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Soil pyrogenic and organic carbon data in intact forest permanent plots across the Amazon Basin, 2015-2019

This dataset contains measurements of soil pyrogenic carbon, ratio of %PyC to %Bulk Carbon and organic carbon, which were collected in a soil fertility gradient in the Amazon Basin. All samples...

Chemical and physical composition of soil for four elevations on Mount Etna, Sicily, 2017

This dataset contains chemical and physical composition of soil for four elevations on Mount Etna. Soil samples were collected in 2017 and 2019 and then analysed for chemical and physical...

Carbon and nitrogen content of permafrost soils from the North West Territories and Yukon, Canada, 2019-2020

This dataset contains information on the carbon and nitrogen content of varying permafrost soil types and layers sampled from the North West Territories and Yukon, Canada in 2019 and 2020. Samples...

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...

Contaminants data from sediment cores collected in the North Sea between 2023 and 2024 and the Celtic Sea during 2023

These sample data are from sediment cores collected using a NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research design) Box Corer during 3 surveys conducted by the Research Vessel (RV) Cefas...

Scanned images of deep mine data

Scanned images of primary Geological Data resulting from deep underground coal exploration and exploitation. Collection of data includes reports, interpretations and records of research in British...

Map based index (GeoIndex) rock

This layer of the map based index (GeoIndex) shows the locations of over 12,500 rock samples from the land area of the United Kingdom gathered as part of the Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP)....

Microfossils from the continental shelf - value added data

Added value microfossil analyses carried out on material from the British Continental shelf are included. Sample number, borehole details, locality and geological information are given together...

Index to site investigation reports collection

[This metadata record has been superseded, see http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480403]. Index to reports of site investigations produced by external organisations carried out for all forms...

The Manacles Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2012

Data collected from two surveys of The Manacles rMCZ site. First was from 18th March - 20th March 2012, during which the following data were collected: MB Bathymetry Coverage (Contractor):...

Zooplankton abundance data derived from the Plankton Imager system from the Western English Channel and Eastern Irish Sea from 2016 to 2019

These data are abundances (in numbers per meters cubed) of zooplankton taxa, calculated from the analysis of images taken using the Plankton Imager system also included are station positions and...

Data held in the BGS Laboratory Information Management System

The LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) holds information about the sample preparation and chemical analysis of samples (from internal and external customers) handled by the BGS...

Geochemical data from samples from Fuego volcano, Guatemala

The dataset includes whole rock geochemical data collected by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), and geochemical analyses of glass and plagioclase microlites collected by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA)...

Strontium, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Boron isotopes of Mariana mud volcano pore waters (NERC grant NE/P020909/1)

Porewaters from IODP Expedition 366 were extracted from serpentinite mud volcano sediments onboard the RV JOIDES Resolution (see Fryer et al, 2017; 2018 for details). Selected samples were then...

Gro for GooD ERT (Electrical Resistivity Tomography) Data, Kwale County, Kenya (NERC grant NE/M008894/1)

Results of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) conducted in Kwale County, Kenya December 2015 and June 2016 by University of Nairobi and Water Resources Management Authority as part of the Gro...

Opencast Coal Data

Primary Geological Data resulting from Open Cast Coal exploration. Collection of data includes reports, interpretations and records of research in British coalfield areas deposited by British Coal....

Prime geological data - deep mine coal

Prime Geological Data resulting from deep underground coal exploration and exploitation produced by the British Coal Board and/or its precursors. The collection dates back to the 18th century and...

Anak Krakatau 2018 volcanic eruption - volcanic ash sample analysis (NERC Grant NE/T002026/1)

The data provides a summary of volcanic ash samples collected from around Anak Krakatau, Indonesia, in August 2019, originating from the December 2018 eruption. The ash was generated in eruptions...

Volcanic Whole Rock Dataset from Tajogaite eruption sequence, La Palma 2021 (NERC Grant NE/W007673/1)

Major and trace element data of lava and tephra samples from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption. Major and select trace element collected by XRF, trace elements collected by ICPMS, both at the University...

Data for glass sintering during dehydration (loss of water recorded by mass loss)

This dataset contains experimental data supporting Vasseur et al. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19120, which investigates the process of glass sintering during dehydration. The experiments...