Identification info

Metadata Language

English (en)

Dataset Reference Date ()

2009

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605362

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Soil chemistry
• Chromium
• Cadmium
• Arsenic
• Lead
• Nickel

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access

otherRestrictions

Other constraints

license

Other constraints

Either : (i) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under license; and / or (ii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted before the dataset can be provided to, or accessed by, BGS staff or external clients. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant access restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (IPR@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Use constraints

otherRestrictions

Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk ) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Spatial representation type

vector

Denominator

50000

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Extent

SCOTLAND [id=140000]

Dataset Reference Date ()

1979

Extent

SCT

Dataset Reference Date ()

2009

N

S

E

W

Begin date

1968

End date

1993

Additional information

This dataset has been replaced by Estimated Ambient Background Soil Chemistry Scotland.

Distribution Information

Data format

• Shapefiles ()

Quality Scope

dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

The soil chemistry data is based on GBASE (Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment) soil geochemical data where these are available. Elsewhere the stream sediment data are converted to surface soil equivalent potentially harmful element (PHE) concentrations using delineations of PM polygons as the soil geochemistry mapping unit and the statistical relationships between soil and stream sediment data to derive the equivalent soil PHE concentration from the stream sediment data. Geometric mean ambient background concentrations (ABCs) for PHEs in mineral soils are mapped within delineations of PM polygons to produce a seamless data set covering the whole of Great Britain, with the exception of the London area where an inadequate number of geochemical samples are available at the moment. PHE concentrations in organic soils (i.e. with more than 15-20% organic carbon) are likely to be significantly lower than those indicated by the soil chemistry data.

Metadata

File identifier

9df8df52-d75c-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML

Metadata Language

English (en)

Resource type

dataset

Metadata Date

2023-06-27

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3