Results for "Sediments"

2002 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA2 Laboratory report. Grain size analyses sea bed sediments collected in North Sea, 2001. BGS Tech Note CR/01/193

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 15 March 2024

This report is the product of the laboratory analyses carried out on sediments collected on the MV Kommandor Jack during the summer or 2001 as part of Department of Trade and Industry's (now...

Hornblende 40Ar/39Ar dates for Miocene sediment samples collected at Site U1521 during International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 374 to the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 09 April 2026

This dataset comprises 40Ar/39Ar dated detrital hornblende grains for 5 samples from IODP Expedition 374 Site U1521 to the Ross Sea, collected on the RV JOIDES Resolution. Shipboard biostratigraphy...

2006 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA7 sample analysis - Physical/chemical analysis of marine sediment samples collected during the SEA7 survey August/September 2005 (NE Atlantic west of Scotland)

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 15 March 2024

This report present the data obtained from the analysis of sediment samples collected during survey operations for the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate...

N-alkanoic acid hydrogen isotope composition and biomarker concentration of sediments from Lake Suigetsu, Japan (132,700 to 125,200 cal BP)

Published by:: Environmental Information Data Centre
Last updated:: 11 March 2026

This dataset contains information about the compound-specific stable hydrogen isotope composition (δ2H) of n-alkanoic acids with 26, 28 and 30 carbon atoms. The samples originated from the Lake...

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) global positioning system (GPS) locations for instruments and features associated with wave monitoring and sedimentation-erosion table installations in saltmarsh and mudflat habitats

Published by:: Environmental Information Data Centre
Last updated:: 26 March 2026

The dataset details global positioning system (GPS) locations recorded for instruments and locations of interest associated with equipment installed for the monitoring of wave energy, surface...

Trace metal concentrations and lipid biomarkers used in the interpretation of a sediment record (IODP U1419) from the Gulf of Alaska (NERC Grant NE/N011112/1)

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 09 April 2026

"Three spreadsheet tables of biomarker data, element ratios, and accumulation rates. Sediment samples from IODP Expedition 341, Site U1419 in the Gulf of Alaska. Site U1419 is located in 721 m...

Habitat point records from 1981-90 ICI Cleveland sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

ICI monitoring program survey data for the open coast of Cleveland.

Species point records from 1981-90 ICI Cleveland sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

ICI monitoring program survey data for the open coast of Cleveland. Records currently considered sensitive have been removed from this dataset.

Coastal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (CBESS) sediment stability by Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM) in salt marsh and mud flat habitats

Published by:: Environmental Information Data Centre
Last updated:: 02 April 2026

The dataset comprises the surface stability of sediments as determined by a Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM). Between 3 and 5 replicate measurements were taken from each of the 22 designated...

Estimated abundances of para-Coumaric acid (a UV-B absorbing compound) and malformations counts in subfossil Pinus Diploxylon pollen, recorded at different depths of sediment core from Lake Suigetsu, Japan

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 02 April 2026

This data was collected in order to investigate the level of evidence for: A) a relationship between the strength of the geodynamo and Earth surface UV-B irradiance; B) increased surface UV-B...

Diatom silica oxygen isotope and n-alkanoic acid hydrogen isotope composition of sediments from Lake Suigetsu, Japan (22,000 to 10,000 cal BP)

Published by:: Environmental Information Data Centre
Last updated:: 11 March 2026

This dataset contains information about the stable oxygen isotope composition (δ18O) of bulk diatom silica, and the compound-specific stable hydrogen isotope composition (δ2H) of n-alkanoic acids...

Planktonic foraminiferal census counts and counts of Ice Rafted Debris (IRD) from sediment samples collected during Ocean Drilling Programme (OPD) leg 162 site 983 (NERC grant NE/L006405/1)

Published by:: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Last updated:: 09 April 2026

These data are described fully in the following publication: S. Barker, J. Chen, X. Gong, L. Jonkers, G. Knorr, D. Thornalley, Icebergs not the trigger for North Atlantic cold events. Nature 520,...

Habitat point records from 1986 Jensen/Sheader Sellafield sublittoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

A series of grab samples taken off Sellafield, between St Bees Head and the Ravenglass estuary. These samples were seived over a 0.5 mm mesh sieve.

Species point records from 1974-78 SOTEAG Shetland sublittoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

Data is from 0.1 square meter grab samples from surveys done between 1974 and 1978. SMBA sites would have been sieved over a 1mm mesh, DAFS sites over a 0.5mm mesh. Records currently considered...

Habitat point records from 1965-70 DAFS Scottish littoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

The study of a number of sandy beaches covering a range of environmental conditions revealed faunistic variation which reflected the different species' tolerance of or preference for the conditions...

Habitat point records from 1974-78 SOTEAG Shetland sublittoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

Data is from 0.1 square meter grab samples from surveys done between 1974 and 1978. SMBA sites would have been sieved over a 1mm mesh, DAFS sites over a 0.5mm mesh.

Habitat point records from 1990 Wigham Plym Estuary littoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

The aim of the survey was to appraise the invertebrate fauna in terms of: a) the site's intrinsic value for invertebrates b) the site's potential value for birds. Due to the sample area being 0.016...

Habitat point records from 1999 IECS Inner Dowsing sublittoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

This survey was carried out as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR). The MNCR was started in 1987 by the Nature Conservancy Council and subsequent to the Environment Protection Act...

Habitat point records from 1996 IECS Thames Estuary sublittoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018

Sunlittoral sampling survey conducted by IECS using Day Grab and 0.5mm sieve.

Species point records from 1986 Jensen/Sheader Sellafield sublittoral sediment survey

Published by:: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:: 17 May 2018