Identification

Title

Map based index (GeoIndex) top soil

Abstract

This layer shows data collected mainly by the Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) programme. Geochemical data are available for soil samples for the Humber-Trent and East Anglia atlas areas (see the Geochemical atlas areas layer). Samples for East Midlands and part of Southeast England have been collected and are currently either undergoing analysis or data conditioning. More than twenty urban areas have also been sampled and top soil analyses are available for these urban areas (Belfast, Cardiff, Corby, Coventry, Derby, Doncaster, Glasgow, Hull, Ipswich, Leicester, Lincoln, Manchester, Mansfield, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Swansea, Stoke, Telford, Wolverhampton and York). Regional samples are collected at an average density of one site per 2 square kilometres, urban sampling is at a density of 4 samples per square kilometre. Top soil samples are collected at a depth of 5 - 20cm. It is sieved through a 2mm mesh and milled to less than 150 microns. The data include analyses for some or all of the following elements by XRFS: Mg, P, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, V, Cr, Co, Ba, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pb, Bi, Th, U, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, La, Ce, Ge, Sc, Se, Br, Hf, Ta, W, Tl, Te and I. Loss on Ignition (LOI) and pH (in a slurry of 0.01 M CaCl2 ) is now routinely determined on 50% of regional and all urban samples.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/geochemistry/MapServer/WMSServer?

name: Geochemistry map theme

description: The wms layer for 'GeoIndex top soil' is held within the 'Geochemistry' map theme WMS layer which this URL link connects to.

function: download

http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex/home.html?layer=BGSTopSoil

name: GeoIndex GBASE Top soil samples

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605449

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Data is visible at map scales below 1:250000.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geochemistry

X ray fluorescence spectroscopy

Soil chemistry

Top soil

Soils

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.6500

East bounding longitude

1.7800

North bounding latitude

60.8600

South bounding latitude

49.7700

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Cardiff [id=1248135]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Corby [id=1263300]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Coventry [id=1264968]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Derby [id=1275269]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Doncaster [id=1276974]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

GBN

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Glasgow [id=1298677]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Ipswich [id=1327146]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Kingston Upon Hull [id=1330999]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Leicester [id=1337254]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Lincoln [id=1338581]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Manchester [id=1354818]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Mansfield [id=1355935]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Northampton [id=1375281]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Nottingham [id=1375906]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Peterborough [id=1386038]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Scunthorpe [id=1405894]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Sheffield [id=1408237]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Stoke [id=1419095]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Swansea [id=1422484]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Telford [id=1424638]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

Wolverhampton [id=1449930]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2002

code identifying the extent

York [id=1453715]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

2014-01

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2000

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The original data are top soil samples collected and analysed under the BGS G-BASE project. A database holds the information from the analysis and this layer of the GeoIndex is derived from this database.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

Geographic Information System

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

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.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3143

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

0115 936 3143

facsimile number

0115 936 3276

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-03-22

Metadata language