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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...

Soil moisture profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada

This dataset consists of soil moisture profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Soil mositure profiles were monitored during summer in 2013 and 2014 in Yukon and Northwest Territories....

Soil temperature profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada

This dataset consists of soil temperature profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Soil temperature profiles were monitored during summer in 2013 and 2014 in Yukon and Northwest Territories....

Geohazard Assessment of Compressible Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to compress under an applied load. A characteristic usually of superficial deposits such as peat or...

Geohazard Assessment of Soluble Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for an area to be affected by geological deposits that have suffered or are suffering dissolution through natural processes....

GeoSure Compressible Deposits

The GeoSure data sets and reports from the British Geological Survey provide information about potential ground movement or subsidence in a helpful and user-friendly format. The reports can help...

Orthomosaic imagery for the South Saskatchewan River, Canada

Data were collected in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to provide high resolution imagery for two sections of the South Saskatchewan River, Canada. Photographs were acquired using conventional aerial plane...

Geohazard Assessment of Collapsible Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to collapse under a critical load. A characteristic usually of loess or loessic material. The...

Laboratory soil incubation respiration rates from permafrost in subarctic Canada

This dataset contains measures of laboratory soil incubation respiration rates from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Samples from soil cores were incubated in the laboratory to quantify CO2 and CH4...

Digital Surface Models for the South Saskatchewan River, Canada

Data were collected in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to provide Digital Surface Models (DSM) for two sections of the South Saskatchewan River, Canada. DSMs were generated using aerial plane images with a...

National Superficial Deposits Thickness Model (SDTM)

A series of tiled models of superficial thickness covering the UK. The models are derived by direct modelling (natural neighbour interpolation) of BGS borehole records and BGS DiGMapGB-50. For the...

Soil dates using radiocarbon in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada

This dataset consists of soil dates determined using radiocarbon in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Depth-specific soil core samples were dated using radiocarbon. Soil cores were...

Soil dates using 210Pb in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada

This dataset consists of soils dated using lead-210 (210Pb) in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Soil cores were sampled during early summer in 2013 and 2014 from peatland plateaus,...

Meteorological data for the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada for 2013 and 2014

Data comprise meteorological measurements (mean, minimum and maximum daily air temperature, minimum and maximum daily relative humidity, wind speed (kilometres per second at 10metres height), dew...

Dune migration measurements on the South Saskatchewan River, Canada, 2017

Data were collected in 2017, to provide information on spatial patterns of dune migration rates and associated water flow characteristics, at locations on the South Saskatchewan River, Canada. Dune...

GeoSure compressible deposits version 8

This dataset provides an assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to compress under an applied load, a characteristic usually of superficial deposits such as peat or alluvium. Some...

Geohazard Assessment of Running Sand Deposits

**No longer exists - now part of GeoSure**An assessment of the potential for a geological deposit to show running sand behaviour under the action of flowing water. A characteristic usually of...

GeoSure Collapsible Deposits

The GeoSure datasets and related reports from the British Geological Survey provide information about potential ground movement due to six types of natural geological hazard, in a helpful and...

GeoSure Running Sand Deposits

The GeoSure data sets and reports from the British Geological Survey provide information about potential ground movement or subsidence in a helpful and user-friendly format. The reports can help...

The Glacial Deposits at Upper Sundon Bedfordshire

These notes are based on a photographic record, made between 1950 and 1977, of the glacial deposits exposed in the workings of the Sundon Cement and Lime Works in south Bedfordshire. The site is...