British Geological Survey reports – their characteristics and history
In addition to formal publications BGS has created many thousands of unpublished reports, this page describes the various report series that have been produced from c. 1950 to the present day. In most cases only a few copies were created for deposit in the various Records Offices and Libraries. They can be regarded as 'grey literature' works produced outside of traditional publishing and distribution.
1950–1988
During this period every Programme, Group and even Unit created there own reports independently and were numbered independently