Palaeobiology and phosphorites of the Ediacaran Biskopas Formation: optical microscopy and SEM-BSE-EDS data (NERC grant NE/I005951/1)
The dataset documents microfossils (acanthomorphic acritarchs) and sedimentary structures within phosphorite pebbles and interstitial carbonate cements from the Ediacaran Biskopas and Biri formations, Hedmark Group, Norway. Data includes extensive optical microscopy images (~30,000) of the microfossils and structures; SEM-BSE images, EDS elemental map and spot point data of phosphatized and carbonate-hosted microfossils; BSE maps and EDS elemental maps of the sedimentary structures within phosphorite pebbles; sedimentary descriptions and detailed grain size counts for phosphorites; detailed spread sheets recording microfossil size ranges, microfacies distributions, and abundances.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-06-07
University of Cambridge
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Professor Nicholas J Butterfield
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Department of Earth Sciences
)
Downing Street
,
Cambridge
,
CB2 3EQ
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University of Cambridge
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Professor Nicholas J Butterfield
(
Department of Earth Sciences
)
Downing Street
,
Cambridge
,
CB2 3EQ
,
- Maintenance and update frequency
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Phosphorite
- Microfossils
- NGDC Deposited Data
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- NERC_DDC
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- Other constraints
- no limitations
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- 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
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- 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.
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- Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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- 2009
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NOR
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- 2009
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NORWAY [id=133000]
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1979
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- Begin date
- 2012-10-01
- End date
- 2017-08-01
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Distribution Information
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- Resource Locator
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item111129
- Resource Locator
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item111129
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- dataset
- Other
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Degree
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Degree
- Statement
- Optical Microscopy, SEM-BSE-EDS and QEMSCAN, all collected from polishing thin sections.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 6fc52859-eb6b-13c6-e054-002128a47908 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-09-05
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth
,
NOTTINGHAM
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
,
NG12 5GG
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United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100