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Stratigraphic and diatom data from isolation basins in northwest Scotland

This dataset contains the sediment descriptions and diatom data from a series of isolation basins in northwest Scotland. The data are from different areas in northwest Scotland: Raasay, Fearnmore, Loch Ewe, Reiff, and Inverkirkaig. For each area, sediment gouge and Russian cores were taken at possible isolation basin sites; the collection dates, location information (latitude/longitude) and sediment descriptions are provided for the coring sites in each area. The accompanying diatom counts are provided for cores that underwent diatom analysis. Data derived from NERC Grant NE/X009343/1 part of grant NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: How important are sea-level feedbacks in stabilizing marine-based ice streams? The project focusses on constraining the relative sea-level history of northwest Scotland, around the former Minch Ice Stream, to provide records for testing models of the interplay between ice-sheets, glacio-isostatic adjustment, and relative sea-level changes. Samples were collected 2022- 2025 and diatom analysis undertaken 2022- 2026.

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Date (Creation)
2026-01-20
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608608
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

University of Gloucestershire

Louise Best

not available

Originator

University of California

Alexander Simms

not available

Originator

Durham University

Jeremy Lloyd

not available

Originator

University of Stirling

Tom Bradwell

not available

Originator

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Sediments

  • Diatoms

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Sea level

  • Stratigraphy

  • NGDC Deposited Data

  • Citable Data

  • Fossil assemblage

dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • Citable Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
restricted
Other constraints
The dataset has been formally approved by BGS for access by external clients under a BGS Digital Data Licence, issued via BGS's IPR Section. The dataset must not be provided to, or be accessible by, an external client until the IPR Section confirms that signed licence documentation is in place. Refer to the IPR Section (DigitalLE@bgs.ac.) if further advice is required.. Constraint applies until 2028-01-20
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section ( ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
SCOTLAND [id=140000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
SCT

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

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Begin date
2022-12-10
End date
2026-01-19
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
Name Version

Microsoft Excel (XLSX)

Not unknown

Microsoft Edge PDF Document (.pdf)

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item191276

Data

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related

https://doi.org/10.5285/c408d0a8-39b2-45dc-acd3-e2a501fb0e44

Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass
No
Statement

Sediment gouge and Russian cores were taken and described in the field, and representative cores collected for laboratory analysis. Qualitative descriptions and sediment classification notation follows Troels-Smith Classification Scheme (1955). Diatom analysis followed standard laboratory and identification procedures, with a target minimum of 200 valves counted and identified per sample.

Metadata

File identifier
48f729dc-8fc1-1504-e063-3050940a7570 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-02-03
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608608

 
 

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Keywords

Citable Data NGDC Deposited Data UK Location (INSPIRE)


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