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• 13:15, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:BoxWhiskers Plot Lincs.jpg
• 12:06, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:MidsYorksBarChart.jpg
• 12:06, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:MidsYorksBarChart.jpg
• 11:48, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:EastMidlandsGeology.jpg
• 11:48, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:EastMidlandsGeology.jpg
• 10:24, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:MethaneChart.jpg
• 10:24, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:MethaneChart.jpg
• 10:18, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:MethaneSamplesSouthWales.jpg
• 10:18, 6 May 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:MethaneSamplesSouthWales.jpg
• 09:22, 6 May 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page File:SouthWalesGeology v2.jpg
• 09:22, 6 May 2026 Dbk talk contribs uploaded File:SouthWalesGeology v2.jpg
• 14:38, 30 April 2026 Scotfot talk contribs created page File:P640475.jpg (The Hall, Museum of Practical Geology. On the right are the building stone specimens. Surrounding the pillars are various plinths and busts of famous geologists.)
• 14:38, 30 April 2026 Scotfot talk contribs uploaded File:P640475.jpg (The Hall, Museum of Practical Geology. On the right are the building stone specimens. Surrounding the pillars are various plinths and busts of famous geologists.)
• 13:32, 22 April 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:MethanemapUK v2.jpg
• 13:32, 22 April 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:MethanemapUK v2.jpg
• 11:58, 22 April 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:MethanemapUK.jpg
• 11:58, 22 April 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:MethanemapUK.jpg
• 11:47, 22 April 2026 Ajhil talk contribs created page File:Methanemap.jpg
• 11:47, 22 April 2026 Ajhil talk contribs uploaded File:Methanemap.jpg
• 10:47, 22 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs deleted page Category:National methane baseline survey of UK groundwater (content was: "{{Underconstruction}} ==National methane baseline survey: results summary== ===Summary results=== Since the beginning of the national methane baseline survey in 2012, a total of 248 new groundwater methane samples have been collected and analysed from five areas: * South Wales * East Midlands Province * Lancashire and Cheshire Basin * Cumbria and Northumberland * Southern England compri...", and the only contributor was "Dbk" (talk))
• 16:18, 11 April 2026 Scotfot talk contribs created page Category:Museum of Practical Geology (Created page with "This category contains articles about the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street. Also transcriptions of representative Museum publications.")
• 16:04, 11 April 2026 Scotfot talk contribs created page File:BGS MPG SD1851 001.jpg (Title page of: The Museum of Practical Geology. A hand-book guide for visitors (1851 edition).)
• 16:04, 11 April 2026 Scotfot talk contribs uploaded File:BGS MPG SD1851 001.jpg (Title page of: The Museum of Practical Geology. A hand-book guide for visitors (1851 edition).)
• 16:03, 11 April 2026 Scotfot talk contribs created page Museum of Practical Geology. A hand-book guide for visitors (1851 edition) (Created page with "== The Museum of Practical Geology. A hand-book guide for visitors (1851 edition) == The Piccadilly Facaee. London: H. G. Clarke and Co., 252, Strand. Price Six-Pence == Introduction == Amidst the various scientific institutions with which the metropolis abounds, it had long been a matter of surprise and regret that not one existed for the development of one of the most important of our country's sources of wealth. We allude to its mineral productions; and when it is...")
• 15:18, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Research ouputs - Eddleston (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Outputs== The outputs from the project can be viewed and/or downloaded from this page. ===Geology maps and models=== * 3D geological model in PDF * New geological map of the Eddleston Water catchment: Auton, C A. 2011 Eddleston Water Catchment, Superficial Geology, 1: 25 000 Scale. British Geological Survey. ===Reports=== Detailed descriptions of characterisation work at the Eddleston site and collected data Ó Dochartaigh, B E, MacDonald, A M,...")
• 15:17, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Investigating groundwater checmistry (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Investigating groundwater chemistry== Sampling groundwater from one of the floodplain boreholes. Measuring bicarbonate alkalinity in the field using a titrator. To help us understand how groundwater flows through the floodplain and interacts with rain, soil and river water, the project is sampling and analysing the chemistry of groundwater and surface water across the Eddleston site at different times of the year. To collect groundwater samples...")
• 15:15, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Monitoring groundwater and soil moisture (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} Groundwater levels and temperature are being monitored across the floodplain using automatic sensors installed in the piezometers. These sensors make and record measurements every 15 minutes, and every few months we download the data from them using a laptop, and take it back to the office. Setting up automatic sensors in floodplain piezometers Installing an automatic sensor in a floodplain piezometer Soil water and shallower groundwater levels in...")
• 15:13, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Soil and shallow groundwater (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Soil and shallow groundwater== Measuring surface soil and subsoil permeability at Eddleston using a ponded disc permeameter and two constant head well permeametersMeasuring surface soil and subsoil permeability at Eddleston using a ponded disc permeameter and two constant head well permeameters The University of Dundee, in partnership with the BGS, has carried out a lot of work on soil permeability and soil water dynamics across the Eddleston sit...")
• 15:11, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Groundwater in the floodplain (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Groundwater in the floodplain== Drilling a borehole using a shell and auger rig, Eddleston, 28 March 2011. Groundwater in the Quaternary aquifers below the Eddleston Water floodplain is connected to water in the soil; to the river; and to groundwater in the underlying bedrock aquifer. A large part of this work is investigating how groundwater in the floodplain interacts with water in the soil. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish what is groundw...")
• 15:08, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Geology of the Eddleston water catchment (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} The floodplain at Eddleston is underlain by a variable Quaternary valley fill sequence which ranges up to around 20 m thick. From near the surface to approximately 5–7 m depth is a relatively continuous layer of alluvial sandy gravel, sometimes overlain by and/or interbedded with alluvial silt and fine sand and/or peat. Below this, from approximately 7 m to between 12 and 15 m depth, is a layer of glaciofluvial gravel, which is largely restricte...")
• 15:07, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Geophysical surveying (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Geophysical surveying== Map of geophysical survey linesMap of the Eddleston site showing the geophysical 'survey lines' Three different types of near-surface geophysical surveys were carried out at the Eddleston site to help explore the shallow geology of the site. The techniques used were: * electromagnetic induction (EM, also referred to as ground conductivity mapping) * 2D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and * ground penetrating radar...")
• 15:05, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Category:Eddleston (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Eddleston: groundwater-surface water interaction on an upland floodplain== Eddleston Water catchment and the experimental siteEddleston Water catchment and the experimental site The Eddleston Water is a small, upland tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, which has been selected as a demonstration research catchment by the Scottish Government for promoting Natural Flood Management. Over time, as in many rural valleys, the course of...")
• 15:01, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Category:Catchment processes (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} category:Hydrogeology ")
• 15:00, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs deleted page Category:Catchment processess (content was: "{{underconstruction}} category:Groundwater and shale gas ", and the only contributor was "Dbk" (talk))
• 14:59, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Category:Catchment processess (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} category:Groundwater and shale gas ")
• 14:58, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Ground motion - Vale of Pickering (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Ground motion in theVale of Pickering== BGS monitored surface ground motion (subsidence, uplift or stability) in the Vale of Pickering using line of slight (LOS) interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). This is an ideal technique for ground motion monitoring because: * archive radar data (acquired by satellites since 1992) are available and can be used to ascertain a baseline of motion or lack of motion prior to any gas exploration/produ...")
• 14:56, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Soil and near-surface gases - Vale of Pickering (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Soil and near surface gas monitoring in the Vale of Pickering== BGS monitored baseline gas in soil and the near surface at locations in the Vale of Pickering. Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), oxygen (O2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and radon (Rn) were measured in the soil, along with flux of CO2 and CH4. The baseline monitoring was similar to that carried out in Lancashire, with the potential to utilise other gas monitoring too...")
• 14:53, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Air quality and greenhouse gases - Vale of Pickering (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Air quality and greenhouse gas monitoring in the Vale of Pickering== From January 2016 to February 2020, the Universities of York and Manchester were together monitoring air quality and greenhouse gases at the proposed Third Energy shale gas exploration site in Kirby Misperton. The monitoring equipment was set up to measure concentrations of ozone (O3), particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM4, and PM10), nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2 and NOx), methane (CH4...")
• 14:49, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Seismicity - Vale of Pickering (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Seismicity in the Vale of Pickering== The objective of our seismicity investigations was to monitor background seismic activity in the vicinity of the Kirby Misperton proposed exploration site and surrounding Vale of Pickering. The data collected have allowed reliable characterisation of baseline levels of natural seismic activity and help discriminate between natural seismicity and any future induced seismicity. A further aim was to make recommen...")
• 14:46, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Water quality - Vale of Pickering (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Water-quality monitoring in the Vale of Pickering== Water-quality monitoring was carried out by the operator at and around the Kirby Misperton (KMA) operational and former planned shale-gas site. The BGS's monitoring investigations were additional and independent. * Groundwater-bearing rocks * Sampling water * Water-quality results ==Reports== Ward, R S; Smedley, P L; Allen, G; Baptie, B J; Barker, P; Barkwith, A K A P; Bates, P; Bateson, L; Bel...")
• 14:39, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Ground motion (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} Some preliminary results of ground motion monitoring are shown in Figure 1. The causes of the observed changes are being investigated, but those around Manchester are likely to be related to the former Lancashire coalfield. Further processing needs to be carried out to improve the ground motion results, especially across rural areas. '''Figure 1''' InSAR results. Red signifies subsidence; blue signifies uplift. ERS-1/2 SAR data provided for researc...")
• 14:34, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Soil and near-surface gases (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} For many years, BGS has been analysing soil gases and the air overlying the surface in relation to geological carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. The techniques used have proven highly successful for: * measuring baseline gas concentrations * locating and studying rates of gas escape from natural vents * demonstrating the absence of leakage from storage projects The methods are equally applicable to baseline and production monitoring of shale gas operat...")
• 14:32, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Radon in the air (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Radon in the air== Radon (chemical symbol: Rn) is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is released from the ground and is present everywhere. Outdoor Rn levels in the UK are low, typically a few becquerels (Bq) per cubic metre (m3) of air. (1 Bq means one event per second on average for aperiodic radioactive decays.) Indoor Rn levels vary across the UK from less than ten to thousands of Bq per m3 of air. More information is available at UKr...")
• 10:45, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Air quality and greenhouse gases - Fylde (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} category:Environmental baseline monitoring in the Fylde, Lancashire")
• 10:40, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Seismicity - Fylde (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Seismicity== The injection of fluids during hydraulic fracturing can result in increased seismic activity. A number of seismic events resulting from induced seismicity were recorded in Blackpool area in 2011 as well as 2018 and 2019. Seismic activity monitored in 2019 led to the cessation of hydraulic fracturing at the Preston New Road site and ultimately, uncertainties in ability to predict the probability of seismic events led to the imposition...")
• 10:39, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Water quality - Fylde (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Water quality== There are two significant aquifers across Lancashire: a shallow aquifer formed of superficial glacial sand and gravel interbedded with clay (Figure 1) and a deeper aquifer formed by the Sherwood Sandstone Group (Figure 2). FyldeMapsAllsitesJBedits_Superficial FyldeMapsAllsitesJBeditsBedrock The shallow aquifer is up to 40 m thick and is designated by the Environment Agency as a secondary B aquifer. It is used for private drinkin...")
• 10:30, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Category:Environmental baseline monitoring in the Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} category:Shale gas environmental monitoring")
• 10:28, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs deleted page Environmental baseline monitoring in the Fylde, Lancashire (content was: "{{Underconstruction}} ==Environmental baseline monitoring in the Fylde, Lancashire== Along with partners from the former Public Health England (now the UK Health Security Agency) and the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Royal Holloway and York, BGS carried out a programme of science-based environmental monitoring in Fylde, Lancashire, an area where hydraulic fracturing for...", and the only contributor was "Dbk" (talk))
• 10:28, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Category:Environmental baseline monitoring in the Fylde, Lancashire (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Environmental baseline monitoring in the Fylde, Lancashire== Along with partners from the former Public Health England (now the UK Health Security Agency) and the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Royal Holloway and York, BGS carried out a programme of science-based environmental monitoring in Fylde, Lancashire, an area where hydraulic fracturing for shale-gas exploration was undertaken in 2018 and 2019 by Cuadrilla at its Preston N...")
• 10:25, 10 April 2026 Dbk talk contribs created page Environmental baseline monitoring in the Fylde, Lancashire (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} category:Shale gas environmental monitoring")