Scanned images of the BGS borehole records collection.

Name: Scanned images of the BGS borehole records collection.
Creator: British Geological Survey (BGS)

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Scanned images of the records of all onshore Great Britain (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The records range from simple single page lithological logs through to hydrocarbon completion reports. Current collection over 1million records with 50,000 new records added per annum. Scanning started in 2002 and is ongoing with new records being scanned and added to the collection.

Files & links (2)

Resource	Format	Verified	Size
BGS Information Hub: Borehole records	?	↪ webpage — more clicking needed
GeoIndex (onshore)	?	↪ webpage — more clicking needed

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