BGS geochemical samples Web service
This Web service provides layers which show metadata relating to geochemical samples held by the British Geological Survey (BGS). The layers are point layers which indicate the spatial locations samples were taken from. Geochemical samples have been collected, analysed and stored in the BGS Geochemistry Database from different projects. The two most significant contributors to the database are the Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) project and the Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP). Each project took a variety of different sample types, including stream water, stream sediment, shallow soil and deep soil, and one layer is provided for each type of sample. The sample metadata provided include: sample name; sample type; the Regional Geochemical Atlas area (for G-BASE samples only) and a comma-separated list of available analytes. In many cases, samples are retained in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) at BGS Keyworth. For more information about obtaining samples or the results of their geochemical analyses, contact BGS Enquiries
(enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
).
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2025
Distributor
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
Owner
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
Distributor
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- EGDI
- Geochemistry
- Stream sampling
- Streams
- Sample analysis
- Geochemical background
- Geochemical data
- Geochemical maps
- Sampling
- Stream sediment sampling
- Geochemical mapping
- Geochemical sampling
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Soil chemistry
- Geology
- Soil analysis
- dataCentre
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services
- Keywords
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- 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]"
- Service Type
- view
- Geographic identifier
-
GBN
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
-
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
N
S
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W
- Begin date
- 1973
- Coupling Type
- Tight
Contains Operations
No information provided.
- Operates On
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- G-BASE deep soil samples
- G-BASE panned stream sediment samples
- G-BASE shallow soil samples
- G-BASE stream sediment samples
- G-BASE water samples
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) geochemical samples and analyses
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
- Distribution format
-
Distributor
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
Distributor
British Geological Survey
-
Enquiries
0115 936 3276
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
,
United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
- OnLine resource
-
BGS geochemical samples Web Map Service
(
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities
)
GetCapabilities response for OGC WMS service for layer(s) relating to BGS geochemical samples
- Hierarchy level
- service Service
- Other
- service
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
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-03-21
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- For the lineage of datasets served by this service, refer to the metadata for those data.
- File identifier
- 3a948b7d-3c1f-9ff5-e063-3050940a784d XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- service Service
- Hierarchy level name
- service
- 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/13608469
Overviews
Spatial extent
N
S
E
W
Provided by
Associated resources
Not available
NERC Data Catalogue Service