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service it provides to Northern Ireland Government Departments and
Agencies, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland staff answer geological
enquiries and can offer a range of
services tailored to the needs of individual clients. The GSNI can call on
the unrivalled local geological knowledge of its geologists and may bring
in, as needed, specialists from other specialities in the British Geological
Survey. Examples of services available to planners, explorationists,
developers,
environmental consultants and engineers include: |
Database searches |
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Boreholes database
The GSNI holds records and logs from over
30 000 boreholes collected throughout Northern Ireland. Rapid access to
this database is available via a computerised borehole index.
The type of information held on any borehole
may include:
- detailed rock descriptions
- geotechnical properties
- geophysical logs
- depth to bedrock
- hydrogeological data
- mineralisation
- palaeontological information
- cores or cuttings samples
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Quarries database
The GSNI compiles and maintains a database of
working quarries and pits in Northern Ireland. This includes details of
products from individual quarries together with statistical information
on annual outputs of the various commodities from Northern Ireland as a
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Abandoned mines database
Mines, abandoned or working, pose hazards to land and water resources,
buildings, services infrastructure and to people. The mines database contains
information vital to planners and engineers working in urban or rural
settings.
The mines database consists of:
- mines register
- location of shafts and adits
- mine abandonment plans.
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Mineral exploration database
Data collected by exploration companies
are lodged with the GSNI under the terms of the Mineral Development Act
(NI) 1969. After a period of confidentiality to protect the companies'
investment these data are released into the public domain. The GSNI has
an index level database to all the publicly available data. |
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Geological site reports
GSNI geologists can provide site specific geological reports for engineers,
planners, environmental consultants and others. |
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Geological mapping and interpretation
GSNI geoscientists can carry out, commission or provide quality control
on a range of geological, geochemical or geophysical surveys. The backup
of specialists from the British Geological Survey is available to augment
local staff expertise. |
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Supply of exploration data and advice
Data collected by exploration companies are lodged with the GSNI under the terms of the
Petroleum Production Act (NI) 1964. After a period of confidentiality to protect the companies'
investment these data are released into the public domain. The GSNI also holds the results from studies
designed to help the exploration for oil and gas in Northern Ireland. Gravity, aeromagnetic and
seismic reflection data from geophysical surveys, geochemical data and the results of exploratory
drilling are examples of the types of data available from the GSNI. Download a list of available data
in pdf format. |
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Data searches on the Internet
It is GSNI policy to make as much data as possible available via the Internet. Initially
this will take the form of a map-based index to GSNI datasets that customers can search to
find the data that they are interested in, which they can then order by e-mail, telephone,
fax or post. Eventually maps, reports and other data will be available online for download.
Much of this data will be available at low cost or free of charge, where possible. To look
at the GSNI data indexes online visit our GeoIndex. |
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