Index To The UK (North) Survey Collection Of Fossils.

This dataset is an index of the Survey Collection of fossils for Scotland and Northern England. It is the digital equivalent of the analogue (card) index. The latter contains some 31k records, c.70% of which has been transcribed. The continually growing Survey Collection comprises about 450k samples (including nearly 30k specimens from the John Smith Collection) which are individually registered in c.150 leather bound volumes. The Oracle relational database BGS_FOSSLOC is a first step in ascertaining what registered fossil materials exist for certain areas, who collected them and when, their geographical and stratigraphical details, the type of collection (whether from boreholes or exposures), and any covering technical reports. It is also a pathway to an extensive and unique collection of paper graphic logs, some 18k of which record annotated information on fossil occurrences and assemblages at certain stratigraphical levels (particularly in the Carboniferous) in Scotland and Northern England.

本数据集为苏格兰及英格兰北部的化石调查藏品索引，其数字化形态等同于传统的（卡片）索引。后者包含约31,000条记录，其中约70%已完成转录。持续增长的调查藏品包括约450,000个样本（包括近30,000个来自约翰·史密斯藏品的标本），这些样本分别登记在约150本皮革装订的卷册中。英国地质调查局（BGS）的Oracle关系型数据库BGS_FOSSLOC是确定特定区域注册的化石材料、收集者及其收集时间、地理和地层细节、藏品类型（是否来自钻孔或露头）以及相关技术报告的第一步。此外，它也是通往广泛且独特的纸质图形记录的途径，其中约18,000份记录了特定地层级别（尤其在石炭纪）苏格兰和英格兰北部的化石出现和组合的注释信息。