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.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2005
- Citation identifier
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13603030
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
enquiries@bgs.ac enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Distributor British Geological Survey
enquiries@bgs.ac enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Custodian British Geological Survey
enquiries@bgs.ac enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes
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BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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Natural hazards
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- Keywords
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NERC_DDC
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- Use limitation
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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. DigitalLE@bgs.ac 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
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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otherRestrictions
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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ENG
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009
- Geographic identifier
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ENGLAND [id=150000]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979
- Geographic identifier
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SCOTLAND [id=140000]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979
- Geographic identifier
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SCT
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009
- Geographic identifier
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WALES [id=170000]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979
- Geographic identifier
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WLS
ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009
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- Supplemental Information
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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
www.epsg.org 2005
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
Current BGS version
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
enquiries@bgs.ac enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/geosure/home.html BGS GeoSure Homepage
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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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
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2020-07-08T09:26:44
- Metadata standard name
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NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Geological Survey
Lee,Kathryn A
kbo@bgs.ac kbo@bgs.ac.uk
Point of contact
- Dataset URI
Overviews
Spatial extent
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