GBR BGS Parent Material Parent carbonate content

The Parent Material Carbonate Content classification is based on expert judgment of the likely content of CaCO3 in the total rock-mass of each parent material. Note that the map uses combinations of terms that refer to: High, Moderate, Low and Variable calcium carbonate content. As a rule of thumb, these categories are based on the bulk mineralogy of the parent material. For example, high carbonate content would be expected for a chalk or limestone parent material type; low carbonate content would be representative of weakly, calcite-cemented sandstone. The term variable is used where the parent material comprises two or more distinct lithologies e.g. interbedded limestone and mudstone where it is not possible to clearly identify the precise parent type at any given location. Users should note that land management practices and natural weathering processes of parent materials play a significant role in controlling carbonate content (it has not been possible to factor in these influences within the scope of this dataset) and so the classes shown in this dataset should be regarded as wholly 'indicative'.

Date (Revision): 2022-04-08T08:34:54

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
Parent material
Calcareous content
pH
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@Soil
thematic@Pedology

Denominator: 47247.023810

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
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer/WmsServer?	Parent.Material.Parent.calcareous.content
application/xml	http://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/en/csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=GetRecordById&ID=9df8df52-d6bd-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98&elementSetName=full&OutputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&	Parent.Material.Parent.calcareous.content (MetadataURL)
image/png	https://map.bgs.ac.uk/BGS_WMS/legends/soilproperties/pm_parent_calc_content.png	Parent Material Parent calcareous content (LegendURL)