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British Geological Survey
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<p>The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance <a href="/facts/Earth_science/rQsXCSbM">geoscientific</a> knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its <a href="/facts/Continental_shelf/dpgHAR4U">continental shelf</a> by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research. </p><p>The BGS <a href="/facts/Headquarters/5rUlMcoP">headquarters</a> are in <a href="/facts/Keyworth%2c_Nottinghamshire/aBKHNUkh">Keyworth, Nottinghamshire</a>, England. Its other centres are located in <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/facts/Wallingford%2c_Oxfordshire/FPhJ2Wbs">Wallingford</a>, <a href="/facts/Cardiff/AHpRtKKg">Cardiff</a> and London. The current tagline of the BGS is: <i>Understanding our Earth</i>. </p>