UK continental shelf and adjacent slopes

Geotechnics; Ice age; Sediment grain size parameters; Palaeoclimatic indicators and parameters; Rock age; Rock alteration; Rock grain size; Sediment age; Sedimentary structure; Depositional environment

Unconsolidated sediment corers; rock corers; observers

BGS has drilled almost 600 boreholes to prove seismic interpretations of the marine Quaternary geology and bedrock from the sea areas around the UK. The boreholes penetrate beneath the sea bed to depths ranging from about 10m to over 300m depending on the target depth or technical problems associated with drilling the borehole. The data set includes the descriptive geological core logs, core material and in some cases natural gamma logs. A variety of analyses has been conducted on the core material depending on the test requirements for each borehole. The main types of analyses are PSA, micropalaeontological, geotechnical, palaeomagnetic and age dating. Core material is available for examination, testing or subsampling.

Fannin, NGT. (1989) Offshore Investigations 1966-87 British Geological Survey Technical Report WB/89/02, British Geological Survey

British Geological Survey (Edinburgh)
The Lyell Centre
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH14 4AP
United Kingdom