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Images for plagioclase grain shape and size (NERC grant NE/N009894/1)

Measurements of the aspect ratio of plagioclase grains in dolerites from sills. Photomicrographs (several per sample across each of the sills, at a magnification such that the long side of the...

UKGEOS Glasgow Soil Chemistry 03_18 dataset

The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility, baseline soil geochemistry dataset released from the BGS comprises an excel file with two spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet contains...

UKCP18 Climate projections and clay shrink-swell susceptibility Premium

**Superseded latest version available here http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608539 Shrink-swell hazard potential for Great Britain based on CHESS-SCAPE climate projections, from 2030s to...

Paleomagnetic, paleointensity and rock-magnetic data from the AZ16 section of the Eocene Peshtasar volcanic succession in the Talysh Mountains, southeastern Azerbaijan

The dataset relates to the AZ16 section of the Eocene Peshtasar volcanic succession in the Talysh Mountains, southeastern Azerbaijan. It contains data from 25 volcanic cooling units divided into...

Map based index (GeoIndex) magnetic anomalies

This low-resolution image has been produced from BGS airborne and marine magnetic data. The colour was generated using the BGS COLMAP software package. Colour levels are defined by histogram...

Dry bulk density, loss on ignition and organic carbon content of surficial soils from English and Welsh salt marshes 2019

The data provide a quantitative measure of the dry bulk density, soil texture, organic matter content (LOI) and organic carbon present within surface soils (up to a depth of 10 cm). A total of 212...

UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) rabbit and deer data: 1993-2015

Rabbit and deer data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. These data are collected by transect at ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. The protocol uses...

High resolution nutrient chemistry of the River Frome, Dorset, UK (2004-2006)

This data resource consists of a nutrient concentration time series for the River Frome at East Stoke, Dorset, gathered between January 2004 and February 2006. Total phosphorus concentration data...

Oribatid mites 1998 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of oribatid mite species records (a component of the soil mesofauna), extracted from soils sampled across Great Britain in 1998, as part of the Countryside Survey monitoring...

Topsoil mineralisable nitrogen (mineral-N) data 2007 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of measures of topsoil mineralisable nitrogen (Mineral-N) from soils sampled from up to 256 1km squares across Great Britain in 2007. The Countryside Survey is a unique study...

Gridded estimates of hourly areal rainfall for Great Britain (1990-2014) [CEH-GEAR1hr]

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. The dataset contains 1km gridded estimates of hourly rainfall for Great-Britain for the period 1990-2014. The estimates are derived by applying the nearest...

Soil metals data 2007 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of metal concentrations (aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, titanium and zinc) measured from soils sampled...

UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) rabbit and deer data: 1993-2012

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Rabbit and deer data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. These data are collected by transect at ECN's terrestrial sites using a...

Freshwater pond quality data 2007 [Countryside Survey] v1.1

This dataset consists of freshwater pond quality data for sites across Great Britain in 2007. Data include macrophyte species records, chemistry and water quality, and environmental variables such...

Substrate utilisation profiles and moisture content data from soil sampled in an upland grassland experiment at Sourhope, Scotland [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

These data comprise substrate utilisation profiles (using the BIOLOG gram-negative method) and moisture content data from soil sampled in an upland grassland experiment at Sourhope, Scotland....

Soil microbial carbon cycling parameters, necromass carbon content, and soil-environmental properties for two experimental systems over a 3.4 km elevation gradient in Peru

This dataset contains soil microbial carbon cycling parameters (growth, respiration, carbon use efficiency) using O18-incorporation into DNA method, microbial biomass by fumigation-extraction),...

Soil pH and bulk density depth profiles in the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada

Data comprise pH and bulk density measurements (location (longitude, latitude), depth, bulk density) for multiple soil profiles in the SikSik catchment, North West Territories, Canada. Samples were...

Landscape area data 1978 [Countryside Survey]

This dataset consists of stock (area) data for Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Broad Habitats across Great Britain in 1978. Data are presented as areas of Broad (or Priority) Habitats within a set...

Gridded estimates of hourly areal rainfall for Great Britain 1990-2016 [CEH-GEAR1hr] v2

The dataset contains 1km gridded estimates of hourly rainfall for Great Britain for the period 1990-2016. The estimates are derived by applying the nearest neighbour interpolation method to a...

Mimetic host shifts in a social parasite of ants: Analytical data of surface semio-chemicals on Maculinea rebeli larvae

This dataset is part of the study of mimetic host shifts in an endangered social parasite of ants, which is a joint study of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Oxford. It...