Date (Creation)

2001

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480416

Maintenance and update frequency

irregular Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Chalk
• Karst
• Piping (erosion)
• Caves
• Gypsum
• Collapse craters
• Dissolution
• Land subsidence
• Salt
• Natural hazards
• Subsidence
• UK Location (INSPIRE)
• Halite
• Limestone

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

A database that should be usable for enquiries, insurance and legal derivative information, not site-specific. Subject to release by BGS to parties on licence, unrestricted use in BGS.

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

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Denominator

10000

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

GB

Date (Revision)

2009

Geographic identifier

UK [id=139300]

Date (Creation)

1979

Geographic identifier

UKM

Date (Revision)

2009

Begin date

2004 Before

Supplemental Information

National coverage, subject to update. Level of spatial detail, regional to 1:10,000 scales, not to be used at greater scales. Consistent data, but some variability depending on the age of the source digital maps.

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

• MS WORD - Word desriptions ()

• ARCVIEW - ArcView shape files ()

OnLine resource

BGS Homepage ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Statement

No information

File identifier

9df8df51-63e0-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 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/13480416