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A collection of seventy-eight maps covering thirteen National Grid 1:10 560 map sheets in the area of the Lothian oil shale field published between 1977 and 1982. Each map shows the extent of a single oil shale seam. An oil shale seam refers to a layer or deposit of sedimentary rock rich in organic material known as kerogen, which has the potential to yield hydrocarbons such as oil and gas through a process called pyrolysis. Oil shale is different from conventional oil and gas reservoirs in that the hydrocarbons are not present in a liquid or gaseous form but are trapped within the solid structure of the shale rock. The maps were published by the Institute of the Geological Sciences in Edinburgh (previous name for the British Geological Survey). This entry relates to hardcopy maps stored in the National Geological Data Centre (NGDC) and digital files produced by scanning them, as well as any derivative files. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC).<\/SPAN> http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606289<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "A collection of seventy-eight maps covering thirteen National Grid 1:10 560 map sheets in the area of the Lothian oil shale field published between 1977 and 1982. Each map shows the extent of a single oil shale seam. An oil shale seam refers to a layer or deposit of sedimentary rock rich in organic material known as kerogen, which has the potential to yield hydrocarbons such as oil and gas through a process called pyrolysis. Oil shale is different from conventional oil and gas reservoirs in that the hydrocarbons are not present in a liquid or gaseous form but are trapped within the solid structure of the shale rock. The maps were published by the Institute of the Geological Sciences in Edinburgh (previous name for the British Geological Survey). This entry relates to hardcopy maps stored in the National Geological Data Centre (NGDC) and digital files produced by scanning them, as well as any derivative files. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC). http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606289", "title": "BGS Oil Shale Seam Maps of the Lothians", "tags": [ "Natural resources", "Geological maps", "Geology", "Oil shale", "data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)", "Maps", "Mining", "NERC_DDC" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.", "licenseInfo": "

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