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Developing Testate amoebae analyses for improving precision in Holocene sea-level reconstruction
PROJECT DETAILS ONLY - NO DATA. A pilot study in the Taf estuary, South Wales (Carman et al., in press) has demonstrated the potential of Testate amoebae analyses in reconstructing high-resolution Holocene sea-level changes. Testate amobae faunas in surface samples from the saltmarsh were found to be not vey abundant and diverse, but also distinctly zoned with respect to elevation. This new finding is based on analyses of the sub-63 um size sediment fraction; previous saltmarsh studies only recorded larger testate amoebae in very low numbers and low diversity. We propose to test the replicability and applicability of Testate amoebae in sea-level studies by (i) sampling and analysing a new transect in the Brancaster marshes in the North Norfolk; and analysing fossil samples from the University of Durham core archive representing a wide range of coastal palaeo-environments.
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 1998-09-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notApplicable notApplicable
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Palaeoenvironment
- Sea level
- Sedimentary geology
- Coasts
- Holocene
- dataCentre
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
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- intellectualPropertyRights
- Other constraints
- Project metadata only - no data.
- Use constraints
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- 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.
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- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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Afon Taf [id=1208910]
- Date (Revision)
- 2002
- Geographic identifier
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Brancaster Marsh [id=1236107]
- Date (Revision)
- 2002
- Geographic identifier
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Brancaster [id=1236103]
- Date (Revision)
- 2002
- Geographic identifier
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Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Co Const [id=36747]
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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North Norfolk Co Const [id=25199]
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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River Erme [id=1397833]
- Date (Revision)
- 2002
- Geographic identifier
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South Hams District [id=22569]
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Supplemental Information
- GR9/03426.
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- OnLine resource
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- 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
- No lineage.
- File identifier
- 9df8df52-d73c-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
- Hierarchy level name
- non geographic dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-05-06
- 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/13605327
