Thermal Properties Great Britain version 1

Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological descriptions and thermal properties of geological materials. The scale of the data is 1:250 000 scale for the Thermal Properties V1 dataset. Onshore coverage is for Great Britain and the Isle of Man. This dataset shows thermal properties relating to bedrock beneath our feet. The information can be used to assess the potential for closed and open loop ground source heat pumps across, or deeper geothermal assessments, across the United Kingdom. The attribution and spatial data underpinning the model are that which is described and shown by Rollin (1987) and Gale (2004, 2005). The information is presented vector-based, irregular polygon coverage at 1:250 000 scale Each polygon is attributed with a range of geological properties including modelled values for Thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, specific heat capacity and density. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles and are available under BGS data licence.

Date (Creation): 2024-02

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608412

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Citable Data
Bed rock
Geology
UK Location (INSPIRE)
Geological data
BGS Data Products
Rocks
Scottish SDI
GIS
Geological maps

dataCentre

Keywords

NERC_DDC

Other constraints: Access constraints: no limitations.

Other constraints: Use constraints: this dataset is available for use under licence from BGS. Contact digitaldata@bgs.ac.uk for more information. To encourage the use and re-use of this data we have made it available under the Open Government Licence www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, via a web map service and subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]".

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier: GBN
ISO 3166_2 2009

Geographic identifier: GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979

Begin date: 1835

End date: 2024-02

Unique resource identifier: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI Shapefiles

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets	BGS Datasets Homepage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5285/def961e0-3432-4af8-a09a-a489c845af54	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Other: dataset

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Title: 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

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: No

Statement: The standard BGS Geology 250K Version 4 bedrock map has been attributed with basic thermo-physical properties comprising, thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity and density. From these parameters, thermal diffusivity has been calculated and attributed using long-established equations. More information available in the associated user guide, BGS Thermal Properties V1 (Great Britain). British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/25/014. 25pp.