BGS Earth Material Classes (concepts)

Name: BGS Earth Material Classes (concepts)
Creator: British Geological Survey (BGS)
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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BGS Earth Material Classes (concepts) is a classification of all types of earth material or other substance that may be recorded in a geological log or section (BGS Rock Classification Scheme RCSv3). These concepts are published as linked data. IRI ~ http://data.bgs.ac.uk/ref/EarthMaterialClass/RockClassAll Currently should resolve to: https://vocab.bgs.ac.uk/v/vocab/rthmtrlclss:RockClassAll Data available for download through: https://github.com/BritishGeologicalSurvey/vocabularies/tree/main/vocabularies/EarthMaterialClass

Files & links (4)

Resource	Format	Verified
Rock Composite Classes	RDF	↪ webpage — more clicking needed
Rock Dummy classes	RDF	unchecked
Rock Name Classes	RDF	unchecked
Rock class (all)	RDF	unchecked

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