Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member
| Dataset title | Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member |
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| Dataset creators | Robert Valdez II, British Geological Survey Audrey Ougier-Simonin, British Geological Survey |
| Dataset theme | Geoscientific Information |
| Dataset abstract | The dataset contains unconfined compressive strength data of salt samples collected from the Northwich Halite Member at the Winsford Mine in Cheshire, UK. Each sample was unconfined and deformed under standard uniaxial stress conditions, where the primary principal stress corresponds to the axial stress and the intermediate and minimum principal stresses are equal to 0. Each sample was axially compressed using either a constant strain rate of 1e-5 per second or a constant loading rate of 200 N/s. The tests were completed using a servo-controlled stiff load frame in the Rock Mechanics and Physics Laboratory at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth UK. The data are separated into individual Microsoft Excel files, with each file representing a single test. Each file contains time, force, stress, displacement, and strain data. |
| Dataset content dates | 27/06/23 - 28/06/23 |
| Dataset spatial coverage | British National Grid Reference: SJ654681 X&Y Coordinates: 365434, 368118 Latitude/Longitude: Decimal Degrees: 53.20900, -2.51900 Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: 53° 12′ 33″ N 2° 31′ 09″ W |
| Dataset supply format | Microsoft Word Document (.docx) Comma Separated Values File (.csv) PDF Document |
| 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 | 13/03/2025 |
| Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) | 10.5285/a1be11d5-5a44-4adb-9b0a-2efd833dfd2a |
| Dataset citation text | Valdez II, R., Ougier-Simonin, A. (2025). Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) data of tests conducted on salt samples from the Northwich Halite Member. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/a1be11d5-5a44-4adb-9b0a-2efd833dfd2a |
| 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]". |
| Access the dataset | https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item187104 |