Date ( Creation )

1982

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480409

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

otherRestrictions 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

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

N

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).

Distribution format

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

OnLine resource

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/gbase/geochemcd/home.html  

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

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

2021-09-17

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480409