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Silicon isotope data from deep sea sediment cores off southeast Iceland, analysed 2012-13

This dataset consists of silicon isotope data from deep-sea sediment cores taken off southeast Iceland. Samples of sea sponges were collected using piston cores and sediment cores aboard the RV Celtic Explorer in 2008 and dried or frozen for transportation. Organic matter was removed and samples were preserved for later analysis. Sample analysis occurred in 2012 as part of a comprehensive study of the carbon cycle. The data collected form the field component of the NERC-funded project "Unravelling the carbon cycle using silicon isotopes in the oceans". The project aimed to investigate deep sea sponges and the silicon they produce, in an effort to piece together the links between the supply of vital nutrients in different parts of the ocean and the crucial role other marine organisms play in absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in deep sea sediments as organic carbon. The Discovery Science project was composed of New Investigators (FEC) Grant reference NE/J00474X/1 led by Dr. Katherine Rosemary Hendry of Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. The project ran from 26 January 2012 to 30 September 2013. The silicon isotope data have been received by BODC as raw files, and will be processed and quality controlled using in-house BODC procedures and made available online in the near future. The raw files are available on request.

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Alternate title

British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_Iceland_Silicon_Isotope_data

Date (Publication)
2018-05-17
Date (Creation)
2023-12-06
Date (Revision)
2023-12-08
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6780
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Unknown

inapplicable

Owner

Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Unknown

inapplicable

Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Custodian

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Distributor
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

  • unknown

MEDIN metadata record availability

  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

  • Stable isotopes in biota

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Species distribution
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints

Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence

Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
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Geographic identifier
Iceland Sea

SeaVoX water bodies 2024-12-11 revision

Begin date
2012-01-26
End date
2013-09-30
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace

OGP

Distribution format
Name Version
Binary
Delimited
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/contact_us/contact_details/

Enquiries contact details

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

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 (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.

Pass
Yes
Statement

This dataset was created by scientists for the "Unravelling the carbon cycle using silicon isotopes in the oceans" project, which ran from 2012 to 2013, following their in-house data processing and quality control procedures. The data were then provided to the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) for ingestion into one of the schemas of the National Oceanographic Database (NODB). During ingestion BODC undertake quality control, documentation and metadata enhancement procedures appropriate to the type of data. For an overview please see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/about/information_technology/data_processing_steps/. BODC supply full information about data collection, data processing and data quality with all data requests to enable users to assess data suitability themselves.Instrument (s) used to collect data: unconsolidated sediment corers.

Metadata

File identifier
0ea539b8b79b534788b2c57353754f4d XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-09T10:56:37
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version

3.1.2

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Polly Hadžiabdić

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Point of contact
 
 

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