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The BGS manages marine data, information and material as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre  (NGDC), the   (MEDIN), the geology data archive centre (DAC) and the National Geological Repository (NGR). 

Geological, geophysical and environmental data on the seabed and sub-seabed is used to underpin the marine geoscience undertaken by the BGS and the wider user community in the UK and beyond. The data is used for a range of purposes, including the creation of 51���� products such as the marine geoscience and seabed geology datasets.

Data is freely available online (where possible) under OpenGeoscience and the . However, some data are not yet processed for online delivery and in these cases there may be a charge to cover data preparation. You can also deposit data with us.

Further information

• The Marine Environmental Mapping Programme UK (MAREMAP) was a coordinated network of UK sea floor and shallow geological mapping. Maps are available to view via the .
• The BGS is part of the (EMODnet), working with partner geological surveys () and others to improve access to marine data, products and metadata. We are partners in:
  • high-resolution seabed mapping (HRSM) project
  • project, aiming to streamline the data ingestion process and connect marine data holders not yet connected to existing infrastructures. Deposit data via the .
• is the EuroGeoSurveys’ European Geological Data Infrastructure. It provides access to pan-European and national geological datasets and services from the .
• The BGS is the co-ordinator of the  (ECORD) Science Operator (ESO) consortium that implements  (MSP) expeditions on behalf of the  (IODP³).  from previous expeditions.
• was an EU FP7 project to expand the  infrastructure to marine geological and geophysical data.
• is an international initiative of the geological surveys of the world to ‘make web-accessible the best available geological map data worldwide at a scale of about 1: 1 million’. The results can be seen on the .
• The National Hydrocarbons Data Archive (NHDA) is a long–term data archive of geoscientific legacy data resulting from UK offshore oil and gas exploration and production activity. The NHDA was operated by the BGS under agreement with Department of Energy and Climate Change (now .