Identification

Title

Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) data from a selection of tephra occurrences drilled at IODP Sites 350-U1436 and 350-U1437. (NERC grant NE/M005240/1)

Abstract

Many tephra layers were identified in sediment cores drilled during IODP Expedition 350. Here, 1092 glass shards from 76 tephra occurrences (layer or patch) were analysed using electron probe microanalyses (EPMA). Data are not averaged, nor normalised. Geochemistry data were collected for: SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, Cr2O3, FeO, MnO, MgO, CaO, Na2O, K2O, P2O5, SO3, Cl and O. Secondary standard data are given, as well as beam setup conditions. The data were obtained using the instruments at the University of Bristol, over two sessions during October and November 2014.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item108150

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607294

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Site 350-U1437 is located at 31°47.391′N, 139°01.579′E; 2116.1 m water depth in the Izu rear arc, ~330 km west of the axis of the Izu-Bonin Trench and ~90 km west of the arc-front volcanoes Myojinsho and Myojin Knoll at 2117 mbsl. Site 350-U1436 is located at 32°23.883′N, 140°21.928′E; (1776 m water depth), in the western half of the Izu-Bonin fore-arc basin, ~60 km east of the arc-front volcano Aogashima and ~170 km west of the axis of the Izu-Bonin Trench.

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

Volcanic ejecta

Grain size analysis

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

139.0200

East bounding longitude

140.3700

North bounding latitude

32.4000

South bounding latitude

31.7800

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

BONIN TRENCH [id=926400]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2014-10-22

End position

2014-10-24

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2018-03-21

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

Particle size distributions were measured with a Malvern Mastersizer 2000 laser diffraction particle size analyser. All samples were placed on a shaking table for at least 10 minutes prior to analysis. Each sample was run 3 times in order to check the reproducibility of the measurements. The mean of each set of results was taken to calculate the values for each sample. The raw data are also included. All analyses were conducted at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

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

MS Excel

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

Honorary Senior Research Associate

organisation name

University of Bristol

full postal address

School of Earth Sciences, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Clifton

Bristol

BS8 1RJ

United Kingdom

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

2022-01-19

Metadata language