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Palaeobiology and phosphorites of the Ediacaran Biskopas Formation: optical microscopy and SEM-BSE-EDS data (NERC grant NE/I005951/1)

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
6 August 2026
Topic
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Summary

The dataset documents microfossils (acanthomorphic acritarchs) and sedimentary structures within phosphorite pebbles and interstitial carbonate cements from the Ediacaran Biskopas and Biri formations, Hedmark Group, Norway. Data includes extensive optical microscopy images (~30,000) of the microfossils and structures; SEM-BSE images, EDS elemental map and spot point data of phosphatized and carbonate-hosted microfossils; BSE maps and EDS elemental maps of the sedimentary structures within phosphorite pebbles; sedimentary descriptions and detailed grain size counts for phosphorites; detailed spread sheets recording microfossil size ranges, microfacies distributions, and abundances.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
06 August 2026
Harvest GUID
6fc52859-eb6b-13c6-e054-002128a47908
Extent (Latitude)
61.0000° to 60.9000°
Extent (Longitude)
10.5500° to 10.7500°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2018-06-07
Frequency of update
notApplicable
Access constraints
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 party
University of Cambridge (pointOfContact, principalInvestigator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng