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East Grampians geological field data.

The database contains basic tabulated field data resulting from the work of the BGS East Grampians Project in the early 1980s to mid 1990s. Records include the locations of stations at which field observations were made, structural measurements and sample locations. To this end, the database provides an index to locations and structural data. However, it needs to be stated clearly that labels given to structural elements are largely subjective beyond the identification of bedding. This means that the structural data are largely unusable without a clear understanding of their context and with regard to the primary paper record on which descriptions of the observed structures are recorded. The data are held in MS ACCESS tables which are related via the Station number as the primary key. The coverage is mainly confined to the North East Grampian Highlands of Scotland. The database is currently unused and has not been added to since the end of the East Grampians Project. The station location and structural data are effectively complete. However, fields in the sample database, such as the sample stratigraphy, are largely incomplete because, at the time the data were acquired, the stratigraphy at each station was formally undefined. The most effective way of presenting and investigating the data is via GIS.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
1983
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480106
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Murchison House, West Mains Road , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH9 3LA , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3192
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Murchison House, West Mains Road , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH9 3LA , United Kingdom
0115 936 3142
0115 936 3192
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Maps
  • Geological mapping
  • Structural mapping
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Field record and sample data can be used as indices to data locations. Structural data are not useable without reference to original notebooks by users unfamiliar with the geology of the East Grampians. The data are non-confidential, but the structural data specifically require very considerable care in their use, they can only be interpreted sensibly in conjunction with the original paper records.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
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.
Spatial representation type
grid
Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Extent
EAST GRAMPIANS, NORTH OF CAIRNGORMS [id=146911]

Dataset Reference Date ()
1979

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Begin date
1980
End date
1990
Additional information
Data entry lapsed after 1992. The East Grampians field data are mainly structural measurements without any supporting descriptive context, and the context is essential if the data are to be correctly interpreted. They are best regarded as a digital copy of paper field records and need to be used together with notebooks and fieldslips. The data were collected in this form in parallel with developments in the databasing of geological information in BGS. The aim was to try and provide rapid access to field data collected by a number of geologists over a wide area. Stations are located by British National Grid coordinates to the nearest 10m, estimated; the data predate the use of hand-held GPS in the field and so were located by conventional survey methods, such as fixing on topographical/cultural features, or by basic compass triangulation. Such a link with lithostratigraphy might now be possible via GIS processing using DigMap data in conjunction with this database. Lack of funds preclude this development at present. The data are stand-alone, but it may now be possible to link these data with other, corporate, datasets, such as DigMapGB. Data were originally collected by a number of Highlands geologists. The data were managed by C Thomas. After data entry into text files, data were validated against the originals by the geologist before they were loaded to a relational database (MIMER, then ORACLE).
 

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Distribution Information

Data format
  • ARCVIEW - Locations in ARCview as event themes. ()

  • ACCESS REPORT - Access report. ()

  • DELIMITED ASCII - ASCII files. ()

Resource Locator
BGS Homepage ( HTTP )

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Resource Locator
BGS Homepage ( HTTP )

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Degree
Statement
The database contains basic tabulated field data resulting from the work of the BGS East Grampians Project in the early 1980s to mid 1990s. Data entry is to ASCII files, followed by geologists validation and editing by data manager. Once edited the data are loaded into a relational database management system (RDBMS).

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File identifier
9df8df52-d76b-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-01-23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  British Geological Survey
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom
+44 131 667 1000
 
 

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