f89357a2-90cc-74a6-e053-0937940ae6e3 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-17 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608060 WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) Trace metal, lead isotopes and organic pollutants of Nairobi slum sediments 2023-04-04 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608060 Surface sediment geochemistry data comprised of:1) trace metals; 2) Pb isotope ratios; 3) organic pollutants (pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons and organochlorines and microtox bioassay). Sediments were collected from sites situated along Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong Rivers, Nairobi, Kenya on January 16th, 2020. This data is published in the following research paper which should be cited; Vane, C.H., Kim, A.W., Lopes dos Santos, R.A., Gill, J.C., Moss-Hayes, V., Mulu, J.K., Mackie, J.R., Ferreira, A.M.P.J., Chenery, S.R. and Olaka, L.A., 2022. Impact of organic pollutants from urban slum informal settlements on sustainable development goals and river sediment quality, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Applied Geochemistry, 146: 105468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105468 Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk originator Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact notPlanned https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/f89357a2-90cc-74a6-e053-0937940ae6e3.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Hydrocarbons Trace metals Base metals BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE) dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions no limitations The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. 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Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely available without any use constraints - inclusion of any third party data / information will affect the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made. vector English geoscientificInformation British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation NAIROBI [id=687120] 36.6600 36.8800 -1.3100 -1.2400 2019-04-01 2022-03-31 This data is part of the BGS International NC programme ‘Geoscience to tackle Global Environmental Challenges’, NERC reference NE/X006255/1 and the sub-project Observatories in Urban Systems (OPUS - Soils and Sediments Task) NEE7946NOD. Microsoft Excel witheld Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item178348 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download dataset dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false 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 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false A full description of all method are presented in: Vane, C.H., Kim, A.W., Lopes dos Santos, R.A., Gill, J.C., Moss-Hayes, V., Mulu, J.K., Mackie, J.R., Ferreira, A.M.P.J., Chenery, S.R. and Olaka, L.A., 2022. Impact of organic pollutants from urban slum informal settlements on sustainable development goals and river sediment quality, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Applied Geochemistry, 146: 105468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105468. In brief, trace metals and Pb isotopes were determined by ICPMS, pharmaceuticals by LC/MS/MS and hydrocarbons and organochlorines by GC/MS.