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Loch Etive Depth Cores Ion Torrent FASTQ Data (NERC Grant NE/L000326/1)

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

Two sediment depth cores were collected from the floor of Loch Etive, near Oban, Scotland. Slicing was performed in an anaerobic bag. Samples were taken at 0.5 cm increment between 0 - 2 cm, 1 cm increments between 2 - 10 cm, and at either 2 or 5 cm increments thereafter. Samples were transferred to Newcastle University for DNA extraction. A total of 21 samples were extracted for core 1, and 23 samples extracted for core 2.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 August 2026
Harvest GUID
a0046fac-9c62-30ee-e054-002128a47908
Extent (Latitude)
56.4400° to 56.4400°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.2400° to -5.2400°
Dataset reference date (creation)
2020-02-21
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 Newcastle (originator, principalInvestigator); British Geological Survey (distributor, originator, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng