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Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:
referenceSystemIdentifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
code:
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Identification

Data Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
Measured Urban Soil Chemistry
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
2012
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605690
Abstract:
The BGS digital Measured Urban Soil Chemistry data comprises the locations and concentrations (mg kg-1) of Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni) and Lead (Pb) in urban topsoil samples. The data is derived from the national, high resolution urban soil geochemical data from the BGS Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) project. The information is relevant for the first stage of any assessment of risks to human health required by regulatory authorities in relation to land use and also for assessing ecological risk. Although point source PHE (Potentially Harmful Element) concentrations above respective SGVs (Soil Guideline Value) do not necessarily imply a significant health risk, they do highlight the need to consider whether or not there may be a risk. The urban soil chemistry data can be used to assist Local Planning Authorities to identify those areas where a risk assessment may need to be carried out by developers. Comparison of this spatially referenced geochemical data with information on current or historic land use and geological information might help environmental professionals decide whether high PHE concentrations in topsoils can be attributed to geogenic or anthropogenic sources. The point source data is based on an interpretation of the records in the possession of the BGS at the time the dataset was created.
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
distributor
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
pointOfContact
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
custodian
Resource Maintenance:
MD_MaintenanceInformation:
maint. / update frequency:
asNeeded
Graphic overview:
Browse Graphic:
File Name:
https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/cfa3ad2f-f3f7-51cf-e044-0003ba9b0d98.png
Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
keyword:
Geology
keyword:
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=13&langcode=en&ns=5
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-06-01
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
Lead
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
Cadmium
keyword:
Nickel
keyword:
Arsenic
keyword:
Chromium
keyword:
Soil chemistry
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2022
Date Type:
revision
Keywords:
keyword:
UK Location (INSPIRE)
keyword:
http://www.data.gov.uk
Type:
dataCentre
Keywords:
keyword:
NERC_DDC
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
license
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d
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.
MD_LegalConstraints:
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
Spatial Resolution:
Resolution:
Equivalent Scale:
Representative Fraction:
denominator:
50000
language:
eng
topicCategory:
geoscientificInformation
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic Element:
Geographic Bounding Box:
westBoundLongitude:
-8.6500
eastBoundLongitude:
1.7800
southBoundLatitude:
49.7700
northBoundLatitude:
60.8600
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
ISO 3166_2
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2009
code:
GBN
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
authority:
Citation:
Title:
British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
creation
date:
1979
code:
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]
Temporal Element:
TemporalExtent:
extent:
begin / end:
begin:
1968
end:
2012
Supplemental Information:
Report "User Guide for the BGS Soil Chemistry Data for Environmental Assessmentst" OR/12/050

Distribution

Distribution:
Distribution Format:
Format:
Format Name:
Shapefiles
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name:
Enquiries
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
0115 936 3143
facsimile:
0115 936 3276
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
distributor
Transfer Options:
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/
protocol:
HTTP
name:
BGS Homepage
description:
The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.
function:
information

Data Quality

Data Quality:
Scope:
DQ_Scope:
level:
dataset
Level Description:
MD_ScopeDescription:
other:
dataset
Report:
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2011
explanation:
See the referenced specification
pass:
0
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2010-12-08
explanation:
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
pass:
0
Lineage:
LI_Lineage:
statement:
The data is derived from soil geochemical surveys have been carried out at 24 urban centres in England, Scotland and Wales. Most of the surveys were undertaken by the BGS as part of the Geochemical Surveys of Urban Environments (GSUE) project (Fordyce et al., 2005), whereas Greater London, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Glasgow were sampled as part of larger multi-disciplinary projects. The concentrations of many potentially harmful elements including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb) are above 'natural' background in urban environments as a result of a range of contaminative processes. Urban geochemical surveying is based on the collection of samples on a 500 m grid at a density of approximately 4 samples per km2 across the urban areas. Samples were collected from open ground as close as possible to the centre of each 500 m grid cell. At each sample site, composite samples based on 5 sub-samples taken at the centre and four corners of a 20m square, were collected from the topsoil ('A' soil sample; 5-20 cm depth) and subsurface ('S'soil sample; 35-50 cm depth). Approximately 40 chemical elements were determined in the <2mm size fraction of the 'A' soils.

Metadata

File Identifier:
cfa3ad2f-f3f7-51cf-e044-0003ba9b0d98
language:
eng
Resource type:
dataset
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
British Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+44 115 936 3100
Address:
Address:
Delivery Point:
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
city:
NOTTINGHAM
administrative Area:
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Postal Code:
NG12 5GG
country:
United Kingdom
e-mail:
enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2024-04-24
Metadata Standard Name:
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/
Metadata Standard Name:
UK GEMINI
Metadata Standard Version:
2.3
Dataset URI:
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605690