BGS Seabed Geology 10k
Seabed geology of the UK’s continental shelf, fine-scale maps providing detailed and accurate characterisation of the seabed geology, integrating substrate geology, structural geology and seabed geomorphology. Areas covered Anglesey, Bristol Channel, Dorset, East Anglia and Offshore Yorkshire. Mapping is based primarily on high-resolution bathymetry data produced by the UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Analysis and interpretation are further informed by secondary data and information resources, including; acoustic backscatter, physical samples (for example grabs, cores and boreholes), seismic data, academic and publicly accessible industry data and literature, and previous BGS mapping (onshore and offshore). The CHP is administered by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), with technical oversight, data validation and onward charting undertaken by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The new fine-scale BGS Seabed Geology mapping comprise three complimentary components (or layers); substrate geology: distribution of bedrock and superficial geological units interpreted to be dominant within the top 1 m below seabed, structural geology: principal structural features such as faults and folds observed at rockhead and seabed geomorphology: physical morphology and interpreted geomorphic character of the seabed. These detailed geological digital maps are intended as enabling resources to better inform multiple offshore activities, research, and management of the marine environment. However, the seabed is a dynamic environment, where sediments may be in constant motion and sediment waves may migrate across the seafloor, burying or exposing the underlying hard substrate. Therefore, this data should not be relied on for local or site-specific geology. The mapping presented has been developed at a scale of 1:10 000 and should not be used at finer scales. Further detail on the mapping process and dataset characteristics are described within individual dataset user guides.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2022
Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
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
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular Irregular
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Absorbents
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- dataCentre
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- license
- 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
- 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
- Denominator
- 10000
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]
- Date (Revision)
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]
- Date (Revision)
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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IRISH SEA [id=2001430]
- Date (Revision)
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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NORTH SEA [id=2001452]
- Date (Revision)
- 2010
- Geographic identifier
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UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N (EPSG::32630)
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 / UTM zone 31N (EPSG::32631)
- Distribution format
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Distributor
British Geological Survey
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Enquiries
0115 936 3276
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South
,
EDINBURGH
,
LOTHIAN
,
EH14 4AP
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
- OnLine resource
- GeoIndex Offshore ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
- BGS Datasets - Seabed Geology 1:10 000 – 1:50 000 ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- Hierarchy level
- series Series
- Other
- series
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
- Mapping is based primarily on high-resolution bathymetry data produced by the UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Analysis and interpretation are further informed by secondary data and information resources, including; acoustic backscatter, physical samples (for example grabs, cores and boreholes), seismic data, academic and publicly accessible industry data and literature, and previous BGS mapping (onshore and offshore).
- File identifier
- 38f3aade-5c20-5b5a-e063-3050940ab2b9 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- series Series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-11
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608433
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