Identification

Title

River water and suspended sediment chemistry from Nepal (NERC grant NE/N007441/1)

Abstract

Cation, anion and Sr isotope data from Nepalese river water. Suspended sediment concentration, suspended sediment chemistry presented as wt% oxides from Nepalese rivers. Both the waters and sediments were collected following the 2015 earthquakes.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item79709

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607210

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Chemical weathering

Chemistry

Water chemistry

Earthquakes

Fluvial sediments

Landslides

Rivers

NGDC Deposited Data

Surface waters

Suspended sediments

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

80.0500

East bounding longitude

88.2000

North bounding latitude

30.4300

South bounding latitude

26.3300

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

NEPAL [id=497000]

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

NP

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

NPL

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-10-01

End position

2016-10-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2017-10-04

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

Samples were collected mid-channel either from bridges or using a boat. Water samples were filtered through 0.2micron PES membranes. Cation samples were acidified to pH 2. Anion samples were unacidified. Both were stored in the dark in a fridge. HCO3- was determined by gran titration in the field. Cations were determined using an Agilent 5100 against synthetic standards. Uncertainties are 5%. Anions were determined using a dionex HPLC against synthetic standards. Sr isotopes were measured using a VG-Sector 54. For the sediments, sediment concentration was determined by weight. Elemental concentrations were determined by Agilent 5100 ICP-OES following complete digestion using Li-tetra-metaborate alkaline fusions. Uncertainties are <10%.

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

Department of Earth Sciences

organisation name

University of Cambridge

full postal address

Downing Street

Cambridge

CB2 3EQ

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

2025-04-06

Metadata language