210Pb-dated historical lake sediment metal concentrations from The Lake District, England (mid-19th century to 2016)

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• Last updated: 29 June 2024
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Summary

Measurements of sediment properties (incl. organic and carbonate content), radionuclides (210Pb, 137Cs, 241Am) and elements (including mercury, nickel, copper, zinc, and lead) in lake sediment successions. Radionuclide dating provides a reliable chronology of sediment ages from the mid-19th century (sometimes only 20th century) to the present (2016). The dataset comprises a standardised matrix of multiple measured sediment variables (element values per mass) against stratigraphic depth for 8 lakes. In these water bodies multiple core datasets exist, one collected from the littoral zone, one of intermediate depth and one from the deepest area. The deepest core was used for 210Pb dating. The intermediate and littoral depth cores are not dated, except at Esthwaite where the littoral core (29328ESTHLITT.csv) had been previously collected, 210Pb dated and measured for organic and carbonate content. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/87dec506-ca7f-4b57-a605-486ec9d8cca2

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-02-27
• Access contraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Turner, S.D. , Yang, H., Rose, N.L., Shilland, J., Bennion, H., Jones, V., Sayer, C., Baker, A., Roberts, C., Bishop, I. (2022). 210Pb-dated historical lake sediment metal concentrations from The Lake District, England (mid-19th century to 2016). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/87dec506-ca7f-4b57-a605-486ec9d8cca2
• Harvest GUID: 87dec506-ca7f-4b57-a605-486ec9d8cca2
• Extent: Latitude: 54.8° to 54.05°
• Extent: Longitude: -3.65° to -2.6°
• Dataset reference date: 2022-08-12 (publication)
• Responsible party: University College London (owner); (author, pointOfContact, custodian, publisher)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
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