GBR BGS GBASE Deep soil

G-BASE deep soil data are available from a limited regional coverage of England and Wales and from a number of urban centres.

Deep soils were sieved to <150µm before being prepared for analysis. Samples collected over North East England, between 1986 and 1988, were analysed by the method of optical emission spectroscopy (OES). All subsequent samples (1989 to 2002) were analysed by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRFS). Samples were analysed for up to 48 inorganic analytes. Whilst deep soil samples continued to be collected for a period after 2002, including the London Earth project, these samples were not routinely analysed.

G-BASE samples were collected at a density of 1 sample per two square kilometres of the British National Grid in regional areas, and 4 samples every 1km2 in urban areas.

Date (Revision): 2022-04-08T08:30:36

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Garry Baker	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Theme

Map
Geology
Soil
United Kingdom
GBASE
Deep Soil
OneGeology
continent@Europe
subcontinent@Northern Europe
geographicarea@United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dataprovider@British Geological Survey
serviceprovider@British Geological Survey
DS_TOPIC@geoscientificinformation
DS_DATE@2022
thematic@Soil
thematic@Pedology
thematic@Geochemistry

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Reference system identifier: CRS:84

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4326

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4258

Reference system identifier: EPSG:27700

Reference system identifier: EPSG:3857

Distribution format

Name	Version

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS_GBASE/MapServer/WMSServer?	GBASE_Deeper_locations
image/png	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS_GBASE/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetLegendGraphic%26version=1.3.0%26format=image/png%26layer=GBASE_Deeper_locations	GBASE_Deeper_locations (LegendURL)