BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units
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type: ConceptScheme
creator: foaf.rdf
publisher: foaf.rdf
see also: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/home.cfm
see also: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/vocabulary/1.0/home.html

BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Classification Type
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type: ConceptScheme
label: Lexicon classification type

Lexicon definition status
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type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Definition statii

has equivalence description
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the equivalence between the two rock unit names or rock unit entities

Lexicon equivalence types
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Types of equivalence

Lexicon equivalent names
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type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Equivalent Names

has definition status
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the status of the lexicon definition

has equivalence type
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to a type of equivalence between two rock unit names or rock unit entities

has equivalent lexicon entry
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to an equivalent rock unit entry in the lexicon

has formality
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property indicates if the lexicon entry is formal or informal

has geographical distribution
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the geographical distribution of the rock unit

has lithogenesis
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the lithogenetic type applicable to this rock unit

has lithogenesis description
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the lithogenesis, environment of deposition or mode of origin of the rock unit

has lithology
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the lithology that a lithological component is composed of, as described by the BGS Rock Classification Scheme

has lithology component
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to a lithological component of the rock unit

has lithology description
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the lithology of the rock unit

has lower boundary definition
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the lower boundary of the rock unit

has obsolete equivalent
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
comment: Property links to an obsolete lexicon entry that the current entry replaces
sub property of: replaces
range: Resource

has oldest age
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the oldest geological age of the rock unit

has predominant age
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the predominant geological age of the rock unit

revision number
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type: Property
title: The revision number of a resource.
range: Literal
label: has revision number
comment: Property gives the revision number of the lexicon entry

has rock unit rank
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the rank of the rock unit

has role description
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the role of the source reference

has shape type
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
comment: Property links to the type of shape that the rock unit takes in the ground
type: Property
range: Resource

has source info
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
inverse of: is source info for
comment: Property links to a description of source information used for the lexicon entry. Inverse property of isSourceInfoFor.
range: Resource

has source reference
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to a published document that is a source reference

definition has spatial scope
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to a named spatial scope in which the definition applies

Type of Stratotype
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Specifies whether the referenced stratotype is a type section, reference section, etc.

has theme
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the geological theme that the rock unit is assigned to

has thickness description
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the thickness of the rock unit

has classification
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the classification of the rock unit

has upper boundary definition
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property describes the upper boundary of the rock unit

has youngest age
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the youngest geological age of the rock unit

is lexicon entry
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to the rock unit entry in the lexicon for which an equivalent name is defined

is locally dominant
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property indicates if this lithological component is locally dominant in places within the extent of the rock unit, even though it may not be dominant overall in the unit

is source info for
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
comment: Property links to a lexicon entry which this is source information for
range: Resource
inverse of: has source info

is type locality for
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
comment: Property links to the rock unit in the BGS Lexicon for which this is a type locality
range: Resource
inverse of: hasTypeLocality

Lithogenesis types
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type: ConceptScheme

Lithology components
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Lithological Components
description: Describes the lithological components of a rock unit in the BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units

A Unit in the BGS Lexicon of Named Rocks
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
publisher: foaf.rdf
creator: foaf.rdf
label: Named Rock Units in the UK
see also: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon
description: The Lexicon of Named Rock Units database provides BGS definitions of rock unit terms that appear on our maps and in our publications.

Numerical Rank
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property gives rank order of a rock unit formation expressed as an integer

Lithostratigraphical unit ranks
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
publisher: foaf.rdf
creator: foaf.rdf
description: This scheme defines ranks of rock unit used in the BGS Lexicon of Rock Unit. The rank indicates how large and extensive the rock unit it. Larger ranking units are sub-divided into smaller ranking units.

Lexicon unit shape types
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Unit Shape Types

Lexicon source information
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Source References

source reference defines
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Resource
comment: Property links to an aspect of the lexicon entry definition that this source information defines

source type
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: Property
range: Literal
comment: Property indicates whether this source is a principal or non-principal source of information for the lexicon entry

Lexicon spatial scopes
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Spatial Scope of Definitions

Lexicon stratotype
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Stratotypes

Lexicon Stratotype types
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Stratotype Types

Lexicon themes
access rights: The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
type: ConceptScheme
title: BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units: Rock Type Themes