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Mineral occurrences database

Dataset of mineral occurrences in the UK including locations of known mines, mineral showings and localities, including sites where minerals of economic interest have been identified in panned...

Parallel measurements of methane content in the soil gas samples

Data contain reference measurements of methane concentration in soil gas samples for storage tests in sampling methodology evaluation and results of field measurements as well as laboratory tests...

Source apportionment of nutrient contributions to rivers in England and Wales modelled with SAGIS

Estimates of in-river concentrations (mg/l) and loads (kg/day) of nutrients to rivers in England and Wales from multiple sector sources, modelled with SAGIS (Source Apportionment GIS). The...

Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2022

This dataset consists of measures of topsoil (0-15 cm) physico-chemical properties from soils sampled from 110 x 1-km squares across Great Britain in 2022 as part of a rolling soil and vegetation...

Topsoil physico-chemical properties from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2021

This dataset consists of measures of topsoil (0-15 cm) physico-chemical properties from soils sampled from 110 x 1 km squares across Great Britain in 2021 as part of a rolling soil and vegetation...

2003 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA4 Sample analysis - Particle Size Analysis and Heavy Metal analysis, Atlantic margin (north UKCS)

This report contains heavy metal concentrations (As, Ba, Cr, Cu, Cd, Fe, Hg, Pb, Mn, Ni, Sr, V and Zn) and sedimentological characteristics (particle-size analysis) which were determined in...

Nematode assemblages from the North West Irish Sea, the Celtic Deep, the Bristol Channel and Camarthen Bay, July 2004 and July 2005

Data consists of presense data of nematode worms in the form of count data. Samples were collected from four subtidal habitats in the North West Irish Sea, Celtic Deep, Bristol Channel and...

Photosynthetic pigments in water samples from 20 lochs in Scotland, May-June 2022

This dataset describes the concentrations of photosynthetic pigments (Chlorophylls, carotenoids and phycocyanin) measured by HPLC and spectrophotometry in water samples of 20 lochs in Scotland....

Phosphorus speciation data from cherts and spherule beds related to the S2 impact event 3.2 billion years ago in South Africa

The data include total phosphorus abundances and concentrations of oxidized (phosphate) and reduced phosphorus (phosphite) for a series of samples spanning the S2 meteorite impact event recorded in...

Microbial DNA extraction and PCR from core samples SSK105556 and SSK105560 from UKGEOS Glasgow Observatory, borehole GGC01

Microbial DNA concentrations from DNA extraction using Qiagen PowerSoil Pro DNA Extraction kit and subsequent Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) from core samples collected and preserved for...

Nd model age versus deposition age of fine-grained continental sedimentary rocks (NERC grant NE/K008862/1)

A worldwide compilation of 645 analyses of Sm and Nd concentrations, and Nd isotopes, in fine-grained continental sedimentary rocks with a range of deposition ages. These data were used in Dhuime...

Skaergaard mush thickness (NERC grant NE/J021520/1)

Dihedral angle data and bulk rock P2O5 concentrations for cumulates from the Skaergaard Intrusion of East Greenland. The data were used to constrain the thickness of the mushy layer at the point in...

16S rRNA Gene Sequencing of Filtered Groundwater from 8 Boreholes in Cambodia (NERC grant NE/P01304X/1)

This dataset represents the raw reads from sequencing the V4 hyper-variable region of the 16S rRNA gene on an Illumina MiSeq platform. The samples are filtered groundwater samples from 8 boreholes...

Hydrocarbon and microbial community data from contaminated beaches in Salamina and the Athens Riviera following the Agia Zoni II Oil Spill (2017-2018)

These data were collected from surface sediments (0-5 cm) at sites located along the Athens Riviera and Salamina coastline, Greece. The sediments came from both oil-contaminated (via Agia Zoni II...

Dissolved polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the River Wyre (northwest England)

Data on concentrations of dissolved PAHs and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in 20 water samples collected from the River Wyre at five sites between Marshaw Wyre, one of the two headwaters of the...

UKCCSRC Call 1 Project: Oxyfuel and exhaust gas recirculation processes in gas turbine combustion for improved carbon capture performance

Conventional power generation in the UK faces a significant challenge in the face of decarbonising and maintaining a reliable, secure and cost effective electricity supply. The requirement for...

The amino acid composition of 20 aragonite samples precipitated in vitro in the presence and absence of amino acid (aspartic acid and glycine, separately and in combination), the dipeptide glycyl-L-aspartic acid and tetra-aspartic acid.

Amino acid compositions of aragonite samples precipitated from seawater, using a pH stat titrator using the constant composition technique between September 2021 and December 2022. Samples were...

Ozone flux, dynamic global vegetation, and carbon storage modelled data of tropical forests using the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), 1900-2015

This dataset includes spatially-explicit input, output and summary data from the use of dynamic global vegetation model, the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES V5.6). This includes the...

Soil biological activity in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, September 2005 and spring 2016

Data comprise site location, soil chemistry (pH, soil moisture), soil radionuclide activity concentrations (the isotopes measured were: Americium-241, Caesium-137, Plutonium-238, -239 and -240,...

Habitat point records from 1996 MNCR/CCW Bardsey Island littoral survey

Littoral survey around Cafn Enlli, the small harbour on the SE side of Bardsey. Purpose of survey to assess likely impacts of proposed extension to gabions or building of new jetty wall. Survey...