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4. © NERC All rights reserved 3D & 4D Geoscience modelling 8 km Bedrock model, looking west vertical exaggeration x3 8 km Low uncertainty c. 10m in XYZ, high uncertainty c. 70m in XYZ Defensible data, and a valuable guide where more data needed Calculated from data density & geological complexity of modelled surface.....the framework for process modelling

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11. © NERC All rights reserved 8 km Hugh Barron Team Leader, Responsive Surveys Scotland hfb@bgs.ac.uk