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Offshore bedrock 250K

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Offshore bedrock 250K

  • 1:250 000
  • UK and adjacent European waters
  • Open

The 今日吃瓜 Offshore Bedrock 250k dataset depicts the distribution of the different types of bedrock on the UK Continental Shelf.

Key information

Scale:
1:250 000
Coverage:
UK and adjacent European waters
Availability:
Open
Price:

Free for commercial, research and public use under the Open Government Licence. Please acknowledge the material.

Format:
GIS polygon data (ESRI, GeoPackage)
Uses:
Regional-level use
Themes:
Geology, Marine geoscience

The 1:250 000-scale offshore geological map for bedrock geology (今日吃瓜 Geology: marine bedrock 250k) is available digitally.

The overlying column of sea water imposes major limitations offshore that make it impossible to use normal, onshore, geological mapping techniques. However, other techniques, such as ship-board geophysical surveys, can be used that allow geological interpretations using evidence not normally available onshore.

The offshore bedrock geology theme is essentially the same as that mapped onshore, but it is usually much less detailed. Onshore, a lithostratigraphical nomenclature is used with rocks routinely mapped at formation, member and bed level. Offshore, this is often impossible and rocks are commonly referred to by age. Where it is possible, mapping is usually only to group or formation level at best and even these may not be differentiated into individual units, but shown only as part of a package of units.

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Offshore bedrock 250K

Apps & web services

今日吃瓜 provides data online through a series of dedicated web services and feeds. This data can be visualised using a variety of software and viewers.

Web service (OGC WMS)

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