GBR BGS Parent Material Grain size

This is a generalized textural description of the Parent Material. The grain size values are derived from known sample measurements and expert judgement (based on field survey and description of the deposits). Where a parent material comprises more than one type of deposit a range of values is given. Deposits that are known to be heterolithic (i.e. consisting of a lithology comprising a wide range of grain sizes) are identified by the term 'mixed'. Note that geologists use different grain size descriptions for rocks derived from sedimentary and igneous origin. The following values are given in the dataset.

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
Parent material
Soil grain size
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@Soil
thematic@Pedology

Denominator: 47247.023810

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Reference system identifier: CRS:84

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4326

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4258

Reference system identifier: EPSG:27700

Reference system identifier: EPSG:3857

Distribution format

Name	Version

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?	Parent.Material.Grain.size
application/xml	http://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/en/csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=GetRecordById&ID=9df8df52-d6bd-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98&elementSetName=full&OutputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&	Parent.Material.Grain.size (MetadataURL)
image/png	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/BGS_WMS/legends/soilproperties/pm_grain_size.png	Parent Material Grain size (LegendURL)