Normal background concentrations of contaminants (OGC WxS INSPIRE)

The BGS has been commissioned by Defra to provide guidance on what are 'normal' levels of contaminant concentrations in English soils in support of the revision of the Part 2A Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance. The domain polygons and other data produced by this work are served as WMS here.
 
Citation proposal
. Normal background concentrations of contaminants (OGC WxS INSPIRE). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d38fa37c-5d21-088d-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
2012-07-11
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605712

  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 
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monthly Monthly
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Digital maps , Geochemistry , Contamination , Soils , Geology
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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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.
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Geographic identifier
GBN

 

Date ( Revision )
2009

Geographic identifier
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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  Distributor

  0115 936 3276 
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Normal background concentrations of contaminants (OGC WxS INSPIRE)  
OnLine resource
Normal background concentrations of contaminants (OGC WxS INSPIRE)  
OnLine resource
Normal background concentrations of contaminants (OGC WxS INSPIRE)  
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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
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false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011-03-21
Explanation
See the referenced specification at http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/Network_Services/TechnicalGuidance_ViewServices_v3.0.pdf
Pass
false
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Metadata language
English English
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Hierarchy level name
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Date stamp
2021-12-08
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605712
 
 

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