Identification

Title

Groundwater geochemical data from two sites in Cambodia, southeast of Phnom Penh, 2019 - 2020

Abstract

These are groundwater geochemical data taken from two sites in the Kien Svay district of northern Kandal Province, Cambodia, southeast of Phnom Penh. These sites are referred to as “clay-dominated” and “sand-dominated” in reference to the known lithology and are known for high arsenic concentrations (Richards et al., 2017). Each site contained four 18 m boreholes installed in January 2019 using manual drilling described in Richards et al (2015), spaced evenly about ~1.5 m apart. The boreholes that were located at the clay-dominated site are referred to NB01, NB02, NB03 and NB04. The boreholes that were located at the sand-dominated site are referred to as NB05, NB06, NB07 and NB08. Two sampling campaigns were carried out: 6th-12th May 2019 (pre-monsoon season), and 27th-31st January 2020 (post-monsoon season). References: Richards, L. A., Magnone, D., Sovann, C., Kong, C., Uhlemann, S., Kuras, O., van Dongen, B. E., Ballentine, C. J., Polya, D. A. High Resolution Profile of Inorganic Aqueous Geochemistry and Key Redox Zones in an Arsenic Bearing Aquifer in Cambodia. Science of The Total Environment 2017, 590–591, 540–553. Richards, L. A., Magnone, D., van Dongen, B. E., Ballentine, C. J., Polya, D. A. Use of Lithium Tracers to Quantify Drilling Fluid Contamination for Groundwater Monitoring in Southeast Asia. Applied Geochemistry 2015, 63, 190–202.

Resource type

nonGeographicDataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item186121

name: Data

function: download

https://doi.org/10.5285/6bb55fd0-c4ef-4044-8acc-d6641c19e00c

name: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608272

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

NGDC Deposited Data

Arsenic

Boreholes

Geochemistry

Groundwater

Iron

originating controlled vocabulary

title

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2019-05-06

End position

2020-01-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2024-09-10

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

Groundwater sample collection began upon stabilization of the ORP (which was typically after about 120 L, or 6 - 7 borehole volumes, of water had been removed from the boreholes). Surface water samples were collected from wetland/pond near the clay-dominated site. In each sampling campaign, duplicate samples were taken from each borehole, by filtration through 0.45 µm glass microfiber syringe filters (Whatman/GE Healthcare, UK), stored in acid-washed and furnaced 100 mL glass serum bottles, sealed with rubber butyl stoppers secured with an aluminium crimp, kept stored at 4°C until analysis, within 4 weeks of collection. Subsamples were acidified to pH 2 using trace grade nitric acid (BDH Aristar, UK) for elemental analysis using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (Perkin-Elmer Optima 5300 dual view; iron) and/or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (Agilent 7500cx; arsenic). Subsamples were used to measure dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) using the high-temperature catalytic oxidation method as described previously (Nixon et al., 2018). All the geochemical measurements were done at the Manchester Analytical Geochemistry Unit at The University of Manchester. References: Nixon, S. L.; van Dongen, B. E.; Boothman, C.; Small, J. S.; Lloyd, J. R. Additives in Plasticised Polyvinyl Chloride Fuel Microbial Nitrate Reduction at High pH: Implications for Nuclear Waste Disposal. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2018, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00097

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

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MS Excel

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Constraints related to access and use

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Limitations on public access

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Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

organisation name

University of Manchester

full postal address

Williamson Building-G27

Manchester

M13 9PL

United Kingdom

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

organisation name

University of Manchester

full postal address

Manchester

M13 9PL

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

organisation name

University of Manchester

full postal address

Williamson Building

Manchester

M13 9PL

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Manchester

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

full postal address

Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Box 7026

Uppsala

750 07

Sweden

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Manchester

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal University of Agriculture

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-26

Metadata language

eng