d120c3266b87898ac1132807249b070008e5db09 eng Garry Baker British Geological Survey Head of BGS Data Centre +44 (0)115 936 3100 +44 (0)115 936 3200 enquiries@bgs.ac.uk British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG UK https://www.bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/data-collections/ 2022-04-08T08:24:21 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 CRS:84 EPSG:4326 EPSG:4258 EPSG:27700 EPSG:3857 GBR BGS rock samples 2022-04-08T08:24:21 The map shows the localities where samples that form part of the BGS rock collections have been taken. Many of these samples are from surface exposure, and were collected by BGS geologists during the course of geological mapping programmes. Others are from onshore boreholes or from mine and quarry workings. The principal collections are the E (England and Wales), S (Scotland), N (continuation of the S collection) and the MR (miscellaneous). The collections, which are held at the BGS offices at Keyworth (Nottingham) and Edinburgh, comprise both hand specimens and thin sections, although in individual samples either may not be immediately available. Users may also note that the BGS holds major collections of borehole cores and hand specimens as well as over a million palaeontological samples. The Britrocks database provides an index to these collections. With over 120,000 records, it now holds data for some 70% of the entire collections, including the UK samples shown in this application as well as rocks from overseas locations and reference minerals. The collections are continuously being added to and sample records from archived registers are also being copied into the electronic database. Map coverage is thin in some areas where copying from original paper registers has not been completed. Further information on Britrocks samples in these and other areas can be obtained from the Chief Curator at the BGS Keyworth (Nottingham) office or from the rock curator at the BGS Murchison House (Edinburgh) office. This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map. Garry Baker British Geological Survey Head of BGS Data Centre +44 (0)115 936 3100 +44 (0)115 936 3200 enquiries@bgs.ac.uk British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG UK https://www.bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/data-collections/ http://onegeology-geonetwork.brgm.fr/geonetwork3/srv/api/records/d120c3266b87898ac1132807249b070008e5db09/attachments/d120c3266b87898ac1132807249b070008e5db09_s.png thumbnail png http://onegeology-geonetwork.brgm.fr/geonetwork3/srv/api/records/d120c3266b87898ac1132807249b070008e5db09/attachments/d120c3266b87898ac1132807249b070008e5db09.png large_thumbnail png Collections GeoIndex BGS rock samples OneGeology continent@Europe subcontinent@Northern Europe geographicarea@United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dataprovider@British Geological Survey serviceprovider@British Geological Survey DS_TOPIC@geoscientificinformation DS_DATE@2022 thematic@Lithology thematic@Education 590587.797619 geoscientificInformation -9.309367 2.672998 49.830483 60.863404 https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/collections/MapServer/WmsServer? OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map BGS.rock.samples GBR BGS rock samples https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=GetRecordById&ID=9df8df53-2aa5-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98&elementSetName=full&OutputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&version=2.0.2& application/xml BGS.rock.samples (MetadataURL) https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/collections/MapServer/WmsServer?request=GetLegendGraphic%26version=1.3.0%26format=image/png%26layer=BGS.rock.samples image/png BGS rock samples (LegendURL)