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Neoproterozoic carbonate geochemistry data: Svalbard and Scotland (NERC grant NE/H004963/1)

The stratigraphic scope of the data is 1) the Polarisbreen Group of NE Svalbard (late Tonian to Ediacaran) and 2) top Appin and lower Argyll Groups, western Scotland (late Tonian to Cryogenian). Geochemical data on carbonates includes, in different cases, stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, strontium isotopes and trace elements. Results from Scotland are published in: Fairchild, I.J., Spencer, A.M., Ali, D.O., Anderson, R.P., Anderton, R., Boomer, I., Dove, D., Evans, J.D., Hambrey, M.J., Howe, J., Sawaki, Y., Wang, Z., Shields, G., Skelton, A. Tucker, M.E. and Zhou, Y. 2017 Tonian-Cryogenian boundary sections of Argyll, Scotland. Precambrian Research. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.020. An additional plot of some of the data is in: Ali, D.O., Spencer, A.M., Fairchild, I.J., Chew, K.J., Anderton, R., Levell, B.K., Hambrey, M.J., Dove, D., Le Heron, D.P. 2018. Indicators of relative completeness of the glacial record of the Port Askaig Formation, Garvellach Islands, Scotland. Precambrian Research. Doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.005. Results from Svalbard are partly published (Elbobreen Formation, members 3 and 4; Wilsonbreen Formation) in the publications listed below. Data on Elbobreen Formation, members 1 and 2 and the Dracoisen Formation are not published at the time of writing (January 2018). Fairchild, I.J., Bonnand, P., Davies, T., Fleming, E.J., Grassineau, N., Halverson, G.P., Hambrey, M.J., McMillan, E.A., McKay, E., Parkinson, I.J. and Stevenson, C.T.E. 2016 The Late Cryogenian Warm Interval, NE Svalbard: chemostratigraphy and genesis of dolomitic shales. Precambrian Research, 281, 128-154. Fairchild, I.J., Fleming, E.J., Bao, H., Benn, D.I., Boomer, I., Dublyansky, Y.V., Halverson, G.P., Hambrey, M.J., Hendy, C., McMillan, E.A., Spötl, C., Stevenson, C.T.E. and Wynn, P.M. 2016 Continental carbonate facies of a Neoproterozoic panglaciation, NE Svalbard. Sedimentology, 63, 443-497. Benn, D.I., Le Hir, G., Bao, H., Donnadieu, Y., Dumas, C., Fleming, E.J., Hambrey, M.J., McMillan, E.A., Petronis, M.S., Ramstein, G., Stevenson, C.T.E., Wynn, P.M. and Fairchild, I.J. 2015 Orbitally forced ice sheet fluctuations at the end of the Marinoan Snowball Earth glaciation Nature Geoscience. 8, 704-707. Fleming, E.J. (2014) Magnetic, Structural and Sedimentological Analysis of Glacial Sediments: Insights from Modern, Quaternary and Neoproterozoic Environments. Unpublished PhD Thesis. University of Birmingham. Available at: http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/5136/

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English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2018-01-05
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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607241

 

University of Birmingham

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Professor Ian Fairchild

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School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Birmingham

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B15 2TT

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Proterozoic

  • Geochemistry

  • Carbonates

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  • NERC_DDC

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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.

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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

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Begin date
2010-07-01
End date
2016-12-31
Additional information

NE Svalbard (78.5 °N and 17 °E) and western Scotland (National Grid squares NR and NM)

 

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http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item105149
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.005
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12252
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2502
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http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/5136/
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http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/citedData/catalogue/41ac1fb3-0fec-46ab-a0ee-7798c1ed2a89.html
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http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item105149
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.005
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.05.013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12252
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2502
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http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/5136/
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http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/citedData/catalogue/41ac1fb3-0fec-46ab-a0ee-7798c1ed2a89.html
 
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2011
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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
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Standard field and geochemical methods have been used to generate the data and are described in the publications listed above.

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English (en)
Resource type
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Metadata Date
2023-06-09
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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British Geological Survey


Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

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NOTTINGHAM

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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NG12 5GG

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United Kingdom

+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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