Date (Creation)

2026-03-04

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608648

Maintenance and update frequency

notApplicable notApplicable

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Grain size analysis
• Pyroclastic rocks
• Volcanism
• Volcanogenic deposits
• Ignimbrite

dataCentre

• NGDC Deposited Data
• Citable Data

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations

Other constraints

The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.

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

2024-03-01

End date

2026-02-01

Distribution format

• Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) ()

OnLine resource

Project website ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

OnLine resource

Data ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

OnLine resource

Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )

Brown, J., Williams, R., Ogburn, S., Brand, B., Breard, E. C. P., Charbonnier, S., Dowey, N., Dufek, J., Jellinek, M., Kueppers, U., Lube, G., Rowley, P. (2026). A database of pyroclastic density current deposit characteristics compiled from a literature review (PDCD-Dat v.2026). NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/04c9ea44-4388-4239-b31e-47566ee5fd37

Hierarchy level

nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset

Other

non geographic dataset

Statement

Data were mostly obtained from published studies but also, from unpublished studies by the authors. The database focussed on collating high-quality quantitative datasets and example datasets for the least frequently reported properties. We used the FlowDat database (Ogburn, 2012; 2025) as a starting point to identify target PDC deposits and sources of PDC deposit data. We focused on eruptions in FlowDat for which quantitative data were already recorded for one or more of the following bulk PDC properties or mobility metrics: total flow bulk volume, total flow planimetric area, runout, and H/L. This approach was chosen to enable users of the database to explore the relationships between PDC deposit properties and other PDC properties/mobility metrics. We searched the literature for studies on PDC deposits associated with these eruptions and relevant peer-reviewed studies containing at least one form of quantitative data were incorporated into the database. The full methodology is described in the manuscript PDCD-DAT – A global database of pyroclastic density current deposit field data published in the Journal of Applied Volcanology.

File identifier

4c43663f-639c-71c3-e063-3050940a4347 XML

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Hierarchy level

nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset

Hierarchy level name

non geographic dataset

Date stamp

2026-05-03

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608648