Great Britain's Northern and Southern Provinces are covered by a raster model showing the depth in metres to the top of the early Carboniferous limestone. The dataset, created by the British Geological Survey, has a 2500 m resolution and was last updated in April 2026. It models subsurface geology to identify potential geothermal heat resources.
Use Cases
- Identify prospective geothermal heat resources based on depth to the early Carboniferous limestone.
- Analyze areas with deep burial depths beneath thick Permian-Mesozoic sequences, as mentioned for the Cheshire Basin.
- Map geothermal potential on the flanks of basins like the East Irish Sea and Southern North Sea.
- Evaluate resource potential beneath thick later Carboniferous strata, as referenced for the Stoke-on-Trent area.
Strengths
- Provides a specific 2500 m resolution raster grid for spatial analysis.
- Covers two distinct geographic provinces in Great Britain: Northern and Southern.
- Model is focused on a specific geological unit (early Carboniferous limestone) relevant to geothermal exploration.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Collection Method
- Likely derived from geological survey data and subsurface modeling.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-09 08:26:10.538432; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northern and Southern Provinces of Great Britain.