013) and included only the largest faults in the region, commonly those with lengths greater than 20 km and throws greater than 2 km. The model was created in SKUA-GOCAD using the Structure & Stratigraphy workflow. Due to the complexity of the geology and the variable spatial distribution of the control points, an implicit geological modelling method was used where all geological units were modelled simultaneously using all the available data held and interpolated within a 3D framework. The Upper Devonian strata are poorly constrained beneath a regional unconformity.