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BGS Earth Material Classes
Classifies all types of earth material or other substance that may be recorded in a geological log or section. This is an abstract schema that consists of 3 sub-schemas.
Types of material including single rock types, non earth materials and composite lithologies. This is an abstract schema that consists of 3 sub-schemas
Earth Material Component Rank Types
Relative proportion that a rock component part takes within its parent composite material
Relative proportions that a rock component part may take within its parent composite material
Earth Material Component Relation Types
Types of nature or form that a rock component part may be observed within its parent composite material
rock type
This property is a link to the single lithology that defines this rock component
form
This property describes the nature or form that a rock component part is observed within its parent composite material
has component part
This property links a composite earth material class with a described component part
rank
This property describes the relative rank of a described component part in terms of volume compared to other components of the same composite material
is a component part of
This property links a described rock component part with the composite earth material class that it is a component of
Component part of a rock
Types and compositional descriptions of earth materials that may be found in logs or exposures that are composed of one or more single rock types
BGS Earth Material: Rock Composite Classes
Classifies and describes the composition of rock types that are composed of one or more single rock types
Types of non earth material matter, or absense of matter, that may be recorded in a geological log or section
BGS Earth Material: Rock Dummy Classes
Classifies matter or absense of matter, other than earth material
Types of earth material that are single rock types only
BGS Earth Material: Rock Name Classes
sub type in main hierarchy
This property links an earth material class with its parent super-class as defined by the main BGS rock classification hierarchy
sub type in Total Alkalis Versus Silica Classification hierarchy
This property links an earth material class with a child sub class defined by the Total Alkalis Versus Silica Classification hierarchy
sub type in Unconsolidated Deposits Classification Scheme hierarchy
This property links an earth material class with a child sub class defined by the Unconsolidated Deposits Classification Scheme hierarchy
super type in main hierarchy
super type in Unconsolidated Deposits Classification Scheme hierarchy
This property links an earth material class with its parent super-class as defined by the Total Alkalis Versus Silica Classification hierarchy
super type in Total Alkalis Versus Silica Classification hierarchy
This property links an earth material class with its parent super-class as defined by the Unconsolidated Deposits Classification Scheme hierarchy