Great Britain Ground Investigation Reports Since 1950s

Reports dating back to the 1950s document ground investigations across Great Britain, with concentrations around urban areas and transportation routes. The collection contains information on boreholes, trial pits, laboratory tests, and chemical analyses, held by the British Geological Survey. Scanning of paper, microfilm, and digital records is ongoing, with images stored in TIFF format.

Use Cases

• Analyze borehole and trial pit data to map subsurface geology and soil conditions for engineering projects.
• Use laboratory test and chemical analysis results to assess ground contamination and environmental risks.
• Link borehole records from reports to the Single Onshore Borehole Index for national geological correlation.
• Study the spatial distribution of site investigations around urban areas and transportation routes for infrastructure planning.

Strengths

• Reports provide a temporal record dating back to the 1950s, offering long-term historical data.
• Collection covers the entire geography of Great Britain, with detailed concentrations in developed areas.
• Borehole data and associated images are systematically indexed and linked to a national index.

Limitations

• Interpretive parts of the reports are not publicly available, limiting analytical depth.
• Scanning and digitization of the full historical collection is incomplete and varies by archive location.
• Data is stored as scanned report images (TIFF), requiring text extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Reports produced by external organizations for site investigations, collected and archived by BGS.

Time Range

1950s to present

Freshness

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Geography

Great Britain (onshore and near-shore), with concentrations around urban areas and transportation routes.