Identification

Title

Description of peatland sites included in the compilation of carbon accumulation rates (NERC grant NE/I012915/1)

Abstract

Description of peatland sites included in the compilation of carbon accumulation rates, including resolution (high, low), interpolation (yes/no), contributor name, country, lon, lat, peatland type, dominant plant type, no. of dates used in the last millenium carbon accumulation rate calculation, and problems with the data. Peatland sites at northern hemisphere high and mid latitudes (260), tropical (30) and southern hemisphere high latitudes (7 sites).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep28758

function: information

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.012

function: information

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item72769

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607084

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

NERC grant lead award NE/I012915/1, child grants NE/I013776/1 and NE/I012281/1

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

NGDC Deposited Data

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.0000

East bounding longitude

180.0000

North bounding latitude

90.0000

South bounding latitude

-90.0000

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

WORLD [id=100000]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

2015-12

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2015-12

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

No lineage information provided, see publications http://www.nature.com/articles/srep28758 and http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.012

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

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

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

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

College of Life Environmental Sciences

organisation name

University of Exeter

full postal address

Hatherly Building, Prince of Wales Road

Exeter

EX4 4PS

United Kingdom

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

College of Life and Environmental Sciences

organisation name

University of Exeter

full postal address

, Rennes Drive

Exeter

EX4 4RJ

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

2025-03-24

Metadata language