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Natural radionuclide concentrations in soil, water, sediment and biota in England and Wales
Data comprise estimates of activity concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides (40K, 238U and 232Th series radionuclides) in environmental media (soil and stream sediments and waters) and non-human biota (focusing on the ICRP Reference Animals and Plants). For soil, stream sediments and stream waters data were derived from total K, U and Th concentrations mainly from the ongoing geochemical survey of the United Kingdom (G-BASE), conducted by the British Geological Survey. The geochemical survey data are currently incomplete for England and Wales, but almost complete coverage was obtained for K in stream sediments by using the Wolfson Atlas data for southern England. For U and Th in sediments and K, U and Th in soils, more complete coverage was achieved by geological extrapolation (using relationships between soils/sediments and bedrock/superficial geology). For media and sediments, datasets are provided for both: (i) geometric mean concentrations from measured samples on a 5 x 5 km square basis where data are available; and (ii) extrapolated surfaces covering all of England and Wales. Data for non-human biota are from targeted sampling and analyses and data review. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
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- Date (Publication)
- 2015-11-18
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-04-20
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- CEH:EIDC: / 1271758286281
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
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- doi: / 10.5285/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
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Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Jones, D.G., Wood, M.D., Appleton, J.D., Breward, N., Copplestone, D. (2015). Natural radionuclide concentrations in soil, water, sediment and biota in England and Wales. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Beresford, N.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Barnett, C.L.
Author British Geological Survey Jones, D.G.
Author University of Salford Wood, M.D. Author British Geological Society
Appleton, J.D. Author British Geological Society
Breward, N.
Author School of Natural Sciences
Copplestone, D.
Author Natural Environment Research Council Owner UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Beresford, N.A. Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Jones, D.G., Wood, M.D., Appleton, J.D., Breward, N., Copplestone, D. (2015). Natural radionuclide concentrations in soil, water, sediment and biota in England and Wales. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
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- Text, table
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- 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Environment
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- 1984-09-01
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- 2006-01-01
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- WGS 84
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe.zip Supporting information
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Please download supporting information for full materials and methods. Alternatively refer to the following journal papers: For soil, water and sediment data: Background exposure rates of terrestrial wildlife in England and Wales N.A. Beresford, C.L. Barnett, D.G. Jones, M.D. Wood, J.D. Appleton, N. Breward, D. Copplestone. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 99 (2008) 1430-1439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.03.003 For biota data: Assessment of naturally occurring radionuclides around England and Wales: Application of the G-BASE dataset to estimate doses to non-human species Jones, D. G., Appleton, J. D., Breward, N., Mackenzie, A. C., Scheib, C., Beresford, N. A., … Copplestone, D. (2009). Assessment of naturally occurring radionuclides around England and Wales: Application of the G-BASE dataset to estimate doses to non-human species. Radioprotection, 44(5), 629–634. https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/20095116
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- 2025-04-22T09:53:00
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