Data Publication

Thermal conductivity data on core samples from selected boreholes from UK sites 2025

BGS Thermal Conductivity Lab

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

(2025)

Descriptions

This data set consists of thermal property testing results including thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, porosity, permeability and density. The data is presented in an excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one containing the data itself and one containing a description of each column. The testing was carried out on behalf of the BGS Geothermal and energy storage programs between 2020 and 2025. The samples were predominantly plugs (24x38mm) or wedges (usually quarter core of various lengths) taken from borehole core. The following boreholes were sampled as part of the project: UKGEOS CHESHIRE A-101 Frodsham Marsh Stanlow Killingholme DG1 Speke Reservoir Carnaby UKGEOS GGC01 KEYWORTH D (GSHP 3) SUTTON BONINGTON SB4 These sites were chosen to support characterisation activities around BGS projects such as the UK GeoEnergy Observatories project and the drilling of a ground source heat well on site at BGS Keyworth.

Keywords

MSL enriched keywords
Measured property
thermal properties
thermal conductivity
Measured property
thermal properties
thermal conductivity
porosity
porosity
permeability
sedimentary rock
limestone
chalk
mudstone
shale
Mercia mudstone
sandstone
wacke
Sherwood sandstone
Equipment
borehole drilling
drill core
subsurface energy production
geothermal energy extraction
MSL vocabulary keywords corresponding to originally assigned keywords
thermal conductivity
thermal conductivity
porosity
porosity
permeability
chalk
Mercia mudstone
Sherwood sandstone
Originally assigned keywords
thermal conductivity
thermal effusivity
porosity
permeability
density
Chalk
Mercia Mudstone
Sherwood Sandstone

Metadata


MSL enriched sub domains

rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes
field-scale laboratories

Source

https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citeddata/catalogue/06f90e3b-4587-4bd2-bf6f-86c44f664846.html

Source publisher

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

DOI

10.5285/06f90e3b-4587-4bd2-bf6f-86c44f664846

Creators

BGS Thermal Conductivity Lab
Organizational
British Geological Survey

Contributors

Thompson, Joanna
Personal
British Geological Survey
Boon, David
Personal
British Geological Survey
Parker, Kaye
Personal
British Geological Survey
Morgan, Dave
Personal
British Geological Survey
Monaghan, Alison
Personal
British Geological Survey
Hough, Ed
Personal
British Geological Survey

Citation

BGS Thermal Conductivity Lab. (2025). Thermal conductivity data on core samples from selected boreholes from UK sites 2025 [Dataset]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/06F90E3B-4587-4BD2-BF6F-86C44F664846


Dates

Available 2025-07-16

Language

- no language entry found -


Locations


Geo location(s)

UK