The Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment

The Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) project sets out to map and establish the natural geochemical baseline of the British Isles by collecting stream sediment, water, soil and more recently vegetation samples (at drainage sites) throughout the UK.

Beginning in the late 1960s, the primary focus was mineral exploration, however the project has now evolved into a multi-media, high-resolution geochemical survey producing baseline data relevant to many environmental issues.

The regional geochemical baseline data is important in order to understand our environment and to measure changes, whether they be natural or man-made. This baseline data of the surface environment also allows us to model the migration of elements and provides a reference point against which we can monitor change.



Website:

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/geochemistry/GbaseUK.html

Simple

Date (Creation)
1968-01-01
Date (Publication)
2000-01-01
Date (Revision)
Citation identifier
https://www.mica-project.eu/ / MICA_B2-96

MICA WP3 2017-09-25T10:33:00 Record extracted from Batch 2 spreadsheet

Other citation details

No additional information provided about the dataset
Purpose

Purpose for data generation is not known
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

 		Resource provider
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
dataCentre

  • MICA

MICA ontology (TemporalScheme)

  • Mixture of historic (up to 2005) and recent (2006 onwards)

MICA ontology (DataScheme)

  • General descriptive information / Website / Government organisation (Website)
Keywords

  • Requirement for data generation: Voluntary
Keywords

  • Method of data or information generation: Academic research

GEMET Concepts

  • Exploration

GEMET Concepts

  • Geochemical

GEMET Concepts

  • Geology

GEMET Concepts

  • Monitoring environmental risk

GEMET Concepts

  • Sciences dealing with the composition, structure, origin of the Earth's rocks

INSPIRE commodities

  • Gold

INSPIRE commodities

  • Silver

INSPIRE commodities

  • Platinum

INSPIRE commodities

  • Palladium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (iridium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (osmium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (rhodium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Other platinum group metals (ruthenium)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Aluminium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Copper

INSPIRE commodities

  • Lead

INSPIRE commodities

  • Tin

INSPIRE commodities

  • Zinc

INSPIRE commodities

  • Chromium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Cobalt

INSPIRE commodities

  • Iron

INSPIRE commodities

  • Manganese

INSPIRE commodities

  • Molybdenum

INSPIRE commodities

  • Nickel

INSPIRE commodities

  • Niobium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Tungsten

INSPIRE commodities

  • Vanadium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Antimony

INSPIRE commodities

  • Beryllium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Bismuth

INSPIRE commodities

  • Cadmium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Cesium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Gallium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Germanium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Hafnium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Indium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Lithium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Magnesium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Mercury

INSPIRE commodities

  • Rare earths (undifferentiated)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Rhenium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Rubidium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Selenium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Tantalum

INSPIRE commodities

  • Tellurium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Titanium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Zirconium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Arsenic

INSPIRE commodities

  • Asbestos

INSPIRE commodities

  • Barytes (barite)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Borates

INSPIRE commodities

  • Bromine

INSPIRE commodities

  • Diatomite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Feldspar

INSPIRE commodities

  • Fluorspar (fluorite)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Graphite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Gypsum

INSPIRE commodities

  • Iodine

INSPIRE commodities

  • Magnesite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Mica

INSPIRE commodities

  • Natural sodium carbonate (including trona)

INSPIRE commodities

  • Nepheline syenite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Perlite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Salt

INSPIRE commodities

  • Sillimanite

INSPIRE commodities

  • kyanite

INSPIRE commodities

  • andalusite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Strontium

INSPIRE commodities

  • Talc

INSPIRE commodities

  • Pyrophyllite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Vermiculite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Wollastonite

INSPIRE Enduse Potential

  • Abrasives

INSPIRE commodities

  • Sodium sulphate

INSPIRE commodities

  • Quartz, quartzite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Silica sand

INSPIRE commodities

  • Zeolite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Sulphur

INSPIRE commodities

  • Pyrite

INSPIRE commodities

  • Phosphate rock

INSPIRE commodities

  • Potash

INSPIRE commodities

  • Bentonite

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

  • 2D predictive mapping

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

  • Mineral resources potential assessment/estimating undiscovered resources

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

  • Regional geochemistry

MICA ontology (DomainScheme)

  • Soil contamination
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
  • Economy
Description

UK
Geographic identifier
Single country (please provide more details)
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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

Dataset (e.g. an inventory, database or compilation of data)

Conformance result

Title

Data uncertainty
Date
Explanation

Are any uncertainty measures provided (e.g. standard errors, confidence intervals, etc.)?
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Title

Quality assurance procedures
Date
Explanation

Are quality assurance procedures described?
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Title

Information generation methods
Date
Explanation

Are data or information generation methods formally described?
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Title

Record review
Date
Other citation details

Reviewed by: British Geological Survey
Explanation

Record validation
Pass
No

Conformance result

Title
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
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Organisation source implies that information should be of good quality

Metadata

File identifier
98319a79-1b00-4ed7-8a33-2f223d094f8f XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset
Date stamp
2024-11-07
Metadata standard name

ISO19115
Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

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Keywords

MICA


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