18462675-72d7-48b0-aa23-f199c165e5fb English British Geological Survey +44 131 667 1000 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk 2025-07-25T11:28:08.190399Z UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608369 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) Legacy BGS geothermal models: temperature map of the UK at 100 m depth 2009 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608369 This vector contour dataset represents the calculated, estimated temperature distribution at 100 m depth. Method described in Busby, J., Lewis, M., Reeves, H. and Lawley, R., 2009, August. Initial geological considerations before installing ground source heat pump systems. Geological Society of London. Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/18462675-72d7-48b0-aa23-f199c165e5fb.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 Geothermal energy Geothermal heat flow UK Location (INSPIRE) Shallow depth Aquifers Temperature BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 UK Location (INSPIRE) NERC_DDC Access constraints: no limitations. Use constraints: this dataset is available to view under the Open Government Licence V3 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) to encourage its use and re-use, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: 'Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]'. Some of the data shown in the BGS view-only service layers are available to licence. The licence cost will generally be a licence administration fee, depending on the usage type and the area coverage of the dataset requested. Companies and other commercial organisations with an interest in reselling BGS data or developing value-added products and services based on BGS data will need a BGS data resellers licence. For more information, contact digitaldata@bgs.ac.uk. English geoscientificInformation ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 ENG British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 ENGLAND [id=150000] -6.8194 2.4342 49.901 58.8116 1978 2009 Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk https://ukgtp.bgs.ac.uk WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link UK Geothermal Platform Web Map An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions. https://ukgeothermalplatform.org WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link UK Geothermal Platform An online platform for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions. dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false The temperature at 100 m was calculated based on Fourier's law of conduction, using the thermal conductivity of the bedrock geology and the heat flow distribution (Downing & Gray 1986; Lee et al. 1987; Rollin 1995; Barker et al. 2000). The calculated geothermal gradient (average of 26 °C/km) was added to the estimate of the mean annual air temperature, determined from long-term meteorological data, to generate the estimate of temperature at 100 m depth.