GeoSure Soluble Rocks
The GeoSure data sets and reports from the British Geological Survey provide information about potential ground movement or subsidence in a helpful and user-friendly format. The reports can help inform planning decisions and indicate causes of subsidence. The methodology is based on BGS DiGMap (Digital Map) and expert knowledge of the behaviour of the formations so defined. This dataset provides an assessment of the potential for dissolution within a geological deposit. Ground dissolution occurs when certain types of rock contain layers of material that may dissolve if they get wet. This can cause underground cavities to develop. These cavities reduce support to the ground above and can lead to a collapse of overlying rocks. Dissolution of soluble rocks produces landforms and features collectively known as 'karst'. Britain has four main types of soluble or 'karstic' rocks; limestone, chalk, gypsum and salt, each with a different character and associated potential hazards. Engineering problems associated with these karstic rocks include subsidence, sinkhole formation, uneven rock-head and reduced rock-mass strength. Sinkhole formation and subsidence has the potential to cause damage to buildings and infrastructure. Complete Great Britain national coverage is available. The storage formats of the data are ESRI and MapInfo but other formats can be supplied.
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Citation proposal
British Geological Survey. GeoSure Soluble Rocks. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df52-d60a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Simple
- Date ( Creation )
- 2005
Distributor
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
Custodian
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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- Geology
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Natural hazards
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Use limitation
- The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (DigitalLE@bgs.ac.uk ) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Denominator
- 50000
- Metadata language
- English English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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ENG
- Date ( Revision )
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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ENGLAND [id=150000]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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SCOTLAND [id=140000]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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SCT
- Date ( Revision )
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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WALES [id=170000]
- Date ( Creation )
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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WLS
- Date ( Revision )
- 2009
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S
E
W
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- Supplemental Information
- Geotechnical data abstracted from NGDC site investigation collection and entered into the BGS geotechnical database. Methodology may be revised in the light of new knowledge or customer feedback. Changes in DiGMapGB-50 base data will require periodic or continuous revision. ADDITIONAL_INFO 1 = Complete GB National Coverage, subject to revision in line with changes in DiGMapGB-50 lithology codes. Based on 1:50 000 DiGMapGB-50 linework. Methodology consistent throughout. Otherwise subject to logical consistency of DiGMapGB-50.
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
- Date ( Revision )
- 2005
- Distribution format
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- ESRI Shapefile (Current BGS version )
Distributor
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- OnLine resource
- BGS GeoSure Homepage
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- false
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
- false
- Statement
- Methodology devised by GeoHazard project. Latest version and earlier versions are held in project files.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9df8df52-d60a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- English English
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2017-01-17
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
Point of contact
British Geological Survey
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Lee,Kathryn A
(NERC-BGS Higher Scientific Officer )
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
NOTTINGHAM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603030