GBR BGS soil property data

BGS soil property data layers including parent material, soil texture, group, grain size, thickness and European Soil Bureau description.

The Soil Parent Material Model was developed by the British Geological Survey (BGS). The map portrays the upper 2–3 m of the geology beneath our feet, incorporating the weathered rocks or deposits from and within which soil has formed. Parent materials frequently provide the basic foundations of soil, influencing texture, structure, drainage and chemistry.Explore the parent materials of Britain in the UKSO map viewer and view a subset of the information available from the full Parent Material Map including European Soil Bureau parent material class, soil group, parent material grain size, soil layer thickness and soil texture.The BGS Soil Parent Material project was set up in 2005 to create a simple, GIS-based dataset to describe the basic physical and chemical properties of parent materials. The dataset details over 30 rock and sediment characteristics including a range of texture information, colour, structure, mineralogy, lithology, carbonate content and genetic origin. It builds upon the standard DiGMapGB-50 geological dataset and is designed to be used as a framework to facilitate spatial modelling of soil properties (in conjunction with other data such as terrain, climate and land-use). The project has contributed to the creation of the mySOIL and UK Soil Observatory parent material datasets found on this website.These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC[year]".Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.

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Identification info

Date (Revision)
2022-04-08T08:34:54
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Garry Baker

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Theme

  • Map

  • Geology

  • Soil

  • United Kingdom

  • Parent material

  • Soil texture

  • Calcareous content

  • Grain size

  • Soil thickness

  • Soil European Soil Bureau description

  • Soil group

  • Soil properties

  • OneGeology

  • MD_DATE@2022

  • MD_LANG@ENG
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These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence ( http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright NERC [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.

Service Type
OGC:WMS
Service Version

1.3.0
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Coupled Resource
Operation Name Scoped name Identifier

GetMap

 		Soil.depth.from.boreholes

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GetMap

 		GBASE.Laser.texture

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.group.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Parent.calcareous.content.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.European.Soil.Bureau.Description.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Grain.size.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.layer.thickness.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.texture.simple.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.Wash.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Wind.Erosion.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Erosion.1km

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GetMap

 		Peat.Coverage.1km

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.group

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Parent.calcareous.content

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.European.Soil.Bureau.Description

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Grain.size

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.layer.thickness

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.texture.simple

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Soil.Wash

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Wind.Erosion

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GetMap

 		Parent.Material.Bare.Soil.Erosion

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GetMap

 		Peat.Coverage

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Coupling Type
Tight
Contains Operations
Operation Name Distributed Computing Platforms Connect Point

GetCapabilities

 		HTTP-GET https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?

GetMap

 		HTTP-GET https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?

GetFeatureInfo

 		HTTP-GET https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer? https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?
Operates On
Distribution format
Name Version
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml

 		https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?
Hierarchy level
Service

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Metadata

File identifier
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Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Service
Date stamp
2022-04-08T08:34:54
Metadata standard name

ISO 19119/2005
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Garry Baker

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

Keywords

Calcareous content Geology Grain size MD_DATE@2022 MD_LANG@ENG Map OneGeology Parent material Soil Soil European Soil Bureau description Soil group Soil properties Soil texture Soil thickness United Kingdom


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