BGS Geoanalytics and Modelling
Lead Research Organisation:
British Geological Survey
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Publications
Armstrong R;
(2016)
User guide for the BGS Geology : 50k dataset (V8).
Ascott MJ
(2019)
Provenance of drinking water revealed through compliance sampling.
in Environmental science. Processes & impacts
Bearcock J
(2018)
Controls on surface water quality in the River Clyde catchment, Scotland, UK, with particular reference to chromium and lead
in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Beriro DJ
(2016)
A review of the current state of the art of physiologically-based tests for measuring human dermal in vitro bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in soil.
in Journal of hazardous materials
Bianchi M
(2016)
Combining multiple lower-fidelity models for emulating complex model responses for CCS environmental risk assessment
in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Bidarmaghz A
(2019)
Influence of geology and hydrogeology on heat rejection from residential basements in urban areas
in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Bloomfield J
(2019)
Changes in groundwater drought associated with anthropogenic warming
in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
| Description | development of new tools to solve specific user problems : Data4Sustain :Web based prototype decision support tool for site based selection of renewable energy technologies Uses over 100 separate datasets; Each dataset scored and mapped; Outputs are fully attributed; feasibility, resource and constraints heatmaps in webGIS + downloadable PDF report Brownfield cost calculator : Implementation of method to estimate remediation costs published by HCA (2015) • Decision support tool that uses spatial data including historical land use, Environmental sensitivity •Use defined parameters including proposed landuse; Site-based screening tool to assist with evaluating the suitability of brownfield redevelopment BGS funded prototype with in-kind support from AGMA, EA, TMBC, GMAAS, FCC, NEC |
| Exploitation Route | we are hoping to provide the prototypes to local authorities to help with planning regulations |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Description | we support the UK geospatial and insurance industry with specialist products and services helping them return around £500m per year through the use of our services. we provide specialist data services to the OGA to provide information on in-situe stress to aid with planning applications for fracking etc. together with TCA and PHE we provide reports that support COM29 regulations and provide information on the radon levels within the UK. Radon is attributed to around 1000 deaths a year from lung caner. we provide support to the UK infrastructure community around resilience and natural hazards working to support the UK governments Geospatial commission to deliver more impact to UK plc of the UKs geosptial data key areas : policy development, housing, utilities, netzero and enviornmental change |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Title | Geo-data innovation tools and techniques |
| Description | development of innovation pipeline and open innovation methods and techniques that can be applied routinely within a geological survey organisation |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | use of open innovation methods and development of professional innovation techniques has led to more focused data innovations being developed which have been fast tracked into there user community through better engagement with the user community within every stage of development ie co-design and co-production |
| Description | Geospatial data innovation with the Ordance Survey |
| Organisation | Ordnance Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Working together on the Underground asset geovation challenge camp |
| Collaborator Contribution | we worked with major asset owners and geovation to develop an innovation challenge specifically designed for subsurface assets. we helped shape the challenge and worked on the challenge with the startups that applied as well as judged the final results of the challenge |
| Impact | four start-up companies are now activity using BGS free data products and services --- BGS have learned a lot about how its data is used in this sector to improve is data services and products in the future --- we have also developed new users for our data and products ---- other impact has been a sharing of current practises in innovation for example the use of service design in digital data service innovation and the closer working together of the OS and BGS on projects of mutual interest |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | BGS Civils |
| Description | BGS Civils is a suite of national maps of engineering properties based on geological data and the digital 1:50 000 scale geological map - BGS Geology 50k. The primary goal of the product is to provide the key engineering characteristics of the geology of Great Britain to professional users who need simple and rapid access to such information. You might be planning pipeline routes avoiding difficult ground conditions, calculating tender costs for trench excavation or you might need knowledge of ground properties in order to plan your daily activities. The data is provided as GIS shapefiles and are available to licence individually or as a bundle to meet your own requirements. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | BGS civils is being taken up by civil engineers and used in BIM systems - early days but it is already being taken up by our VARS |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/groundConditions/civilsBundleHome.html |
| Title | Groundhog Desktop (Beta Version) has been released for free (UK Open Government License) |
| Description | Groundhog Desktop (Beta Version) has been released for free (UK Open Government License) 1000+ downloads so far have occurred from range of sectors . A Exploitation plan is in development to include professionalization and commercialisation. Intended primarily as a vehicle for delivering paid-for data products and services to professional end-users and to bring in consultancy work (both systems and geological work). Strong interest from industry (Atkins, AECOM, CH2M, Surveys - GTK (€100k customization proposal over 2 years is in preparation in the RMS.) and Universities (Newcastle) has been expressed. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | N/A |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/environmentalModelling/groundhogDesktop.html |
| Title | Northern Ireland radon potential data set |
| Description | The Radon data: radon potential dataset is the definitive map of Radon Affected Areas in Northern Ireland, created jointly by Public Health England* (PHE) and the BGS using long-term radon measurements made in over 23,000 homes across Northern Ireland (without affecting householders' confidentiality), combined with geological map data. The dataset includes a built in 75 m 'buffer', made up of 50 m to allow for the margin of error in the geological lines, and 25 m to represent the average extent of a home. PHE recommends that radon levels should be reduced in homes where the annual average is at or above 200 becquerels per cubic metre (200 Bq m-3) - this is termed the Radon Action Level. PHE defines Radon Affected Areas as those with one per cent chance or more of a house having a radon concentration at or above the Action Level of 200 Bq m-3. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | N/A |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/radon/hpa-bgs.html |
| Title | OpenGeoscience Version 2 |
| Description | BGS Open Geoscience has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these by publishing as many as possible under OpenGeoscience. OpenGeoscience is a free service where you can view maps, download data, scans, photos and other information. The services available under OpenGeoscience are listed below, and include: view geology data through the Geology of Britain map window and as WMS access to over a million borehole scans search and download photos from the GeoScenic geological photo archive view our published paper maps and sections from 1832 to 2014 and publications from 1835 to the present |
| Type Of Technology | e-Business Platform |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | too early to say |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/home.html?src=topNav |
| Description | Attendence at East of England Agricultural conference to network and promote developmental work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Staffed a BGS exhibition stand to promote ASPUD project and network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Attendence at Geotechnica 12-13 July to promote Civils |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Staffed a BGS exhibition stand to promote Civils and demo of new Civils extranet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Contamination Expo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KE Fellowship and Remediation Cost Calculator |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | I3DVF presentations of BGS modelling and visualisation capability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I3DVF showing BGS modelling and visualisation capability to audiences - eight 20 minute shows to 20-30 at a time. BGS open day 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Paper presented at the 7th international symposium on biomolecular archaeology 14-16th September 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Jane Evans, Katy Lee, Katy Mee, Clive Cartwright and Carolyn Chenery presented a paper at at the 7th international symposium on biomolecular archaeology 14-16th September 2016. Ultimate aim of this project is to to produce the first digital, interrogable, statistically constrained, isotope domain map for Britain. As part of our development plan we will link the Sr biosphere map with the published British oxygen isotope map (Darling et al 2003), and other isotope data, to create a multi-layer, multi-purpose resource for environmental, food security, and ecological studies. Once the model is established it can be tested so that it can be developed, refined, and added to as new data becomes available. This year we will model Sr isotope biosphere variation based on the interaction of geological, climate, and geographic contributions. The new approach is to construct a mosaic of 1 km hexagon cells in GIS space. These are linked to the underlying geology and are classified according to the type of deposit that comprise more than 50% of their area. Data from designated rock types will be assigned a value and probability to each appropriate hexagon. These values are retained within the hexagons which can be interrogated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation at Brownfield Briefing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Bioaccessibility of contaminants in soil. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at EPUK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KE Fellowship and Remediation Cost Calculator |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at World Landslide Forum 29 May - 2 June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hazard & Resilience Modelling Team - Creation of a national landslide domain map to aid susceptibility mapping in Great Britain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation of UK GEO to local population in Dunham and Helsby including Andy Kingdon being filmed for BBC North West tonight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of UKGEOS objectives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation of UK GEO to local population in Elton and Thornton including Andy Kingdon being filmed for BBC North West tonight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of UK GEO objectives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation on BGS Civils data product |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BGS's Russell Lawley gave a presentation on the new BGS Civils data product at the Geodata conference in Edinburgh in autumn 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation on bioaccessiblity of lead |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Joanna Wragg of the BGS presented (oral) at the International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, in Ghent (Sept 2016) on predicting Pb (lead) bioaccessibility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Radon talk presented to the Geologists Association by Antonio Ferriera |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hazard & Resilience Modelling Team - invited talk - Radon, a silent geohazard - presented as an evening lecture to the geol association at burlington house. The lecture was recorded and published on the web. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://geologistsassociation.org.uk/lectureabstracts.html#july17 |
| Description | Scientists from British Geological Survey scoop major impact award |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A team of scientists from the British Geology Survey (BGS) has won Team of the Year at the Praxis Unico Impact Awards 2017 aimed at recognizing knowledge exchange and commercialization professionals. The award was received by BGS's GeoAnalytics and Modelling Directorate as a result of their consistent excellence in adding value to the vast datasets held by the BGS in addition to building relationships and overcoming challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/docs/2017/ImpactAwardsPressRelease.pdf |
| Description | Soil quality and links to health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Finoa Fordyce gave a presentation on Soil quality and links to health at the SECURE Network Environment, Health and Wellbeing Workshop, Glasgow in early 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | TELLUSHOW2Hack |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Working with the regional business commuity and CSM to encourage more users to make more use of the TellusSW data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/events/TellusHow2Hack/ |
| Description | Talks about rocks and soils to Lowes Wong Junior school year 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk about rocks and soils to Lowes Wong Junior school (Southwell, Notts) year 3 pupils, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |