48f729dc-8fc1-1504-e063-3050940a7570 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-02-03 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608608 WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) Stratigraphic and diatom data from isolation basins in northwest Scotland 2026-01-20 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608608 This dataset contains the sediment descriptions and diatom data from a series of isolation basins in northwest Scotland. The data are from different areas in northwest Scotland: Raasay, Fearnmore, Loch Ewe, Reiff, and Inverkirkaig. For each area, sediment gouge and Russian cores were taken at possible isolation basin sites; the collection dates, location information (latitude/longitude) and sediment descriptions are provided for the coring sites in each area. The accompanying diatom counts are provided for cores that underwent diatom analysis. Data derived from NERC Grant NE/X009343/1 part of grant NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: How important are sea-level feedbacks in stabilizing marine-based ice streams? The project focusses on constraining the relative sea-level history of northwest Scotland, around the former Minch Ice Stream, to provide records for testing models of the interplay between ice-sheets, glacio-isostatic adjustment, and relative sea-level changes. Samples were collected 2022- 2025 and diatom analysis undertaken 2022- 2026. Louise Best University of Gloucestershire Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road Cheltenham GL50 4AZ not available originator Alexander Simms University of California not available originator Jeremy Lloyd Durham University not available originator Tom Bradwell University of Stirling not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/48f729dc-8fc1-1504-e063-3050940a7570.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Sediments Diatoms UK Location (INSPIRE) Sea level Stratigraphy NGDC Deposited Data Citable Data Fossil assemblage BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data UK Location (INSPIRE) Citable Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions restricted The dataset has been formally approved by BGS for access by external clients under a BGS Digital Data Licence, issued via BGS's IPR Section. 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This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear. textTable English geoscientificInformation British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation SCOTLAND [id=140000] ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision SCT -6.0675 -5.2615 57.4487 58.1706 2022-12-10 2026-01-19 Microsoft Excel (XLSX) Not unknown Microsoft Edge PDF Document (.pdf) Enquiries British Geological Survey not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item191276 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download https://doi.org/10.5285/c408d0a8-39b2-45dc-acd3-e2a501fb0e44 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Best, L., Simms, A., Lloyd, J., Bradwell, T. (2026). Stratigraphic and diatom data from isolation basins in northwest Scotland. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/c408d0a8-39b2-45dc-acd3-e2a501fb0e44 information dataset dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false 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 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Sediment gouge and Russian cores were taken and described in the field, and representative cores collected for laboratory analysis. Qualitative descriptions and sediment classification notation follows Troels-Smith Classification Scheme (1955). Diatom analysis followed standard laboratory and identification procedures, with a target minimum of 200 valves counted and identified per sample.