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Zimbabwe Regional Geochemical Survey.

During the period 1982-86 a team of geologists from the British Geological Survey carried out a programme of regional geological mapping and geochemical exploration in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Geological Survey under a Technical Co-operation agreement supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) (formerly Overseas Development Agency). Three regions of Zimbabwe were mapped (Harare, Rushinga & Nyampanda, and Makaha) and the results of the stream sediment geochemical surveys were presented as three reports. Over 17,000 stream sediments were collected and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni, Mn, Li, As, Ba, Sn, Ta, and W. Raw data can be obtained from the Geological Survey of Zimbabwe, PO Box CY210,Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Zimbabwe Regional Geochemical Survey.. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-63db-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
1982
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480409

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Originator

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Custodian

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Geochemical maps , Geochemistry , Geology , Exploration , Regional geology , Geochemical exploration
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
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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.
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
grid Grid
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ZIMBABWE [id=677000]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

Geographic identifier
ZW

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
ZWE

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

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S
E
W


Supplemental Information
PUBLICATION: A REGIONAL DRAINAGE GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION SURVEY OF THE HARARE AREA, ZIMBABWE. RESEARCH REPORT OF THE BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NO MP/87/18. PUBLICATION: A REGIONAL DRAINAGE GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION SURVEY OF THE MAKAHA AREA, NORTH-EAST ZIMBABWE. RESEARCH REPORT OF THE BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NO MP/87/17. Harare: Average density (sample per square km) 2.7; Fraction used -80 mesh Rushinga & Nyamapanda: Average density (sample per square km) 1.55; Fraction used -80 mesh Makaha: Average density (sample per square km) 3.8; Fraction used -80 mesh During preparation of the CD-ROM the data has also been "cleaned" by replacing all 0 (below detection values) with a value 2/3rds the reported detection limits (rounded to an integer).

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Distribution format
  • Data in various formats, MS Excel, MS Word and image files available on a CD-ROM (1.1 Feb.1999 )

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/gbase/geochemcd/home.html  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

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
false
Statement
This work pre-dated the desktop PC era and the analytical data was stored on a Cifer 1880 microcomputer and PDP11 magnetic tapes. These data have recently been transferred to PC format and stored as a CD-ROM database. Some of the XRF data was lost.

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-63db-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-03-05
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey  
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  +44 115 936 3100  
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480409
 
 

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