British Geological Survey (BGS) catalog Open data in a single API request

Historic Land Use associated with Mineral Planning Permissions for England Open Data

Between 2001 and 2003 BGS received approximately 1400 1:25 000 paper maps and associated card index...

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Map based index (GeoIndex) opencast coal prospecting areas Open Data

The map based index includes outlines for some 8,000 opencast coal prospecting sites dating from the...

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Global warming and the Late Permian mass extinction event (NERC grant NE/F011091/1) Open Data

Published paper associated with NERC grant NE/F011091/1. Price, G.D., Twitchett, R.J., Wheeley,...

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GeoSure Running Sand Deposits Open Data

The GeoSure data sets and reports from the British Geological Survey provide information about...

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Geological interpreted superficial deposits thickness models version 2.1, GI_SDTM v2.1 Open Data

A superficial thickness model covering England Scotland and Wales. The model is derived by direct...

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Isotope compositions in a network of groundwater wells impaired by an underground blowout Open Data

During the drilling of an exploration well in the 1960s, an underground blowout occurred near Sleen,...

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Landslides dataset (5km Hex-Grid) version 7 Open Data

The 5km Hex GS Landslides dataset shows a generalised view of the GeoSure Landslides v7 dataset to a...

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EU Project: Publications: CO2QUEST – Impact of the Quality of CO2 on Storage and Transport Open Data

Coordinated by Haroun Mahgerefteh at UCL, the EC funded FP7 CO2QUEST project addressed the main...

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Geophysical quantification of seafloor greenhouse gas: the effect of gas bubble and hydrate... Open Data

The first dataset consists of the data to accompany the paper 'Modelling acoustic scattering, sound...

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Ice Streams in the Laurentide Ice Sheet (NERC grant NE/J00782X/1) Open Data

Data generated using freely-available satellite remote sensing observations from the USGS Earth...

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Map based index (GeoIndex) classical areas geological maps 1:25k Open Data

This layer of the GeoIndex shows the availability of 1:25000 scale Classical Areas Geological Maps....

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Groundwater Monitoring Data, Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory, 2012-2018 Open Data

Groundwater level and groundwater temperature data measured in 9 boreholes between August 2012 and...

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Foraminifera shell geochemistry and abundance counts (NERC Grant NE/N001621/1) Open Data

The dataset includes oxygen and carbon stable isotopes measured on multispecies planktonic...

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Joule II Project Report: The underground disposal of carbon dioxide : Final Summary Report Open Data

This report give detailed results, conclusions and recommendations of the Joule II project...

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Magnetic time series for Differential Magnetometer site Toppesfield (TOP) (NERC Grant NE/P017231/1) Open Data

Magnetic time-series from the BGS SWIGS differential magnetometer method (DMM) systems. Funded by...

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Free energy calculations of noble-gas containing liquid iron and silicate melt (NERC Grant... Open Data

Free energy calculations of noble-gas containing liquid iron and silicate melts at 50 GPa (3500 K)...

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Hydrogeological map of the UK and Isle of Man Open Data

The map shows the potential for the rocks to supply groundwater and the type of groundwater flow...

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Global geomagnetic observatory annual means. Open Data

Annual means of the geomagnetic field vector components from observatories around the world, from...

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Gridded model estimates of nitrate-N stored in the vadose (unsaturated) zone at the global scale... Open Data

Gridded model estimates of nitrate-N stored in the vadose (unsaturated) zone. This dataset presents...

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EU Project Report: CO2CARE - CO2 Site Closure Assessment Research, Best Practice Guidelines Open Data

This report presents a set of pragmatic and workable generic procedures, suggested best practices...

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EU Projects: SACS/SACS2 - Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage - An Offshore Demonstrations at the Sleipner... Open Data

The SACS and SACS2 projects ran sequentially from 1998 to 2002, with the aim of developing research...

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Geophysical Properties Databank. Open Data

The Geophysical Properties dataset consists of density, velocity, magnetic susceptibility and...

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Magnetotelluric and Transient Electromagnetic data from the Main Ethiopian Rift (NERC Grant... Open Data

This data set includes the original time series collected with broadband and long-period MT...

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Geophysical Surveys In Africa Open Data

Data from geophysical surveys in many African countries carried out by the British Geological Survey...

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Experimental and numerical data for "Characterising Drainage Multiphase flow in Heterogeneous... Open Data

The data presented here contains the experimental X-ray CT dataset used for the paper...

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Falkland Islands Mapping Open Data

The dataset comprises maps and aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands. The maps are printers...

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Map based index (GeoIndex) 1:50000 series paper geological map availability Open Data

This layer of the map based index (GeoIndex) shows the availability of 1:50000 series paper...

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GSNI 250K Bedrock Open Data

A 1:250,000 map showing the main geological bedrock divisions in Northern Ireland. The bedrock shown...

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Doddington Sandstone Computed Tomography Rock Scan - 4.2µm - 161213 Open Data

The images in this dataset are a sample of Doddington Sandstone from a micro-computed tomography...

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Fault lubrication during earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks (NERC Grant... Open Data

Fault lubrication during earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks in Central Italy...

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GeoSure Insurance Product V7 2016.1 Open Data

This dataset is the Derived Postcode Database issued as part of the GeoSure Insurance V7...

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Joule II Project Paper: The Joule II project the underground disposal of carbon dioxide Open Data

In January 1993, as part of the Joule II Non-nuclear Energy Research Programme, the European...

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Geology field notes with coordinates in Kwale County, Kenya (NERC grant NE/M008894/1) Open Data

Geological observations during field walks, with coordinates, photographs and descriptions of...

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Homogenised catalogues of microseismicity and pumping data from the PNR-1z and PNR-2 injection wells Open Data

Microseismicity catalogues and fluid injection rate data recorded at the Preston New Road...

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Geotechnical site investigation records: Scotland and Northern England. Open Data

The collection of over 19,000 site investigation reports for Scotland and Northern England consists...

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Geomagnetic Observatory Year Books. Open Data

Collection of annual publications from the global network of magnetic observatories. They typically...

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Map based index (GeoIndex) digital geological map availability 1:10k Open Data

This layer of the GeoIndex shows the location of available 1:10000 scale digital geological maps...

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HystLab Software v1.1.1 (NERC Grant NE/P017266/1) Open Data

HystLab (Hysteresis Loop analysis box), is MATLAB based software for the advanced processing and...

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Magnetic time series for Differential Magnetometer site Brandon Parva (BRA) (NERC Grant... Open Data

Magnetic time-series from the BGS SWIGS differential magnetometer method (DMM) systems. Funded by...

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Feasibility study into Quantum Technology-based Gravity Sensing for Carbon Dioxide Capture and... Open Data

This study was carried out jointly by the University of Birmingham and the British Geological...

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EPSRC project presentation: Fingerprinting captured CO2 using natural tracers: Determining CO2 fate... Open Data

This presentation on the EPSRC project, Fingerprinting captured CO2 using natural tracers:...

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High-precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology of zircon from Rio Blanco - Los Bronces Cu Porphyry... Open Data

High-precision CA-ID-TIMS (Chemical Abrasion Isotope Dilution Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry)...

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Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Geophysical, Multibeam, Photo and Video Survey... Open Data

The survey was led by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, in collaboration with the Marine...

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Downcore Foraminifera Data (NERC grant NE/J023329/1) Open Data

This dataset comprises a record of benthic foraminifera count data from three cores that were...

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EPSRC grant EP/L012227/1 - Estaillades Carbonate Open Data

EPSRC grant EP/L012227/1: Development of Unified Experimental and Theoretical Approach to Predict...

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EU Project Report: Final SACS 1 Report - Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage : a demonstration project at the... Open Data

Final SACS 1 Report - Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage : a demonstration project at the Sleipner Field....

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Geotechnical Database Open Data

The National Geotechnical Properties Database contains information about site investigation reports,...

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London Earth Topsoil Chemical Data Open Data

The London Earth data are part of the Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE)...

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EPSRC grant EP/L012227/1 - Bentheimer Sandstone Open Data

EPSRC grant EP/L012227/1: Development of Unified Experimental and Theoretical Approach to Predict...

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GeoSure Basic version 8 Open Data

GeoSure Basic is a single, combined GeoSure model, based on the 6 geohazard layers produced for the...

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GeoSure Extra: Shrink-Swell Subsurface v1 Open Data

This addition to the GeoSure ground stability data consists of a single data layer in Geographical...

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Field photographs showing sedimentology, sediment and porewater collection techniques, coastal Abu... Open Data

Field photographs showing sedimentology, sediment and porewater collection techniques, coastal Abu...

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High resolution river stage and groundwater level data from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK Open Data

The borehole is located at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH), screened between 2 and...

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EU Project Report: Weyburn - IEA (International Energy Agency) Weyburn CO2 Monitoring and Storage... Open Data

The IEA (International Energy Agency) Weyburn Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring and Storage Project...

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Groundwater recharge in Africa from ground based measurements (NERC Grant NE/L002035/1) Open Data

This dataset comprises a map of groundwater recharge for Africa and a database of the 134...

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Jets and large-scale vortices in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection (NERC Grant NE/M017893/1) Open Data

Data extracted from simulations of Boussinesq convection in a rotating plane layer where the...

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Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Multibeam Survey 2012/10_JNCC: Stanton Banks (17/Aug/2012... Open Data

This marine multibeam and sampling survey was undertaken on Stanton Banks by the Joint Nature...

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EU Project: CO2CARE - CO2 Site Closure Assessment Research Open Data

The CO2CARE (CO2 Site Closure Assessment REsearch) project focused on site closure and preparation...

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Groundwater vulnerability data for Wales Open Data

The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have updated its groundwater vulnerability map to...

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Geochemical stratigraphic data for phosphatised and unphosphatised samples of Fe-Mn crusts, Tropic... Open Data

The data set presents major and trace element geochemical data obtained from ICP-MS measurements on...

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International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 363, planktonic foraminifera range chart data (NERC... Open Data

International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 363, planktonic foraminifera range chart data...

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Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations NERC grant... Open Data

Publication and associated data from NERC Grant - NE/L001896/1. Published Paper, Andersen J,...

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Experimental and numerical simulation data demonstrating the impact of heterogeneity on the... Open Data

The supporting data for C. Harris et al., 2021, 'The impact of heterogeneity on the capillary...

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Eastern Bolivia Regional Geochemical Survey. Open Data

Between 1976 and 1982, the Overseas Directorate of the British Geological Survey, United Kingdom and...

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International Regional Geochemistry Open Data

A collection of regional geochemical data, mainly from stream sediment surveys, gathered from many...

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Experimental friction dataset for heterogeneous and homogeneous mixed quartz-clay fault gouge layers... Open Data

The data are from a suite of friction experiments performed on simulated fault gouges comprised of...

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Geophysical, hydraulic and mechanical properties of synthetic versus natural sandstones under... Open Data

The use of synthetic samples for rock physics experiments in the lab is a common practice for...

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Index to the UK (North) type and stratigraphical collection of fossils Open Data

This dataset (GSE_SPECIMENS) is an index of the specimens and palaeontological slides held in the...

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HydEF (Hydrological extremes and feedbacks in the changing water cycle) project: Thames catchment... Open Data

This is a daily weather dataset that was produced to support hydrological modelling of the Thames...

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Halogen contents of basalt glasses from Iceland and the Reykjanes Ridge (NERC Grant NE/P002331/1) Open Data

Halogen (Cl, Br, I) contents measured in (a) basalt glass chips collected from subglacial eruptions...

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FIB-SEM and X-ray micro-tomographic images of carbonate rock dissolution during reactive... Open Data

The datasets contain FIB-SEM and X-ray micro-tomographic images of a wettability-altered carbonate...

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Geological archives Open Data

Collection of reports, notebooks interpretations, plans and other data for Great Britain received...

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Groundwater Level Archive Open Data

Database of water levels in selected observation boreholes: daily, weekly or monthly measurements....

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Laser scans of Ediacaran Fossil Surfaces (NERC Grant NE/P002412/1) Open Data

Laser scans of Ediacaran Fossil Surfaces. Data collected 2016-2018 in Newfoundland Canada using a...

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High-resolution X-ray micro-tomography and nano-tomography datasets of Estaillades Limestone Open Data

The datasets contain 5 stitched X-ray micro-tomographic images (grey-scale, doped, difference,...

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Labelled data for fine tuning a geological Named Entity Recognition and Entity Relation Extraction... Open Data

This dataset consists of sentences extracted from BGS memoirs, DECC/OGA onshore hydrocarbons well...

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High temperature and acoustic emissions experimental data on 'Comiso' Limestone (Ragusa Formation;... Open Data

This dataset contains raw experimental high temperature and acoustic emission testing data on...

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Eskdalemuir Magnetic Observatory Magnetograms Open Data

Magnetograms are records of variations in the strength and direction of the Earth’s magnetic field....

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Images and laser ablation ICPMS data for Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides from the Kohistan Arc, northern Pakistan... Open Data

These files contain data for microscopy and mineral analyses on Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide minerals in the...

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Legacy BGS geothermal models: temperature at the base of the Upper Devonian Kinnesswood Formation... Open Data

This raster dataset provides the maximum temperature in the Upper Devonian formations in the Midland...

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Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) geochemical samples and analyses Open Data

The BGS Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) was the national strategic...

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Keyworth D (Ground Source Heat Pump BH3) Core Scanning Dataset Open Data

A core scanning dataset from the Keyworth D borehole 3. This borehole was drilled onshore at the...

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Indicative Atlas of Radon Potential for Great Britain version 3 Open Data

Radon is a natural radioactive gas which enters buildings from the ground. The joint UK Health...

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GeoSure shrink swell deposits version 8 Open Data

This dataset provides an assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to shrink and swell....

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GeoSure collapsible deposits version 8 Open Data

The Collapsible Ground dataset provides an assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to...

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Geohazard Assessment of Compressible Deposits Open Data

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to...

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Geomagnetic Survey Data. Open Data

Values of the geomagnetic field vector components computed from measurements made on land, at sea...

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Geoscience Large Object Store Open Data

The Geoscience Large Object Store (GLOS) is a database for the storage of models and related digital...

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Geotechnical data from applied geology projects Open Data

A coherent series of flat-file geotechnical datasets generated during the applied geology mapping of...

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GSNI GeoIndex Active Quarries Open Data

Active Quarries These are quarries and pits in Northern Ireland producing a range of hard rock and...

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Hartland Magnetic Observatory magnetograms Open Data

Magnetograms are records of variations in the strength and direction of the Earth’s magnetic field....

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Index to opencast coal data Open Data

The Index to the Primary Geological Data resulting from Open Cast Coal exploration. The index lists...

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GSNI GeoIndex Northern Ireland Combined Gravity Surveys Open Data

GSNI GeoIndex Northern Ireland Combined Gravity Surveys This layer shows the station locations for...

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Geophysical logs database Open Data

The British Geological Survey Geophysical Logs Database provides an index into downhole geophysical...

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How does the Earth's crust grow at divergent plate boundaries? A unique opportunity in Afar,... Open Data

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. The African continent is slowly splitting apart along the East...

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List of specimens from the UK (North) Type and Stratigraphical collection and related publications Open Data

This dataset (GSE_REFERENCES) is a list of specimens held in the Type and Stratigraphical Collection...

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Infiltration SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) Map version 2 Open Data

The BGS Infiltration SuDS Map is a support tool designed to support decisions on the suitability of...

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Distribution of UK North Sea lithostratigraphic units Open Data

This dataset shows the distribution of Middle Jurassic, Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous...

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Earthquake catalogs from induced seismicity case studies in western Texas and northern Oklahoma Open Data

This dataset contains earthquake catalogs from induced seismicity cases in western Texas and...

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Geological field note localities database Open Data

A spatial database of over 30 000 point localities which have been noted on geological field slips...

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