Reflectance Transformation Image of Charniodiscus concentricus, an Ediacaran fossil from Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, UK

Reflectance transformation image of a cast (BGS fossil reference number GSM106161) of the holotype of Charniodiscus concentricus. The original fossil is the property of the Geology Department, University of Leicester, and the fossil is on display at New Walk Museum, Leicester

Date (Creation): 2015-06

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607223

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Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
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Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Ediacaran fauna
data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
Citable Data
Precambrian

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Keywords

NERC_DDC

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2015-06-01

End date: 2015-06-30

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Distribution format

Polynomial texture map (.ptm) ( witheld )

Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276

OnLine resource: Reflectance Transformation Image of Charniodiscus concentricus, an Ediacaran fossil from Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, UK ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )
Reflectance transformation image of a cast (GSM106161) of the holotype of Charniodiscus concentricus. The original fossil is the property of the Geology Department, University of Leicester, and the fossil is on display at New Walk Museum, Leicester DOI 10.5285/8f256217-09f1-4807-8357-648f558f3187

OnLine resource: Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
Harris S. J., Pickup C., Vixseboxse P.B., Wilby, P.R. (2017): Reflectance Transformation Image of Charniodiscus concentricus, an Ediacaran fossil from Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, UK. British Geological Survey. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/8f256217-09f1-4807-8357-648f558f3187

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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: High resolution digital images were obtained of a cast of the specimen. These were then processed in software to create the reflectance transformation image.