Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29901

code:

OSNI 1952 / Irish National Grid (EPSG::29901)

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902

code:

TM65 / Irish Grid (EPSG::29902)

Identification

Data Identification:

citation:

Citation:

Title:

1:250K Geological Maps of Northern Ireland version 2

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

1997

Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605376

Abstract:

The 1:250k Geological Maps of Northern Ireland comprise the Superficial Deposits Map (Drift, 1991) and the Bedrock Map (Solid Geology, 1997). These maps identify landscape areas based on their lithology. The scale of the maps is 1:250 000 and provides a simplified interpretation of the geology that may be used as a guide at a regional level, but should not be relied on for local geology. Superficial deposits are younger geological deposits formed during the most recent geological time; the Quaternary. These deposits rest on older rocks or deposits referred to as bedrock. The superficial deposits theme defines landscape areas with a geological name and their deposit-type or lithological composition. The Superficial map shows the deposits within the extent of the six Counties of Northern Ireland. The Bedrock map comprises the bedrock geology and contains dykes and geological faults. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed at surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water bodies. Geological names are based on the lithostratigraphic or lithodemic hierarchy of the rocks. The lithostratigraphic scheme arranges rock bodies into units based on rock-type and geological time of formation. Where rock-types do not fit into the lithostratigraphic scheme, for example intrusive, deformed rocks subjected to heat and pressure resulting in new or changed rock types; then their classification is based on their rock-type or lithological composition. This assesses visible features such as texture, structure, mineralogy. Dykes defines small, narrow areas of a specific type of bedrock geology; that is igneous rocks which have been intruded into the landscape at a later date than the surrounding bedrock. Geological faults occur where a body of bedrock has been fractured and displaced by large scale processes affecting the earth's crust (tectonic forces). The Bedrock map shows the main bedrock geological divisions in Northern Ireland and coverage extends to the west into the Republic of Ireland. The printed map includes a stratigraphic column. Digital datasets have been derived from the maps and comprise three layers. 1. Superficial polygons, 2. Bedrock polygons and 3. Linear features. Attribute tables describe the polygon features. These data are generalised and superseded by the 1:10k Geological Maps of Northern Ireland.

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

028 9038 8462

facsimile:

028 9038 8461

Address:

Delivery Point:

Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road

city:

BELFAST

Postal Code:

BT4 3SB

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

gsni@economy-ni.gov.uk

role:

distributor

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

028 9038 8462

facsimile:

028 9038 8461

Address:

Delivery Point:

Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road

city:

BELFAST

Postal Code:

BT4 3SB

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

gsni@economy-ni.gov.uk

role:

pointOfContact

Resource Maintenance:

MD_MaintenanceInformation:

maint. / update frequency:

asNeeded

Graphic overview:

Browse Graphic:

File Name:

https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/9df8df52-d781-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png

Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

keyword:

Geology

keyword:

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=13&langcode=en&ns=5

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2008-06-01

Date Type:

publication

Keywords:

keyword:

Geology

keyword:

Maps

keyword:

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2022

Date Type:

revision

Keywords:

keyword:

http://www.data.gov.uk

keyword:

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Type:

dataCentre

Keywords:

keyword:

NERC_DDC

Resource Constraints:

MD_LegalConstraints:

Access Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

Crown Copyright – provided under the Open Government Licence V3.

Other Constraints:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d

MD_LegalConstraints:

Use Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other Constraints:

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial Representation Type:

vector

Spatial Resolution:

Resolution:

Equivalent Scale:

Representative Fraction:

denominator:

250000

language:

eng

topicCategory:

geoscientificInformation

Extent:

Geographic Element:

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

-8.3000

eastBoundLongitude:

-5.2000

southBoundLatitude:

54.0000

northBoundLatitude:

55.3000

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2009

code:

NIR

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

creation

date:

1979

code:

NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000]

Temporal Element:

TemporalExtent:

extent:

begin / end:

begin:

1991

end:

1997

Distribution

Distribution:

Distribution Format:

Format:

Format Name:

VECTOR - SHP

Format:

Format Name:

TAB

Format:

Format Name:

Printed paper maps

Format:

Format Name:

GeoPackage

Format:

Format Name:

Raster: TIFF

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

028 9038 8462

facsimile:

028 9038 8461

Address:

Delivery Point:

Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road

city:

BELFAST

Postal Code:

BT4 3SB

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

gsni@economy-ni.gov.uk

role:

distributor

Transfer Options:

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/gsni-250k-geology

name:

Open Data NI

function:

download

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/GSNI_Geoindex/home.html

name:

GSNI GeoIndex - Homepage

function:

Data Quality

Data Quality:

Scope:

DQ_Scope:

level:

dataset

Level Description:

MD_ScopeDescription:

other:

dataset

Report:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2011

explanation:

See the referenced specification

pass:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2010-12-08

explanation:

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

pass:

Lineage:

LI_Lineage:

statement:

The 1:250k Superficial Geological Map of Northern Ireland was compiled by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and published in 1991. The 1:250K Bedrock Geology map of Northern Ireland was compiled by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and published in 1997. The map was compiled from larger scale maps and may involve some generalization of the geology. It was in part derived from the 1:63 360 and 1:50 000 maps of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and the 1:100 000 maps of the Geological Survey of Ireland. Additional information was provided by University of St Andrews, University of Birmingham, The Queen’s University of Belfast and the University of Sheffield. Digital datasets were digitised from the published maps in December 2000. Revised for positional accuracy in September 2009.

Metadata

File Identifier:

9df8df52-d781-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

language:

eng

Resource type:

dataset

Metadata Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

+44 28 9038 8462

Address:

Delivery Point:

Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road

city:

BELFAST

Postal Code:

BT4 3SB

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

gsni@detini.gov.uk

role:

pointOfContact

Date Stamp:

2024-04-17

Metadata Standard Name:

UK GEMINI

Metadata Standard Name:

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/

Metadata Standard Version:

2.3

Dataset URI:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605376