Marine Seabed Sediment Geochemical Data from around the UK (1975-1990)

The concentrations of up to 30 trace elements in approximately 9,000 sea-bed samples from the UK Continental Shelf were determined by BGS using a variety of analytical techniques. In some cases samples were tested using more than one method. The analyses were carried out on freeze-dried samples of the sand and mud fractions of the samples. The data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. Data are delivered via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm geochemical layers. References: Stevenson, A G (2001) Metal concentrations in marine sediments around Scotland: a baseline for environmental studies, Elsevier Science; Stevenson, A G et al (1995) The geochemistry of sea-bed sediments of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf : the North Sea, Hebrides and West Shetland shelves, and the Malin-Hebrides sea area (http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/507899/).
 
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Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Seabed Sediment Geochemical Data from around the UK (1975-1990). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c35e3405-9daf-6d8b-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
1975
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605645

  Custodian

  0115 936 3276 

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Originator

  0115 936 3276 

  Owner

  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Marine geology , Bottom sampling , Marine surveys , Marine sediments , Sea floor sediments , Marine geochemistry
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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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]"
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vector Vector
Denominator
250000
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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E
W


Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4230

 

Date ( Revision )
2005

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  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm  
OnLine resource
Offshore theme  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
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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
Seabed sample material was collected by BGS during offshore surveys using various devices such as grabs and dredges. The concentrations of up to 30 trace elements in approximately 9,000 sea-bed samples were determined by BGS using a variety of analytical techniques. In some cases samples have been tested using more than one method. The analyses were carried out on freeze-dried samples of the sand and mud fractions of the samples. Data are stored as part of the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC).

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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-10-22
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

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http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605645
 
 

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