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Phosphorus speciation and metal abundances in mafic and ultramafic rocks

The dataset includes abundances of phosphorus redox species (phosphate, phosphite, pyrophosphate) and metal abundances for a collection of mafic and ultramafic rocks. These include peridotites,...

Dental Microwear Texture Analysis (DMTA) of tooth surfaces of fossil wolves from Britain and modern wolves from Poland

This dataset has been superseded, the latest version is version 2, http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608613 Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) raw data. These are values from...

Trace metals in soils in the West Bristol (Avonmouth) area

Concentrations of trace metals in soils from a grid of sites located around a disused (since 2003) smelting works in the Avonmouth, UK, area. The soil samples were collected on 4th and 5th October...

UK Modern Recorded Earthquakes Catalogue

This dataset contains recorded earthquakes in the UK from 1970 onwards. The catalogue covers the offshore areas as well as mainland UK, covering an area between 10 degrees West to 4 degrees East...

Riverine and Direct inputs of metals from the UK to marine waters around the UK: 1990-2004

Riverine and Direct inputs of metals from the UK to marine waters around the UK: 1990-2004

Trace metal, lead isotopes and organic pollutants of Nairobi slum sediments

Surface sediment geochemistry data comprised of:1) trace metals; 2) Pb isotope ratios; 3) organic pollutants (pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons and organochlorines and microtox bioassay). Sediments...

Dental Microwear Texture Analysis (DMTA) of tooth surfaces of fossil wolves from Britain and modern wolves from Poland version 2

Two Excel workbooks reporting dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) raw data. These are values from scale-sensitive fractal analysis (SSFA), and areal surface texture analysis (based on a suite...

Metal concentrations in seawater, marine sediment, plankton and fish in Eastern Scotland, 2020-2023

[This dataset is embargoed until September 30, 2027]. The dataset includes concentrations of a range of metal(loid)s in seawater, marine sediment, plankton and fish samples collected in East...

Measurement of labile metal in soils. Chemical extraction and isotopic dilution data

This dataset contains the concentrations of Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb, extracted from four soils, using the chemical extractants: 0.43 M HNO3, 0.43 M CH3COOH, 1 M CaCl2 and 0.05 M Na2H2EDTA (MExt...

Powder X-ray diffraction data of synthetic materials (metal-doped Fe(II)-silicate) (NERC grant NE/M013014/1)

Dataset of material characterisation (X-ray diffraction) analyses to constrain the nature of materials produced during Fe(II)-silicate precipitation experiments from seawater in the presence of...

Solubility, kinetics and metal drawdown during precipitation of Fe(II)-silicate over a range of temperatures (NERC Grant NE/M013014/1)

Solubility and kinetic data for Fe(II)-silicate precipitation over a range of temperatures, as well as metal drawdown and metal release during diagenesis. Characterisation data for solid...

DC2 Modern Mean High Water Spring

Mean High Water Springs tide line extracted from high resolution Digital Elevation Models, typically derived from airborne LiDAR datasets. Date of survey varies spatially, query line for source...

Mesoproterozoic Diabaig Formation, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes and metal abundances (NERC grant NE/V010824/1)

Organic carbon and nitrogen and bulk nitrogen isotope data and metal abundance data for siltstones and shales of the Mesoproterozoic Diabaig Formation. For a detailed description and...

Biological characteristics, liver metal concentrations, habitat biogeochemistry and habitat contamination sources of UK otters (2006-2017)

The dataset details the biological characteristics and concentrations of toxic metals/semi-metals in liver tissue from 278 Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that died across England and Wales during...

2004 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA5 Analysis of seabed sediment samples for heavy metals (North Sea)

As part of the UK Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) ongoing sectorial Strategic Environmental Assessment a seabed survey programme (SEA5) was...

Chemical analysis data derived from NERC grant NE/I025573/1, When on Earth did modern plate tectonics begin?

Earth is a dynamic planet, for the simple reason that it is still cooling down from the heat of accretion and subsequent decay of radioactive elements. The main mechanism by which it loses heat is...

Mesoarchean Sulphur Springs Group, Australia, stable carbon, nitrogen isotopes and metal abundances (NERC grant NE/V010824/1)

Organic carbon and bulk nitrogen isotope and abundance data and metal abundance data from the Mesoarchean VMS deposit and associated strata. Detailed information is given in Stueeken, E.E.,...

Paleoarchean Isua Supracrustal Belt, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes and metal abundances (NERC grant NE/V010824/1)

Organic carbon, bulk nitrogen isotope and bulk sulfur isotope and abundance data and metal abundance data from metapelites of the 3.7Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt. For more details, see Stüeken, E.E.,...

Architecture and Controls of Sinuous Submarine Channels: Analysis of 3D Seismic Data, Modern Channel Systems and Experimental Investigations

PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. Sinuous submarine channel systems are important sedimentary components of continental margins and form significant oil reservoirs in the deep offshore. Their...

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...