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Direct shear strength testing data on sedimentary gouge samples under high...
This dataset contains raw experimental direct shear testing data as presented by "Ougier-Simonin, A., Castagna, A., Benson, P. and Walker, R. (2017). Direct shear... -
Direct-shear experimental data on sedimentary gouge samples under high...
This dataset contains raw experimental direct shear testing data as presented by "Ougier-Simonin, A., Castagna, A., Walker, R. J., & Benson, P. M. (2018). Frictional and... -
Microbial DNA extraction and PCR from core samples SSK105556 and SSK105560...
Microbial DNA concentrations from DNA extraction using Qiagen PowerSoil Pro DNA Extraction kit and subsequent Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) from core samples collected and... -
Raw mechanical and processed data for Bluersville Sandstone deformed under...
The data includes the raw mechanical data (time, load, displacement, pore pressure, pore pressure volume and confining pressure) and the meaningful processed data used to plot... -
Thermal conductivity data on core samples from selected boreholes from UK sites 2025
This data set consists of thermal property testing results including thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, porosity, permeability and density. The data is presented in an... -
Rhenium-osmium abundance and isotope data obtained for the Kyoei-Sakin-zawa...
Rhenium-osmium abundance and isotope data obtained for the Kyoei-Sakin-zawa Creek Section, Japan. Sample collection August 2021 principally funded by NSF-NERC award. The... -
Deep geothermal potential areas in the UK, version 2
This dataset shows polygons where there is favourable geology for deep geothermal exploration in the UK and for the sedimentary basins, the areas have been considered in more... -
Triaxial data, hydrostatic loading data and processed representative...
We examine the role of cement on compaction band formation by performing triaxial tests on three sandstones, Bentheim, Castlegate and a synthetic sandstone which possess very... -
Porosity of core samples SSK111464 and SSK111465 calculated using SEM images...
Porosity of core samples SSK111464 (sandstone) and SSK111465 (shale) calculated using backscatter electron SEM images of carbon coated thin sections processed in ImageJ Fiji... -
Micromechanics of shear failure in a porous rock: a combined dataset of...
This dataset shows both the micro-scale mechanisms and acoustic response involved in shear failure of a deforming porous rock. To our knowledge, this is the first such dataset... -
Experimental data on tight rock permeability (NERC Grant NE/R017883/1)
The dataset describes the results of high pressure experimental measurements of three contrasting 'tight' rocks; a Bowland Shale, a Haynesville shale and Pennant sandstone. The... -
X-ray CT scan of true triaxially deformed Darley Dale sandstone sample tts6...
X-ray CT scan dataset of Darley Dale sandstone sample tts6. This sample was deformed in a true triaxial apparatus, and is fully described in the PhD thesis of Stuart (1992,... -
Geomechanical properties of the Carboniferous Middle Coal Measures...
A brief description of ten core plug samples collected from borehole GGC01 (Glasgow, United Kingdom) is provided, as well as for twelve 15-50 g cuttings samples from 1m... -
Ultrasonic Shear Wave Velocity and Attenuation during methane hydrate...
This dataset is of laboratory ultrasonic shear wave measurements during methane hydrate formation in water saturated Berea sandstone using pulse echo method. We formed methane... -
Microbial enrichment experiments (unsuccessful) from core samples SSK111460...
Loan IDA number - IDA271576. No data was obtained for microbial cultivation experiments with core samples SSK111460 and SSK111461 from UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, borehole... -
Microbial DNA extraction and PCR from core samples SSK111456 and SSK111457...
Loan IDA number IDA271576. Microbial DNA concentrations from DNA extraction using Qiagen PowerSoil Pro DNA Extraction kit and subsequent PCR from shale and sandstone core... -
Micro CT Images of Borehole GGC01
These images were acquired using micro computed tomographic imaging of 4 sandstone plugs taken at various depths in the Glasgow UKGEOS borehole GGC01. GG496 (170.07 m), GG497... -
Mechanical data from laboratory rock physics characterisation and...
Data recorded during hydrostatic pressurisation and triaxial rock deformation experiments of Westerly granite and Darley Dale sandstone. Data consists of mechanical data (load,... -
Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the...
Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the sedimentary environment. Samples were collected throughout the UK. This data was collected between February... -
Deformation of Sandstone under Crustal Pressure and Temperature Conditions...
Data generated at UCL on a conventional triaxial apparatus used to deform three different sandstones at room temperature and 150 °C. The data includes the raw mechanical data...