Legacy BGS geothermal models: isopach map for the Upper Devonian in hot sedimentary aquifers in the Midland Valley of Scotland
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024
0115 936 3276
0115 936 3276
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- notPlanned Not planned
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- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Devonian
- Isopach maps
- Aquifers
- Sandstone reservoirs
- Geothermal energy
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- NERC_DDC
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- no limitations
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- vector Vector
- Distance
- 500 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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CENTRAL REGION (SCOTLAND) [id=147300]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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Midland Valley Basin [id=1000334]
- Date (Creation)
- 2005
- Begin date
- 2023
- End date
- 2025
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Distribution format
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0115 936 3276
- OnLine resource
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UK Geothermal Platform Web Map
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.
- OnLine resource
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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 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 (e.g. Cowan et al., 2003) was used where all geological units were modelled simultaneously using all the available data held and interpolated within a 3D framework.
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- 2f98f2ff-2ee4-37b7-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/13608365
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