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Model estimates of topsoil pH and bulk density [Countryside Survey]
Countryside Survey topsoil pH and bulk density (g cm-3) data is representative of 0 - 15 cm soil depth. Topsoil pH was measured using 10g of field moist soil with 25ml de-ionised water giving a ratio of soil to water of 1:2.5 by weight; bulk density was estimated by making detailed weight measurements throughout the soil processing procedure. For topsoil pH and bulk density data, a total of 2614 cores from 591 1km x 1km squares across Great Britain were collected and analysed in 2007. Please see Emmett et al. 2010 for further details of sampling and methods ( http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5201/1/CS_UK_2007_TR3%5B1%5D.pdf). Estimates of mean values within selected habitats and parent material characteristics across GB were made using CS data from 1978, 1998 and 2007 using a mixed model approach. Please see Scott, 2008 for further details of similar statistical analysis ( http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5202/1/CS_UK_2007_TR4%5B1%5D.pdf). The estimated means of habitat /parent material combinations using 2007 data are modelled on dominant habitat and parent material characteristics derived from the Land Cover Map 2007 and Parent Material Model 2009, respectively. The parent material characteristic used was that which minimised AIC in each model (see Dataset Documentation). The Countryside Survey looks at a range of physical, chemical and biological properties of the topsoil from a representative sample of habitats across the UK. Countryside Survey soils data are freely available under licence from the Environmental Information Data Centre catalogue. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7
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- Date (Publication)
- 2012-03-26
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7
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- doi: / 10.5285/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7
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Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Robinson, D.A., Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil pH and bulk density [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keith, A.M.
Point of contact Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Henrys, P.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Keith, A.M. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Robinson, D.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Emmett, B.A. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC 2014. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2007.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Henrys, P.A., Keith, A.M., Robinson, D.A., Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil pH and bulk density [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7
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- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- Environment
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/5dd624a9-55c9-4cc0-b366-d335991073c7.zip Supporting documentation
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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
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- 2010-12-08
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Data used are taken from the Countryside Survey Soils Report (Emmett et al. 2010) which can be found at http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9354/1/CS_UK_2007_TR9.pdf Areas, such as urban and littoral rock, are not sampled by CS and therefore have no associated data. Also, in some circumstances sample sizes for particular habitat / parent material combinations were insufficient to estimate mean values .
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- 2025-03-21T09:20:42
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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