Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the sedimentary environment (NERC Grant NE/M010953/1)

Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the sedimentary environment. Samples were collected throughout the UK. This data was collected between February 2019 and November 2019. This data was collected to better understand the low temperature cycling of Telurium (Te) and Sellenium (Se) in the geological environment. For example, a range of ochre samples were included in this data. Ochres are a modern precipitate commonly found in rivers and streams which flow through geographical areas with a history of mining resources which are rich in sulphides. Iron from the sulphides are leached out and deposited downstream, coating river and stream beds, giving a red, yellow or orange colouration. Ochres can be a sink for trace metals such as Te and Se, therefore studying these environments could be informative from a resource perspective but also from an environmental hazard perspective. This data would be useful for researchers who require reference photographs for similar studies or as an aid for resampling.

Citation proposal
. Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the sedimentary environment (NERC Grant NE/M010953/1). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/a5894fd1-b8ee-39cb-e054-002128a47908

Simple

Date ( Creation ): 2020

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607622

Principal investigator

University of Aberdeen - Dr John Parnell (Lecturer )

Department of Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE United Kingdom

01224 273464

01224 272785

Originator

University of Aberdeen - Connor Brolly (Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology )

Aberdeen AB24 3UE

Point of contact

University of Aberdeen - Connor Brolly (Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology )

Aberdeen AB24 3UE

Maintenance and update frequency: notApplicable notApplicable

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Chalk , Sandstone , Ironstone , Slate

Keywords

NERC_DDC

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

Metadata language: English English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

UK [id=139300]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Geographic identifier

UKM

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Reference system identifier

OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Date ( Revision ): 2005

Distribution format

JPEG ()

OnLine resource: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html?#item135105

Hierarchy level: dataset Dataset

Other: 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: Field photographs were taken at each locality as part of the sample collection process, to document the in situ geological, geographical or environmental context of the sample. The data is structured as a compressed folder containing subfolders titled with the geographical area, geological age and sample type. Within each folder is a further subfolder titled with the UK OS grid reference for each sample locality.