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BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units

The Lexicon of Named Rock Units database provides BGS definitions of terms that appear on our maps and in our publications.

The database holds definitive online information about lithostratigraphical and lithodemic units and other, less formal, units.

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    About the BGS Lexicon

    TitleBGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units language=en 
    LabelBGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units language=en 
    DescriptionThe BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units provides BGS’s definitions of the lithostratigraphic, lithodemic, and litho-morpho-genetic geological units of the United Kingdom and its continental shelf. language=en 
    Is Format Of http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480305language=en 
    Has part Named Rock Units
    See alsoAbout the Lexicon
    Created1993-01-01 datatype=xsd:date 
    Date Modified2020-09-28 datatype=xsd:date 
    CreatorBritish Geological Survey
    PublisherBritish Geological Survey
    Typeskos:ConceptScheme
    Bibliographic Citation"British Geological Survey. 2020. The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units [Linked Open Data]. Keyworth, Nottingham. Available from http://data.bgs.ac.uk/ref/Lexicon" language=en 
    Identifier"http://data.bgs.ac.uk/ref/Lexicon" language=en 

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