The National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) functions, on behalf of the Natural
Environment Research Council (NERC), as the national collection of geoscientific
environmental data and information. It contains the most comprehensive collection of
information on the surface and subsurface of Great Britain and the surrounding continental
shelf. The collection has been gathered by our staff and their predecessors, over more than
175 years, along with information deposited by industry and academics
