GBR BGS Agricultural lime, areas of potential benefit

This dataset shows areas in England and Wales where it may be beneficial to apply agricultural lime, and if so, whether calcium (Ca) or magnesium (Mg) rich limestone are the most appropriate products.

Data from four datasets have been combined to create a tool to give easily accessible information to help in decisions to identify the most effective soil improvement techniques. datasets used are soil pH, land use (to delineate areas of grassland appropriate for liming) (both based on digital spatial data licensed from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), soil texture and soil Mg availability (based on BGS data).

The full methodology outlining how this data set has been constructed, sources of component datasets used and how it can be used are given in Bide et al., 2021. A spatial analysis of lime resources and their potential for improving soil magnesium concentrations and pH in grassland areas of England and Wales. ( https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98735-w)

Date (Revision): 2022-04-08T08:29:47

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
Agriculture
Lime
OneGeology
continent@Europe
subcontinent@Northern Europe
geographicarea@United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
subregiion@GB-EAW
dataprovider@British Geological Survey
serviceprovider@British Geological Survey
DS_TOPIC@geoscientificinformation
DS_DATE@2022
thematic@Soil
thematic@Pedology
thematic@Surface geology

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Reference system identifier: CRS:84

Reference system identifier: EPSG:4326

Reference system identifier: EPSG:27700

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_AGRI/MapServer/WMSServer?	Lime_areas_final
image/png	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS_AGRI/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetLegendGraphic%26version=1.3.0%26format=image/png%26layer=Lime_areas_final	GBR BGS Agricultural lime, areas of potential benefit (LegendURL)