Wireline logging and core analysis datasets collected from Swanworth Quarry and Metherhills boreholes during the NERC funded Rapid Global Geological Events (RGGE) project
| Dataset title | Wireline logging and core analysis datasets collected from Swanworth Quarry and Metherhills boreholes during the NERC funded Rapid Global Geological Events (RGGE) project |
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| Dataset creators | Hugh C. Jenkyns, University of Oxford Angela L. Coe, The Open University Ramues Gallois, British Geological Survey Stephen P. Hesselbo, University of Oxford John E. A. Marshall, University of Southampton Helen S. Morgans-Bell, University of Oxford Bruce W. Sellwood, University of Reading Richard V. Tyson, University of Newcastle Graham P. Weedon, University of Luton Carolyn J. Williams, University of Oxford |
| Dataset theme | Geoscientific Information |
| Dataset abstract | This dataset contains the collated wireline logs, stratigraphy and core analysis of the three boreholes drilled as part of the publicly funded Rapid Global Geological Events Project (RGGE) which ran between 1995-1998. The aim of the RGGE project was to identify the effects of climatic changes on modern sediments. The project focused on the Kimmeridge Clay due to its unbroken sequence of fossiliferous marine mudstones. These mudstones have compositional variations in organic content, mineralogy, fauna and clay content which reflect changes in both the climate and sea level. Over the course of the project the entire sequence of the Kimmeridge Clay was cored across three boreholes, two at Swanworth Quarry and one at Metherhills. |
| Dataset content dates | 1995 - 2001 |
| Dataset spatial coverage | Swanworth Quarry 1 Metherhills 1 |
| Dataset supply format | Various |
| Dataset language | English-United Kingdom |
| Dataset discovery metadata record | Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record |
| Dataset publisher | NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre |
| Dataset publication date | 28th June 2021 |
| Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) | 10.5285/a8e86b5e-f341-419e-be98-0463efe3201f |
| Dataset citation text | Jenkyns, H.C., Coe, A.L., Gallois, R.W., Hesselbo, S.P., Marshall, J.E.A., Morgans-Bell, H.S., Sellwood, B.W., Tyson, R.V., Weedon, G.P., Williams, C.J. (2021): Wireline logging and core analysis datasets collected from Swanworth Quarry and Metherhills boreholes during the NERC funded Rapid Global Geological Events (RGGE) project. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/a8e86b5e-f341-419e-be98-0463efe3201f |
| Constraints and terms of use | This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
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| Access the dataset | https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item167033 |
| Further information | More details can be found in the following papers and report: Gallois, R.W. 1998. The stratigraphy and well-completion reports for the Swanworth Quarry No.1 and No.2 and Metherhills No. 1 boreholes (RGGE Project), Dorset. British Geological Survey Technical Report, WA/97/91. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530542/ Gallois, R. W. 2000. The stratigraphy of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) in the RGGE Project boreholes at Swanworth Quarry and Metherhills, south Dorset. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 111, 265-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7878(00)80019-X H.S. Morgans-Bell, A.L. Coe, S.P. Hesselbo, H.C. Jenkyns, G.P. Weedon, J.E.A. Marshall, R.V. Tyson, C.J. Williams. 2001. Integrated stratigraphy of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) based on exposures and boreholes in south Dorset, UK. Geological Magazine, 183(5), 511-539. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756801005738 |