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UKCCSRC Call 1 Project: Chemical looping for low-cost oxygen production and other applications

While chemical looping (combustion, CLC) is a promising technology for carbon capture, however many questions still remain as to its applicability at an industrial scale. In Chemical looping...

Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the sedimentary environment (NERC Grant NE/M010953/1)

Field photographs of rock formations or modern precipitates from the sedimentary environment. Samples were collected throughout the UK. This data was collected between February 2019 and November...

Marine Seabed Sediment Geochemical Data from around the UK (1975-1990)

The concentrations of up to 30 trace elements in approximately 9,000 sea-bed samples from the UK Continental Shelf were determined by BGS using a variety of analytical techniques. In some cases...

Characterization results of the synthesis of iron sulfide phases (NERC grant NE/J008745/1)

Data produced from NERC Grant NE/J008745/1. Grant Abstract: Iron sulfides are widespread in the environment, where they regulate and control the global geochemical iron and sulfur cycles. However,...

Survey : CIRO 9/95 (part of North Sea Groundfish Survey, Qtr 4 (FSS: IBTS4E))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North Sea Groundfish Survey, Qtr 4 (FSS: IBTS4E); Approximately 70 core trawl stations are completed annually to provide distribution and stock...

Images and laser ablation ICPMS data for Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides from the Kohistan Arc, northern Pakistan (NERC Grant NE/P017312/1)

These files contain data for microscopy and mineral analyses on Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide minerals in the upper mantle and lower crust of the Kohistan arc system. Samples are dunites, harzburgites and...

Whole-rock XRD (X-ray diffraction) data of hydrothermal alteration from the island of Milos, Greece

Summary of semi-quantitative whole-rock XRD analysis of hydrothermal alteration across the island of Milos, Greece. The samples were acquired during numerous field visits between 2010 and 2018 by...

Minerals Programme Geochemistry Database.

The Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP), funded by the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) carried out baseline mineral exploration in Great Britain between 1972 and 1997. Its main aim was to...

1997 - 1997 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Survey : CIRO 7/97 (part of North Sea Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: IBTS3E; NSGFS))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North Sea Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: IBTS3E; NSGFS); 75 core trawl stations are completed annually, to provide distribution and stock...

Survey : CIRO 10/96 (part of North Sea Groundfish Survey, Qtr 4 (FSS: IBTS4E))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North Sea Groundfish Survey, Qtr 4 (FSS: IBTS4E); Approximately 70 core trawl stations are completed annually to provide distribution and stock...

North Sea Interactive: a decision:-support tool to guide environmental monitoring by the oil and gas industry

The North Sea Interactive (NSI) project was an 8-month NERC funded project led by Heriot-Watt University, in collaboration with the BGS and NOC. The aim of the project was to develop a new...

2005 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA6 Technical Report - Contaminants. A review of the contaminant status of the Irish Sea

This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA6) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change). This report considers...

Operational and water quality data from a decentralised, low-maintenance, drinking water treatment system trial, UK, November 2019 to February 2020

This dataset comprises operational data for a novel decentralised drinking water treatment platform (DWTP) and water quality data for three sampling points within the treatment system. The dataset...

Laser ablation ICPMS data for Fe-Ni-Cu sulfides from Ivrea, northern Italy (NERC Grant NE/P017312/1)

These files contain data for microscopy and mineral analyses on Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide minerals in the lower crust below arc systems using the example of the Ivrea Zone in Italy. Samples are lower...

Trace elements in residential indoor vacuum dust, collected via a citizen-led sampling approach and analysed by XRF (NERC Grant NE/T004401/1)

A dataset of trace metal concentrations (As, Cu, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in indoor dust from homes from 11 countries, along with a suite of potentially contributory residential characteristics. A...

Shortwave infrared (SWIR) data of hydrothermal alteration from the island of Milos, Greece (NERC Grant NE/L002434/1)

This dataset provides an overview of hydrothermal alteration samples from the island of Milos, Greece, that were analysed using a portable infrared mineral analyser (PIMA) or AgriSpec spectrometer....

Tree Trails - Abbey Park

The Abbey Park tree trail allows visitors to have a leisurely walk and find out interesting facts about many of the magnificent trees that reside within the park.The 21 trees are all marked with...

Conwy catchment - spatial water chemistry dataset

Surface water quality data for the Conwy catchment, North Wales are presented. The data cover stream and estuary survey locations sampled manually from 2007 to 2011 at varying intervals between...

Mystery Wreck Project (Flower of Ugie)

Archaeological diving work by HWTMA began on a shipwreck site in the Eastern Solent in 2004 following a report from a fisherman of a net snag on a previously unknown obstruction. Survey between...

Sulphides - Economically important geochemical messengers from the mantle (NERC Grant NE/L010828/1)

The project is aimed at understanding how a number of economically and geologically important chemical elements partition themselves between the silicates of the outer parts of the Earth and...