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The mid-Palaeozoic biotic crisis: setting the trajectory of tetrapod evolution. Northern England, Scottish Borders and Nova Scotia. (NERC grants NE/J020729/1, NE/J021067/1)

The data set consists of rock samples collected from Burnmouth, a core drilled at Norham, from Crumble Edge, Willie's Hole and Nova Scotia from 2012-2016; milled material is included. There is an Excel spreadsheet of sample numbers with location, sample height on log, lithology and fossil content. Scans of field logs from Burnmouth, Crumble Edge, Edington Mill, Pease Bay (UK) and locations in Nova Scotia, and overview drawn-up logs from Burnmouth, Norham, Crumble Edge and Willie's Hole are included. Scans of thin section scans are also included. There is a spreadsheet containing geochemistry data - sample numbers with lithology and %C, %S, d13C. These data were used to interpret the environment in which early tetrapods have been found in the early Carboniferous. Publications include: Bennett et al., 2016 (doi: 10.1111/sed.12280); Bennett et al., 2017 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.018 0031-0182); Clack et al., 2016, (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0002); Kearsey et al., 2016 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.033) ; Clack et al., 2018, (doi:10.1017/S1755691018000087); Millward et al., 2018 (doi: 10.1111/sed.12465); Ross et al., 2018 ( https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000142)

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2018-10-02
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607387

 

University of Leicester

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Professor Sarah Davies

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Department of Geology

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Leicester

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LE1 7RH

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University of Leicester

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Janet Sherwin

(

School of Geography, Geology and the Environment

)

Bennett Building, University Road

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Leicester

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LE1 7RH

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Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Stable isotopes

  • Micropalaeontology

  • Sedimentary geology

  • Carbon isotopes

  • Carboniferous

  • Palaeoenvironment

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

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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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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]"

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2012-10-01
End date
2018-09-30
Additional information

These data were generated as part of the TW:eed Project (Tetrapod World: early evolution and diversification), led by Jenny Clack (University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge) and funded by N.E.R.C. consortium grants to the British Geological Survey (NE/J021067/1) and the Universities of Leicester (NE/J020729/1)

 

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  • MS Excel

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  • MS Word

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  • Adobe Acrobat Document

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Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item120270
Resource Locator
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item120270
 
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nonGeographicDataset
Other

non geographic dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

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

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Statement

Samples were collected from the field and location of each noted. A core was drilled at Norham (NE/J021067/1) and samples were taken from that. An existing core from the Hoddom Borehole was also sampled with some thin sections made Thin sections were made of many of the samples from the exposed sections and the boreholes. Small amounts of many samples were crushed, milled and analysed for C and S content on a LECO machine. Suitable samples were then analysed for C-isotopes. Portions of many samples were picked for macro and microfossil content.

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File identifier
7805456d-02da-2f37-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
nonGeographicDataset
Hierarchy level name

non geographic dataset

Metadata Date
2023-03-16
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

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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