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- 10:50, 10 June 2026 Glossary of groundwater and groundwater-related terms (hist | edit) [25,417 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Glossary of groundwater and groundwater-related terms== A Absorption The process by which substances in gaseous, liquid, or solid form dissolve or mix with other substances. Abstraction, Q [m³/d, m³/a] The removal of water from a groundwater reservoir, usually by pumping. Adsorption Adherence of gas molecules, ions, or molecules to the surface of the solids. Advection Mass transport caused by the bulk movement of flowing groundwater in wh...")
- 12:05, 5 June 2026 Manganese in Scottish Groundwater (hist | edit) [3,950 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ===Manganese (Mn) in Scottish Groundwater=== Background Excessive Mn concentrations can result in metallic tasting water, staining of clothes, dishes, and products such as paper or plastics, and reduced water pressure and flow in pipes from accumulation of Mn oxides (Sly et al., 1990). They have also been found to have an adverse effect on human health. In adults, exposure to elevated Mn concentrations in drinking water has been associated with mang...")
- 12:04, 5 June 2026 Strathmore (hist | edit) [3,968 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ===Strathmore=== A total of 48 groundwater samples, collected from boreholes, springs and shallow wells, were used to interpret the chemistry of groundwater in the high productivity Devonian sedimentary aquifer. Download the Baseline Scotland: the Lower Devonian aquifer of Strathmore report. Baseline data Main findings The collection and interpretation of new groundwater chemistry data for the Strathmore area has led to the following conclusions:...")
- 12:04, 5 June 2026 Southern Scotland (hist | edit) [7,671 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ===Southern Scotland=== A total of 78 groundwater sample analyses from the Silurian, Ordovician, Devonian, Carboniferous and igneous aquifers in southern Scotland were interpreted to investigate the groundwater chemistry of these aquifers. The samples were collected between 2002 and 2006. Permian aquifers in southern Scotland were not included in this study; they will be reported on separately. Download the Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry...")
- 12:02, 5 June 2026 Moray Firth (hist | edit) [11,976 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ===Moray Firth=== Moray Firth Coverage of baseline sampling in the Moray Firth against a simplified 1: 625 000 scale geology map. Coverage of baseline sampling in the Moray Firth against a simplified 1: 625 000 scale geology map. A total of 39 groundwater samples have been interpreted to investigate the groundwater chemistry of the Old Red Sandstone aquifers in the Moray Firth area. Of these, 17 were collected in 2007 specifically for the Baseline S...")
- 12:02, 5 June 2026 Midland Valley (hist | edit) [14,905 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ===Midland Valley=== A total of 62 groundwater chemistry analyses were used to interpret the groundwater chemistry of the Carboniferous aquifers of the Midland Valley. Of these, 36 were from new groundwater samples collected for the Baseline Scotland project in September and December 2008 and one from a sample collected during an earlier Baseline Scotland sampling programme in the Borders. These were augmented with a further 25 samples collected dur...")
- 11:59, 5 June 2026 Aberdeenshire (hist | edit) [6,542 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ===Aberdeenshire=== A total of 37 samples from Precambrian and igneous aquifers in Aberdeenshire are included in the Baseline dataset, collected between 2004 and 2006 (see map below). The sites for samples were chosen so that the Baseline data would be representative of groundwater across Aberdeenshire, within each of the studied aquifer types. Four aquifer groups have been identified: three divisions of metamorphic aquifers of Dalradian age, the A...")
- 11:33, 5 June 2026 Baseline sampling and analysis methodology (hist | edit) [7,345 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Baseline sampling and analysis methodology== Sample site selection The criteria for site selection during dedicated Baseline sampling surveys are: to collect a suitable number of samples from each of the studied aquifer types, according to the distribution and areal extent of the aquifers; to collect samples distributed as evenly as possible over each of the aquifer types studied; and to collect samples that are as far as possible representative...")
- 11:07, 5 June 2026 Scotland's aquifers and groundwater bodies (hist | edit) [2,288 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Scotland's aquifers and groundwater bodies== This report, published in 2015, was written jointly by BGS and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The report is written in the form of a manual for those with some technical groundwater (hydrogeological) knowledge, but also includes summaries for non-specialists. A comprehensive synthesis Scotland's aquifers and groundwater bodies provides an up to date overview of Scotland's aquifers,...")
- 10:51, 5 June 2026 Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry data (hist | edit) [5,915 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry data== ===Regional summary=== In central and southern Scotland, 31 sites have been sampled for methane from a number of different sedimentary aquifers, mostly from the Carboniferous Clackmannan and Coal Measures groups in central Scotland. Here, groundwater was historically an important resource for industry, but today is not widely used. In southern Scotland there is local groundwater abstraction for agric...")
- 13:30, 3 June 2026 Sampling and analysis (hist | edit) [3,702 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Sampling and analysis== ===Sample site selection=== The sites selected for baseline sampling surveys were chosen to ensure that: * a suitable number of samples from the studied aquifer types were collected, according to the aquifers' distribution and extent * the samples were distributed as evenly as possible over the aquifer study areas * samples are reasonably representative of groundwater in the studied aquifers We assessed each of the sample...")
- 13:23, 3 June 2026 Baseline Scotland reports (hist | edit) [1,671 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Baseline Scotland reports== BGS carried out investigations of the baseline quality of groundwater in Scottish aquifers from 2005 – 2011, as part of a collaboration between BGS and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Outputs from this project are presented in a series of reports published between 2006 and 2017, which are available for download below. Baseline Scotland report series These reports were produced through a collaborati...")
- 13:22, 3 June 2026 Baseline England and Wales (hist | edit) [2,303 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Underconstruction}} ==Baseline England and Wales== BGS carried out investigations of the baseline quality of groundwater in aquifers of England and Wales between the late 1990s and 2015. A series of 23 reports and an overall synthesis report were produced as part of this investigation in a collaboration between BGS and the Environment Agency between 2002 and 2005. These are available for download below. Reports in the Baseline Series 2002 – 2005 Front page of report...")
- 13:11, 3 June 2026 Defining and investigating the groundwater quality baseline (hist | edit) [3,057 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created blank page) Tag: new blank article
- 12:57, 3 June 2026 Baseline chemistry of groundwater in UK aquifers (hist | edit) [1,394 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BGS has an established programme of research on the baseline chemistry of groundwater from aquifers in England, Wales and Scotland. Investigations have helped to: characterise groundwater quality establish the dominant controlling processes interpret the baseline groundwater conditions, against which impacts of pollution can be assessed Results of the investigations are useful to groundwater users and potential users, water suppliers, and regulators with a remit to mana...")
- 11:44, 26 May 2026 Instructions for opening the Eddleston 3D pdf model (hist | edit) [2,691 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Instructions for opening the Eddleston 3D pdf model== Firstly go to the BGS website, then click on the Our research Tab. In the left-hand menu click on Groundwater. Then under Research areas click on Catchment processes Under Catchment processes case studies click on Eddleston: groundwater-surface water interaction on an upland floodplain. Under Characterising the floodplain environment click on 3D geological model of the site and at the bottom of the page click on...")
- 11:58, 22 May 2026 Investigating groundwater chemistry (hist | edit) [1,725 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{underconstruction}} ==Investigating groundwater chemistry== 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 we use a small electrical pump powered by a 12V battery to purge the borehole and ensure that we have fresh groundwater from...")
- 21:08, 17 May 2026 Geological Museum, Museum of Practical Geology - a short guide to the exhibits (1964 edition) (hist | edit) [69,690 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Preliminaries == Department of Scientific and Industrial Research London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office , 1964 ''First published'' 1946; ''Second edition '' 1948; ''Third edition'' 1958; ''Fourth edition'' 1964 © ''Crown copyright'' 1964 Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office To be purchased from York House, Kingsway, London w.c.2; 423 Oxford Street, London w.1; 13A Castle Street, Edinburgh 2; 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff; 39 King Street, Manch...")
- 20:28, 16 May 2026 Geological Museum (hist | edit) [24,566 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Geological Museum was opened on the 3rd of July, 1935 as the new Museum of Practical Geology. Its opening coincided with the Centenary of the Geological Survey. ==Extract from Bailey== === To South Kensington === In April, 1923, it was found that the roof of De la Beche's Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street required repair. The damage was due to settlement of the foundations. It is quite possible that the trouble started with a German bomb, dropped near at...")
- 12:20, 13 May 2026 Vale of Pickering - Water-quality results (hist | edit) [7,554 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Water-quality results Summary data Figure 1: box plots showing summary data for groundwater samples Figure 1: box plots showing summary data for groundwater samples in the monitoring network from the superficial aquifer of the Vale of Pickering (sampled July 2016). Results from the eleventh round of water sampling (July 2016) are shown as examples of water quality in the figures. Summary data for inorganic constituents (major ions, selected minor constituents) are given...")
- 12:20, 13 May 2026 Vale of Pickering - Sampling water (hist | edit) [2,125 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Sampling water The BGS established a monitoring network of groundwater and stream sites across the Vale of Pickering. Groundwater samples were taken (Figures 1a and 1b) from both the superficial (Quaternary and/or shallow Kimmeridge Clay) and Corallian Limestone aquifers. Figure 1a: sampling streams and groundwater Figure 1b: sampling streams and groundwater Figures 1a and 1b: sampling streams and groundwater, Vale of Pickering. The network FFigure 2: the water–monito...")
- 12:19, 13 May 2026 Vale of Pickering - Groundwater-bearing rocks (hist | edit) [2,050 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Two main aquifers exist within the Vale of Pickering. The first is a shallow, superficial aquifer consisting of Quaternary glacial and lake deposits in the lowland central part of the vale. These sediments consist of local sand and gravel horizons within deposits of mainly clay and silt, which reach thicknesses of up to around 40 m in parts of the vale (Figure 1). The shallow sediments are designated by the Environment Agency (EA) as a Secondary B aquifer. The Quaternar...")
- 12:18, 13 May 2026 Vale of Pickering-Groundwater-bearing rocks (hist | edit) [1,817 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Two main aquifers exist within the Vale of Pickering. The first is a shallow, superficial aquifer consisting of Quaternary glacial and lake deposits in the lowland central part of the vale. These sediments consist of local sand and gravel horizons within deposits of mainly clay and silt, which reach thicknesses of up to around 40 m in parts of the vale (Figure 1). The shallow sediments are designated by the Environment Agency (EA) as a Secondary B aquifer. The Quaternar...")
- 12:10, 13 May 2026 Vale of Pickering-groundwater-bearing rocks (hist | edit) [1,839 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Water-quality monitoring in the Vale of Pickering Spring water pond in the Vale of Pickering Spring water pond 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; Barke...")
- 11:21, 8 May 2026 Central and Southern Scotland Summary Results (hist | edit) [56 bytes] Ajhil (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Central and Southern Scotland== ===Regional summary===")
- 16:03, 11 April 2026 Museum of Practical Geology. A hand-book guide for visitors (1851 edition) (hist | edit) [31,393 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (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...")
- 19:52, 8 April 2026 Museum of Practical Geology - a descriptive guide (1867 edition) (hist | edit) [564,462 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= A descriptive guide to the Museum of Practical Geology, with notices of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, The Royal School of Mines, and the Mining Record Office. = By Robert Hunt, F.R.S., Keeper of Mining Records, and F. W. Rudler, Assistant Curator. Third Edition. Revised and partly re-written. London: Printed By George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers To The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1867. Price Six...")
- 20:07, 2 April 2026 Mining Record Office — sources on the origin of the MRO (hist | edit) [18,733 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Mining Record Office — sources on the origin of the MRO = == Timeline == {| class="wikitable" |- || 1836 || The initial impetus for the establishment of the Mining Records Office came from a great mining disaster that happened in Co. Durham in 1836, when water from old workings burst into a mine and many miners lost their lives. |- || 1838 || At a British Association Meeting in Newcastle in 1838 Sopwith read a paper urging the importance of collecting and preservi...")
- 12:02, 25 March 2026 History of the BGS Mine Plans Search (hist | edit) [18,451 bytes] Rtalbot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=== Background to maps held by the British Geological Survey === Mining has occurred in Great Britain since approximately 2700 BCE. A diverse range of minerals has been extracted by underground mining, from industrial minerals such as limestone to precious metals like gold. Plans, sections and shaft information exist, recording many of these workings. However, with the exception of coal mining, there has been no coordinated effort to catalogue and create a national dat...")
- 20:28, 17 March 2026 Ephemera - index, GA 'Carreck Archive' (hist | edit) [9,274 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "There are two sets of ephemera in the GA Carreck Archive, GA154 and GA048. Both are included on this page. Note: Indexing is ongoing.")
- 00:47, 17 March 2026 Czechoslovak Republic: Post-Cards - index, GA 'Carreck Archive' (hist | edit) [7,024 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0001 Item 1] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0002 Item 2] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0003 Item 3] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0004 Item 4] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0005 Item 5] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0006 Item 6] [https://larg...")
- 00:40, 17 March 2026 Sun Album. Geological ABC of North Cornwall - index, GA 'Carreck Archive' (hist | edit) [4,882 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Pages== [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0001 Image 1] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0002 Image 2] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0003 Image 3] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0004 Image 4] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0005 Image 5] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0006 Image...")