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V3Geo: capturing the world's significant outcrops and field localities
V3Geo is purpose-built for sharing virtual 3D models within the geoscience community. The repository includes hundreds of high quality virtual outcrop and other 3D geoscience models that have been uploaded and shared by our community. All public models are available under Creative Commons licenses and can be used in classrooms, publications, research, or as the basis of virtual field courses and excursions. Models are georeferenced and searchable using geological metadata. The 3D models can be viewed online and are not restricted in size. In addition, there are links to specific virtual outcrop software.
Subsurface geology: Rocks recovered at surface through drilling and coring
Slides from presentation given by HGS member Andy Moffay on 8th December 2021
The Enigmatic Moho
Chicxulub Impact Crater
Slides from presentation given by HGS member Andy Moffat on 10th January 2025
EMODnet Map Viewer
The viewer covers all offshore areas around Scotland (and Europe). Amongst the layers of data that can be selected are; Bathymetry (including depth and undersea features); Geology (including seafloor substrate, geomorphology, seafloor geology and pre-Quaternary faults) ; and Coastal Behaviour.
Lidar coverage in Scotland
The Scottish Remote Sensing Portal has been developed as a partnership between Scottish Government and Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).
The portal currently contains Scottish Public Sector LiDAR data which you can download by 10km tiles
The Shear Zone
Rob Butler, Emeritus Professor at Aberdeen University has created over 290 videos for his You Tube channel
Geology Bites
Geology Bites is a website (and podcast) with over 100 episodes by leading researchers on topics such as Early Earth ,Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Mantle & Core, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Petrology, Planetary Science, Tectonics and Structural Geology, Social and Industrial Aspects and Volcanology
https://www.geologybites.com/index
Geological time
Explore the International Chronostratigraphic Chart
(there is also an iPhone app - search ics timescale on the App Store)
BGS ArcGIS Online resources
Explore bedrock geology with the BGS interactive map.
Please note: this link is to an external site not part of HGS. Any queries should be directed to the host site.
Copernicus:
European Ground Motion Service
The European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) uses Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) data from the Sentinel-1 satellite to detect and measure ground movement at millimetre scale. The dataset is updated annually and shows how the Earth's surface is changing in response to tectonics, climate change, and human activity such as groundwater extraction.
Click on the image to access the dataset
(external link)
Tags:
InSAR
Ground Motion
Copernicus: European Ground Motion Service Abandoned mines in Highland
BGS have digitised plans of abandoned mines. For highland mines click here
