Marine Borehole Logs, Data and Materials from around the UK (1969 Onwards)

BGS has drilled almost 600 boreholes to prove seismic interpretations of the marine Quaternary geology and bedrock from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The collection also includes additional third party data and has assisted in the creation of BGS Marine Geology Maps. The boreholes penetrate beneath the sea bed to depths ranging from about 10m to over 300m depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data includes descriptive geological core logs and data which has been captured from these and in some cases natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses has been conducted on the core material such as Particle Size Analysis, micropalaeontological, geotechnical, palaeomagnetic and age dating. Core material are managed as part of the BGS Materials collection and are available for examination and subsampling. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. The activity and scan layers contains location information, metadata and links to scanned borehole logs, and the geological data layers contain observations and/or measurements as digital values. The data are applicable to a wide range of uses including environmental, geotechnical and geological studies. Reference: Fannin, NGT. (1989) Offshore Investigations 1966-87 British Geological Survey Technical Report WB/89/02, British Geological Survey.

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 1969

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605642

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

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

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South , EDINBURGH , LOTHIAN , EH14 4AP , United Kingdom

0115 936 3142
0115 936 3276

Maintenance and update frequency: irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Sea floor
Offshore drilling
Marine geology
Geochemical data
Marine surveys
Geological data
Boreholes
Marine sediments
Data
Bottom sampling
Marine geochemistry
Graphic logs
Geochemistry
Geology
Drilling

Keywords

NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: licenceOGL

Other constraints: Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

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: Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Spatial representation type: vector

Denominator: 250000

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Extent

BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

INNER SEAS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND [id=2001428]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN [id=2002262]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010

Extent

UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

Dataset Reference Date (): 1979

Begin date: 1969

Spatial Reference System

No information provided.

Distribution Information

Data format

PDF ()
CSV ()
GIS ()

Resource Locator: Offshore GeoIndex

Resource Locator: Offshore GeoIndex

Resource Locator: Offshore Theme

Resource Locator: Offshore (cultural data) theme

Resource Locator: Offshore GeoIndex

Resource Locator: Offshore GeoIndex

Resource Locator: Offshore Theme

Resource Locator: Offshore (cultural data) theme

Quality Scope: dataset

Other: dataset

Report

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: Borehole core material were collected during offshore wireline drilling operations. Material was then described/analysed. This dataset has been managed by BGS over a considerable period of time. Legacy paper records have been scanned and transcribed to digital formats where appropriate, with ongoing QC of the information captured and migration to the BGS Database System. More recent data is captured digitally and, where appropriate, loaded to the database. Information is delivered via the BGS web site.

Metadata

File identifier: c35e3405-9dac-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Resource type: dataset

Metadata Date: 2023-05-24

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

Overviews

Publishing Body

Access the portal

Full access to the portal and metadata.

Associated resources (if any)

Not available

Default

Identification info

Spatial Reference System

Distribution Information

Report

Report

Metadata

Overviews

Publishing Body

Share on social sites

Associated resources (if any)