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X-ray tomography data and Electron Microprobe Analyses for natural mushy samples

This dataset comprises X-ray tomography image stacks, label files, and vector matrices containing 3D location coordinates of velocity distributions derived from permeability simulations for igneous mushy samples. The X-ray tomography images have spatial resolutions ranging from 3.5 to 56 µm, providing detailed 3D representations of the rock samples. The data were collected with samples from four distinct locations: Brandur (Iceland), Avellino (Italy), K?lauea Iki (Hawaii, USA), and Saint Kitts (St. Kitts and Nevis). Additionally, the dataset includes electron microprobe analyses of plagioclase and amphibole minerals from Saint Kitts. The primary purpose of this dataset is to support research into volcanic processes, rock sample analysis, and permeability simulations in igneous cumulate and plutonic rocks. It is particularly useful for geologists, volcanologists, and researchers in material science and structural geology. Each sample in the dataset is organised into a dedicated folder containing the following X-ray tomography image stacks (in a separate folder named as the sample), label files (.am files named using the sample name as a prefix), binary images of the connected plutonic matrices (.am files with the suffix “Axis-Connectivity”), vector matrices with 3D location coordinates (“PotentialZ” for the pressure field, “VelocityZ” for the velocity field), a DOCX file with the metadata for the sample such as voxel size and the number of layers for each label, and, where applicable, a subfolder with SEM images.

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Date (Creation)
2025-03-24
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608397
Originator
  University of Bristol - Alison Rust
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
United Kingdom
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Electron microscopy
  • Tomography
  • X rays
  • Plutonic rocks
  • Simulation
  • Permeability
dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
licenceOGL
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
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.
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
2019-11-04
End date
2024-03-28

Reference System Information

No information provided.
Distribution format
  • Image (TIFF) ()

  • AM (.am) ( witheld )

  • Microsoft Excel (XLSX) ( witheld )

  • DAT ( witheld )

  • Microsoft Access (MDB) ( witheld )

  • Image (BMP) ()

  • SIF (.sif) ( witheld )

  • Text file (TXT) ( witheld )

  • Microsoft Word (DOCX) ( witheld )

Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
United Kingdom
OnLine resource
Data ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Other
non geographic dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
No
Statement
Rocks were imaged with X-ray microtomography scanners: Nikon XTH225ST (University of Bristol) or GE Phoenix v|tome|x M 240/180kV Dual Tube µCT (Smithsonian Institution, USA). Image stacks were processed using Avizo software to segment the phenocrysts phases, groundmass and pores. Phenocrystals and microcrystals of the same mineral phase are separated using Top-Hat technique. The outcome of the 3D segmentation is a label file with one layer per class (e.g. pores). Binary images were generated separating the palaeo-porosity (groundmass+pores) and the phenocrysts. An axis connectivity analysis separates the connected- from isolated palaeo-pores. The outcome of a permeability simulation through the connected palaeo-porosity is a vector matrix. Electron microprobe analyses of plagioclase and amphibole phenocrysts of three Saint Kitts samples were conducted with a JEOL JXA8530F EPMA.
File identifier
31b82864-1a24-5a17-e063-3050940af990 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Hierarchy level name
non geographic dataset
Date stamp
2026-03-28
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608397
 
 

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