Databases

Bedrock Lexicon
This database contains descriptions of Bedrock Formations, their age, locations of their type sections. The database does not have full national coverage. Here below is a sample record. For further information please contact Programme staff.		Bedrock Boreholes
This is a national database of boreholes derived from GSI's own records and exploration Open File reports.It contains information on location, depth and lithologies. It is currently undergoing a major revision and is due to be accessible via the web by 2008. Here below are sample records from the da...
Palaeontology Collection
The GSI maintains important collections of Irish fossils obtained during the course of mapping programmes over the last 150 years. The bulk of the collections consist of the acquisitions made between the years 1845 and 1890. They are typical of all stratigraphic systems represented in Irish geology,...