Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) data obtained as part of NERC grant NE/L011409/2.

This folder contains SEM data from six fossil-bearing surfaces in Newfoundland, alongside two publications that have arisen from the datasets. SEM data were collected from carbon-coated thin sections through sedimentary samples from Ediacaran bedding planes in Newfoundland. The data are divided by thin section/surface, and each sub-folder contains images (.BMP format), text files, spot point counts (as .emsa files), and .SIF files. The ‘NSSProject’ file (.xml) contains broader project data. The thin sections analysed originate from sedimentary samples collected prior to the start of this IRF, collected under permits issued by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Each folder name corresponds to the following thin section in the collections at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge: Folder name Thin section studied Geological information Current location in Cambridge Earth Sciences, office N321 BR5 2013 BR5 2013 Briscal Fm, MPER Slide drawer NL14 BR5 2014 BR5 2014 Briscal Fm, MPER Slide drawer NL14 LC5 – H14 N12-LC5-1 Trepassey Fm, Little Catalina Slide drawer NL12.2 LC6 N14-LC6-1 Trepassey Fm, Little Catalina Slide drawer NL14 LC13 N14-LC13-1 Trepassey Fm, Little Catalina Slide drawer NL14 MP2 E Surface 3309-9 Mistaken Point Fm, MPER Slide drawer NL11.2 PU10 - MUN N12-PU10-1 Trepassey Fm, Burnt Point, Port Union Slide drawer NL12.1 The date in the folder name (December 2014 or January 2015) indicates the month in which SEM analysis of that specimen took place. Data were collected to examine the mineralogy and sedimentology associated with fossil-bearing surfaces in Newfoundland. These data will be of interest to those researching Ediacaran taphonomy, sedimentology, and petrology. Dr Alex Liu, with the assistance of Dr Stuart Kearns and Dr Ben Buse (University of Bristol), collected the data. For more information, please see; http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2015.095 and doi:10.1130/G36048.1

Date (Creation): 2021-10-24

Citation identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607861

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Cambridge	Alexander Liu	not available	Originator
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	not available	Point of contact

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Geology

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Ediacaran fauna
Pyrite
Sedimentary geology
Petrology
Electron microscopy

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Language: English

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Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2014-12-01

End date: 2015-01-30

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

Date (Publication): 2011

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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

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Statement: Sedimentary samples were chosen to include both the green-weathering siltstones upon which fossil assemblages are impressed, and the ash or smothering sediment that covered them. Standard polished, uncovered thin sections were made through sedimentary samples perpendicular to the bedding surfaces. Thin sections were carbon-coated and underwent imaging, energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) mineral characterization, and quantitative elemental mapping on a Hitachi S-3500N variable pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipped with Thermo Noran EDS x-ray detector, at the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. All raw files relating to the elemental maps, SEM images, and EDS point analyses are stored in the Bristol Data Repository: doi: 10.5523/bris.1rdlayqk8sje91lk0iq1mdnzib.