The Earth Science Academic Archive has been set up as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and is the place for you to deposit the results of your Earth Science research.
The ESAA will be pleased to accept the results from NERC research and any other similar research projects to ensure their long term safe keeping and future use.
The Earth Science Academic Archive is responsible for:
- liaising with principal investigators and other NERC grant holders to ensure that appropriate data are offered to the NGDC
- selection of data for inclusion in the NGDC in liaison with BGS scientists and other stakeholders
- long-term curation and preservation of analogue and digital data
- publicising the holdings and making available information on the web
ESAA documentation
- Guidelines for preparing, donating and depositing data 1.1MB pdf
- Data management questionnaire 100KB word .doc
- Data, materials and documentation transfer form 120KB word .doc
- Data management plan 180KB pdf
- The principles of good data management 550KB pdf
- Quick check list 95KB word .doc
Available soon – ESAA Virtual Data Centre
The ESAA VDC will allow searching for data by geographical location (in various ways), data type, keyword and also by project.
Many documents/data files will be available for direct download free of charge from the VDC. Larger files can be made available on request. There might be a charge to cover the cost of providing larger files. Please contact Enquiries for details of availability and costs.
