Identification

Title

Monthly measurements of major and trace elements in 41 rivers in Great Britain, 2017, from the LOCATE project

Abstract

This dataset contains monthly measurements of major and trace elements from 41 rivers around Great Britain. The samples were collected as part of the Land Ocean Carbon TransfEr (LOCATE) project during 2017 and they were analysed using Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). LOCATE was a multi-disciplinary NERC project that undertook coordinated sampling of the major rivers in Great Britain to establish how much carbon from soils is getting into rivers and estuaries and to determine what is happening to it. It involved the National Oceanography Centre, the British Geological Survey, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, with assistance from the University of Lancaster, University of Durham, University of Hull, the University of the Highlands and Islands and the Environment Agency. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-01-01

End position

2017-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2024-02-21

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

One third of rivers in Great Britain were sampled, accounting for approximately 36 % of the catchment areas. For each river, a single visit was made once each month to collect water for analysis. Water was sampled using a bottle or bucket and then immediately filtered and/or decanted into other appropriate bottles, prior to being sent for analysis. Temperature was recorded immediately on sampled water. Conductivity was often done in situ but occasionally later in the laboratory if a field instrument was not available. The ICP-MS analysis used to measure major and trace elements is described in the Supporting Documentation. Additional information on weather and flow and state of river was also recorded. In addition to the precise location of the sampling point, the NRFA code, catchment area, land use, standardised annual rainfall, Base Flow Index, altitude and percentage of carbonate rocks in catchment are all provided in a separate file.

Conformity

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

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Tye, A.M., Balfour, C., Bowes, M.J., Brown, I., Evans, C., Farr, G., Felgate, S., Hargreaves, G., Humphry, O.S., Kitidis, V., Lapworth, D.J., Martin, A., Mayor, D.J., Pearson, M., Nightingale, P., Pickard, A., Sanders, R., Spears, B., Stephens, J., Stinchcombe, M., Torres, R., Williamson, J.L., Woodward, M., Bowes, M., Breimann, S., Burden, A., Callaghan, N., Dise, N., Gilbert, P., Gibb, S., Ives, S., Jürgens, M., Hughes, L., Lichtschlag, A., Mack, S., Mallin Martin, D., Mawji, E., Olszewska, J., Parkes, D., Pearce, C., Peel, K., Pugh, J., Rees, A., Worrall, F., Yarrow, D. (2024). Monthly measurements of major and trace elements in 41 rivers in Great Britain, 2017, from the LOCATE project. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

atye@bgs.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-7773

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