Datasets

• QICS Paper: Rapid response of the active microbial community to CO2 exposure...

  The response of the benthic microbial community to a controlled sub-seabed CO2 leak was assessed using quantitative PCR measurements of benthic bacterial, archaeal and...

• QICS Paper: Response of the ammonia oxidation activity of microorganisms in...

  The impact of a sub-seabed CO2 leak from geological sequestration on the microbial process of ammonia oxidation was investigated in the field. Sediment samples were taken...

• QICS Paper: Numerical study of the fate of CO2 purposefully injected into...

  To quantify the impact of leaked CO2 purposefully stored in subsea geological formations on the marine ecosystem, CO2 gas was injected into sandy sediments in a small bay in...

• QICS Paper: Mapping observations using AUV and numerical simulations of...

  A controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment (QICS: quantifying and monitoring potential impacts of geological carbon storage) was conducted in Ardmucknish Bay, Scotland, in...

• QICS Paper: Detection and monitoring of leaked CO2 through sediment, water...

  Carbon capture and storage in sub-seabed geological formations (sub-seabed CCS) is currently being studied as a realistic option to mitigate the accumulation of anthropogenic...

• QICS Paper: Detection of CO2 leakage from a simulated sub-seabed storage...

  This work is focused on results from a recent controlled sub-seabed in situ carbon dioxide (CO2) release experiment carried out during May–October 2012 in Ardmucknish Bay on the...

• QICS Paper: Optical assessment of impact and recovery of sedimentary pH...

  Available methods for measuring the impact of ocean acidification (OA) and leakage from carbon capture and storage (CCS) on marine sedimentary pH profiles are unsuitable for...

• QICS Paper: Phosphorus behavior in sediments during a sub-seabed CO2...

  The CO2 controlled release experiment “Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage” (QICS) assessed the impacts of potential CO2 leakage...

• 2015, Tullow Oil Ltd, Horne and Wren Geophysical Survey, Site Survey, DECC...

  An oil and gas industry site survey to establish the geophysical and environmental characteristics, as well as safety risks, prior to decommissioning operations at the 53/3c 9A...

• 2014, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Manhattan Extension, Site Survey, DECC...

  An oil and gas industry semi-sub rig, debris clearance, environmental site survey acquired in October 2014. The block numbers traversed were 15/22, 15/23.

• Major, trace element and Pb isotope data of basalts from the flanks of the...

  Major, trace element and Pb isotope data are reported here for basalts recovered by drilling at the flanks of the Reykjanes Ridge, south of Iceland, during IODP Expedition 395C...

• BGS 1:63 360 Old Series One-inch geological maps

  These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey 'Old Series' One-Inch maps of England and Wales. They were the first 1:63 360 geological map series produced by the Geological Survey...

• BGS 1:253 440 Quarter-inch series geological maps

  These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey quarter-inch to the mile series of maps, for England / Wales and Scotland. Most maps in this series show solid geology only, but...

• BGS 1:250 000 Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Series geological maps of...

  The UTM series of maps are based on 1:250 000 base maps published by the Ordnance Survey. Mapping is divided into squares which cover 1 degree by 1 degree of latitude /...

• QICS Paper: Impact and recovery of pH in marine sediments subject to a...

  A possible effect of a carbon dioxide leak from an industrial sub-sea floor storage facility, utilised for Carbon Capture and Storage, is that escaping carbon dioxide gas will...

• QICS paper: Effect of a controlled sub-seabed release of CO2 on...

  Carbon capture and storage is a mitigation strategy that can be used to aid the reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This process aims to capture CO2 from large point-...

• QICS Paper: Passive acoustic quantification of gas fluxes during controlled...

  The detection and quantification of an underwater gas release are becoming increasingly important for oceanographic and industrial applications. Whilst the detection of each...

• QICS Paper: Dynamics of rising CO2 bubble plumes in the QICS field...

  An oceanic two-phase plume model is developed to include bubble size distribution and bubble interactions, applied to the prediction of CO2 bubble plume and CO2 solution...

• QICS Paper: Dynamics of rising CO2 bubble plumes in the QICS field...

  The dynamic characteristics of CO2 bubbles in Scottish seawater are investigated through observational data obtained from the QICS project. Images of the leaked CO2 bubble plume...

• QICS Paper Gas migration pathways, controlling mechanisms and changes in...

  Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key technology to potentially mitigate global warming by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial facilities and power...

• QICS Paper: Local perceptions of the QICS experimental offshore CO2 release:...

  This paper explores the social dimensions of an experimental release of carbon dioxide (CO2) carried out in Ardmucknish Bay, Argyll, United Kingdom. The experiment, which aimed...

• QICS Paper: A novel sub-seabed CO2 release experiment informing monitoring...

  Carbon capture and storage is a mitigation strategy that can be used to aid the reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This process aims to capture CO2 from large point-...

• BGS 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 County Series geological maps

  For much of the Geological Survey's existence, the County Series of maps were the standard large-scale maps on which geological mapping was undertaken. These maps are based on...

• British Geological Survey (BGS) Multibeam and Geophysical Survey 2015/2:...

  This marine multibeam and geophysical survey took place from 13-04-15 to 27-04-15 in the area of Sullom Voe, Shetland on board the RV White Ribbon. The survey was carried out by...

• Quaternary deposits thickness across the UK Continental Shelf (2014 Version)

  The Quaternary deposits thickness dataset is a digital geological map across the bulk of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), for areas up to a water depth of 200m, which shows the...

• Quaternary deposits summary lithologies across the UK Continental Shelf...

  The Quaternary deposits summary lithologies dataset is a digital geological map across the bulk of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), for areas up to a water depth of 200 m, which...

• Bedrock summary lithologies across the UK Continental Shelf (2014 Version)

  The Bedrock summary lithologies dataset is digital geological map across the bulk of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), for areas up to a water depth of 200m, which groups the...

• UK Digital Geothermal Catalogue, Version 1

  The data is a first digital release of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue of temperature measurements, thermal conductivity measurements and heat flow calculations. The...

• Raw data from synchrotron X-ray diffraction, MHz acoustic velocity and...

  Experimental data originating from the NERC IRF project entitled "Calcium perovskite: the forgotten mantle phase". Data consists of: - large volume press synchrotron XRD ±...

• Nitrogen isotope and abundance data from brine seeps in the Gulf of Mexico

  Nitrogen isotope and abundance data from brine seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Three data tables show (1) Electrical Conductivity data for three sediment cores, (2) carbon and...

• Labelled data for fine tuning a geological Named Entity Recognition and...

  This dataset consists of sentences extracted from BGS memoirs, DECC/OGA onshore hydrocarbons well reports and Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) reports. The sentences have...

• UKCCSRC Call 1 project posters and presentations: Mixed matrix membranes...

  Posters and presentations from the UKCCSRC Call 1 Project: Mixed matrix membranes for post combustion carbon capture (Mar 2013 to Dec 2015). Membrane processes are a promising...

• UKCCSRC Call 1,2 paper: Understanding the solubility of water in carbon...

  The solubility of water (H2O) in carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) mixtures (xN2 = 0.050 and 0.100, mole fraction) has been investigated at 25 and 40 degrees C in the...

• UKCCSRC Call 1 project paper: Modelling the non-equilibrium two-phase flow...

  This UKCCSRC (UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre) Call 1 project involved the development, testing and validation of a two-fluid transient flow model for simulating...

• Data from the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary charcoal, clay, c-isotopes...

  This dataset spans the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian boundary of the Llanbedr (Mochras Farm) drill core that was drilled onshore in the Cardigan Bay Basin, Wales, UK. This dataset...

• DECC: Reports from Longannet ScottishPower UK Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)...

  In March 2010, the Scottish CCS (Carbon Capture & Storage) Consortium began an extensive Front End, Engineering and Design (FEED) study to assess what exactly would be...
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• DECC: Reports from Kingsnorth E.ON UK Carbon Capture & Storage Front End...

  During 2010-11, as part of the Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Demonstration Competition process, E.ON undertook a preliminary Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for...
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• 14C, 33P and 15N isotope tracing data showing carbon for nutrient exchanges...

  Isotope tracing data for 14C, 15N and 33P tracing between plants and symbiotic fungi in Lycopdiella inundata, Anthoceros and Phaeoceros sp. and Lunularia cruciata. All plants...

• Digital Great Britain coastlines (DiGBcoast v1.0): a dataset of the...

  DiGBcoast v1.0, is a new supranational dataset documenting three decades of coastal change across Great Britain mainland (England, Scotland, and Wales) including the isle of...

• Video and photogrammetric data for soft coral communities offshore Thailand,...

  This dataset contains video (841 mp4) and photograph (8674 jpg) data of soft and hard coral communities from Thailand, Japan and Fiji. These data were collected in order to be...

• 3D viscosity model inferred from GLAD-M25

  A model of mantle viscosity inferred from the seismic model GLAD-M25 using a method described within Lloyd et al. (2024). Model stored in NETCDF4 format with the following...

• Times, locations, families, and durations of earthquakes identified near...

  This catalogue contains the times, locations, families, and durations of earthquakes identified near Parkfield, California, USA. Collected over the period of 2020 – 2022. The...

• Chlorine, Fluorine, and Bromine fluid/melt partitioning data in basaltic...

  The data report new F, Cl, and Br fluid/melt partition coefficients for intermediate to silicic melts, for which F and Br data are particularly lacking; and for varying CO2-H2O...

• Mount Pinatubo, Philippines 1991 mineral maps

  Backscattered electron and major element maps of pumice from the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Samples provided by Mauro Rosi; for detailed description of...

• BGS 1:25 000 Classical Areas of British Geology Series geological maps

  A series of maps at the detailed scale of 1:25 000 have been produced for areas of outstanding geological interest in Great Britain. Some maps are accompanied by explanatory...

• BGS small-scale non-series maps

  A collection of small-scale non-series maps which offer whole-country coverage of the United Kingdom 1856-2013. Included in the collection are geological, tectonic, structural,...

• UK Lancashire Shale Gas wells: Bedding, discontinuity and borehole breakout...

  Resistivity Borehole imaging (FMI, CMI) derived interpretation of bedding, discontinuities (“fractures”) and related stress derived deformation feature borehole breakouts from...

• BGS Geophysical maps

  A collection of 1:250 000 scale geophysical maps in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, covering the United Kingdom and continental shelf areas between 1975 –...

• BGS 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 series geological maps

  The 1:63 360 / 1:50 000 scale map series are the most useful scale for most purposes. They provide almost complete coverage of onshore Great Britain. The BGS collection of 1:63...

• BGS 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 National Grid Series geological maps

  The BGS collection of 1:10 560 / 1:10 000 National Grid Series geological maps. These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey National Grid series of maps, which are defined by...