Collecting new data on groundwater chemistry, stable isotopes and residence times in aquifers across Scotland

Search our database of borehole samples.
British onshore borehole collections contain approximately 15 000 boreholes, most of which are stored at Keyworth.

Descriptions of the datasets held by the BGS, and are derived from our discovery metadata database (compliant with ISO standard 19115:2003).

A map-based index to datasets that we have collected or have obtained from other sources. Boreholes, collections, earthquakes, geochemistry, geology, geophysics...

Free download of 1000 X 1000 pixel images for non-commercial use from the National Archive of Geological Photographs.

The Lexicon of Named Rock Units database provides BGS definitions of terms that appear on our maps and in our publications.

The palaeontological collections of the BGS are being entered onto the PalaeoSaurus database, which currently totals over 50 000 samples.

The BGS rock classification scheme that unifies key elements of existing schemes.

Our mineralogy and petrology collections contain upwards of a million samples, housed at Keyworth and in Edinburgh.

An initiative to create an online taxonomic palaeontological database of BGS material, with diagnoses of fossil taxa, descriptions, illustrations and information on distribution.

BGS geoscience vocabularies — consistent spelling and terms
used in our data holdings.
Browse as a web service or download to use within your systems.

Information on groundwater levels and river flows in the UK.
Produced in conjunction with the National Water Archive, Wallingford.

Geological map data in open formats for mashup type applications within software like Google Earth.