2641515f-5b76-445c-a936-1da51bf365ad English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2026-01-09T10:20:31 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Exposure of burrowing mammals to Radon Rn-222 in Northwest England 2012-05-29 publication 2012-04-16 creation 1334588733062 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2641515f-5b76-445c-a936-1da51bf365ad 10.5285/2641515F-5B76-445C-A936-1DA51BF365AD doi: Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Vives i Batlle, J., Potter, E.D., Ibrahimi, Z., Barlow, T.S., Schieb, C., Jones, D.G., Copplestone, D. (2012). Exposure of burrowing mammals to Radon Rn-222 in Northwest England. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2641515F-5B76-445C-A936-1DA51BF365AD This dataset includes individual passive detector measurements of radon Rn-222 in the air of artificial burrows, Rn-222 measurements by instrumentation in soil gas of interstitial soil pores and burrow air, gamma analyses results for soil samples and, soil moisture and temperature data. Estimates of absorbed dose rates to wildlife from exposure to natural background radionuclides are required to put estimates of dose rates arising from regulated releases of radioactivity and proposed benchmarks into context. These data are from a study conducted at seven sites in northwest England (comprising broadleaved and coniferous woodlands, scrubland and pastures). Passive track etch detectors were used to measure the Rn-222 concentrations in artificial burrows over a period of approximately one year (July 2009 to June 2010). Instrumented measurements of burrow air and soil pore gas were also conducted in October 2009. The data result from a study funded by NERC-CEH and the England & Wales Environment Agency. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2641515F-5B76-445C-A936-1DA51BF365AD Beresford, N. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Beresford, N.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8722-0238 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Barnett, C.L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Vives i Batlle, J. Belgian Nuclear Research Centre enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Potter, E.D. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Ibrahimi, Z. Public Health England, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Barlow, T.S. British Geological Survey enquiries@bgs.ac.uk author Schieb, C. British Geological Survey enquiries@bgs.ac.uk author Jones, D.G. British Geological Survey enquiries@bgs.ac.uk author Copplestone, D. University of Stirling sbes1@stir.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication radon radionuclide exposure GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Cumbria GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Pollution Radioecology Great Britain radioecology burrowing animals background exposure otherRestrictions Registration is required to access this data otherRestrictions Licence terms and conditions apply otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Vives i Batlle, J., Potter, E.D., Ibrahimi, Z., Barlow, T.S., Schieb, C., Jones, D.G., Copplestone, D. (2012). Exposure of burrowing mammals to Radon Rn-222 in Northwest England. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2641515F-5B76-445C-A936-1DA51BF365AD textTable English utf8 environment 2008-12-01 2012-06-30 -5.41 -2 52 55.81 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/2641515f-5b76-445c-a936-1da51bf365ad Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/2641515f-5b76-445c-a936-1da51bf365ad.zip Documents Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset. information dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Methodologies for Rn-222 measurements described in: Beresford N.A. et al, Exposure of burrowing mammals to 222Rn, Sci Total Environ (2012), doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.023 Gamma analyses (not reported in above paper) Soil samples were taken to a depth of 50 cm from adjacent to each burrow at the end of the study for subsequent gamma-analyses. Samples we dried at 80°C, homogenised and weighed into c. 950 ml plastic containers. The containers were sealed and left for 25 d to allow secular equilibrium to be reached. The samples were subsequently counted on hyper-pure Ge-detectors for 4 d. The resultant spectra were analysed using the Canberra Apex-Gamma software package. The detectors are calibrated using certified standards, containing mixtures of gamma-emitting radionuclides, which are mixed into matrix of different densities. The methodology is UKAS accredited.