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Vadose zone nitrate contained within cave drip waters and speleothems

This data set contains a record of nitrate concentrations and isotopic composition present within the drip waters and speleothem carbonate deposits of Cueva-cubío del Llanío, northern Spain. Data were collected between 2018 to 2020, and specifically address the nitrate composition of the cave drip waters, pool waters, rocks, soil, vegetation and contemporary speleothem carbonate. Calculations are also undertaken to assess the partitioning of nitrate between cave drip water and speleothem carbonate deposits. Data pertaining to speleothem nitrate content also extend to other cave locations (Pooles cavern, UK; Brown's Folly Mine, UK, Ease Gill Caverns, UK; Rukiesa cave, Ethiopia; Cueva Perlas, N. Spain). Sample analysis was performed at Lancaster University and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology under NERC facility access grant LSMSF\CEH\L\125\11\2018. The data presented represent the full underlying dataset to Wynn et al., 2021, Chemical Geology: DOI.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120172.

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Date (Creation)
2021-03-19
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607723
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

University of Lancaster

Dr Peter Wynn

not available

Originator

University of Lancaster

Scott Ambler

not available

Originator

University of Lancaster

Dr. Imke Grefe

not available

Originator

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Dr. David Soto

not available

Originator

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Dr. Helen Grant

not available

Originator

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Isotopes

  • Nitrates

  • Speleothems

  • NGDC Deposited Data

dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
licenceOGL
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Use constraints
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

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

Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ES

ISO 3166_1 alpha-2 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
ESP

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
GB

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
SPAIN [id=248000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
UK [id=139300]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
UKM

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

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Begin date
2018-01-20
End date
2020-08-20
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
Name Version

csv

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item163485

Data

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120172

Published Paper

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://doi.org/10.5285/e41e9f83-b7ef-4a0e-b630-b73bdc881390

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

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
No
Statement

Cave waters, vegetation, rocks and soils were collected through repeat sampling trips to the Cueva-cubío del Llanío cave site throughout 2018 to 2020. Modern calcite was grown on glass plates sited within the cave over time intervals of 6 to 18 months. Water samples were analysed for nitrate content using automated colourimetry. Nitrogen percentage and isotope composition of soils, sediments and vegetation were determined by elemental analyser linked to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer at Lancaster University. The nitrate isotope composition of cave waters and speleothem carbonate were determined using the microbial denitrification of sample nitrate to nitrous oxide gas with subsequent analysis by isotope ratio mass spectrometry within the National Environmental Isotope Facility hosted by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Metadata

File identifier
be32f45f-cbe2-5d1e-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-07
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607723

 
 

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