GBR BGS Profile soil

Profile soil analyses are available from a number of BGS programmes, notably the Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP) and the Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) programme. Sampling depth and range of analytes determined is very variable for the MRP. G-BASE samples are consistently from 35 - 50 cm though since 2003 it has become routine practice in the G-BASE project to collect a top soil and deeper profile sample from the same site but only analyses the top soil and store the profile soil. This also applies in urban areas. The G-BASE profile soils were generally sieved to 150 microns before analysis and determined by XRFS for some or all of: Mg, P, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, V, Cr, Co, Ba, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Pb, Bi, Th, U, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, La, Ce, Ge, Sc, Se, Br, Hf, Ta, W, Tl, Te and I. MRP samples can include profile samples from greater than 1 meter collected using a power auger and also include till samples. The G-BASE samples are collected at a density of 1 sample per two square kilometres in rural areas and 4 samples every kilometre square in urban areas. MRP sampling was more site specific generally collecting soil samples along lines at spacing intervals generally 25 - 250 m.

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Date (Revision): 2022-04-08T08:25:58

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

Geochemistry
GeoIndex
Profile 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@Geochemistry
thematic@Soil
thematic@Sedimentology

Denominator: 236235.119048

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
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