a7d17b75-c3f3-2f5a-e054-002128a47908 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-03 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607627 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) UKGEOS Glasgow Soil Chemistry 03_18 dataset 2020-06-12 publication http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607627 The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility, baseline soil geochemistry dataset released from the BGS comprises an excel file with two spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet contains information on the chemical composition of 90 topsoil (0 - 20 cm) samples collected from seven initially proposed borehole sites for the UKGEOS Glasgow facility, and from two control sites, in February-March 2018 (03-18). Ten samples were collected from each site prior to installation of the UKGEOS Glasgow facility, and underwent laboratory analysis. Chemical data for pH and the total concentrations of 54 inorganic and 75 organic substances in the soil samples are presented. In addition, the dataset contains locational and descriptive information about the samples noted during sampling. The analyte name, element chemical symbols, analytical method, units of measurement and limits of quantification are recorded in header rows at the top of the spreadsheet. The dataset includes qualifiers, highlighting any quality control issues reported with the data. The data qualifiers are explained in the second spreadsheet released with the data. Further details about the dataset can be found in the accompanying report http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527798/. 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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]" grid English geoscientificInformation British Geological Survey Gazetteer: OS gazetteer 2002 revision Glasgow [id=1298677] -4.2341 -4.1789 55.8354 55.8481 2018-02-27 2018-03-15 0.0000 199.0000 Depth below Local surface notknown For more information on the project, visit www.ukgeos.ac.uk. Microsoft Excel PDF Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3142 0115 936 3276 The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South EDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 4AP United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item135686 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download UKGEOS Glasgow Soil Chemistry 03_18 dataset The UK Geoenergy Observatories (UKGEOS) Glasgow facility, baseline soil geochemistry dataset released from the BGS comprises an excel file with two spreadsheets. The first spreadsheet contains information on the chemical composition of 90 topsoil (0 - 20 cm) samples collected from seven initially proposed borehole sites for the UKGEOS Glasgow facility, and from two control sites, in February-March 2018 (03-18). Ten samples were collected from each site prior to installation of the UKGEOS Glasgow facility, and underwent laboratory analysis. Chemical data for pH and the total concentrations of 54 inorganic and 75 organic substances in the soil samples are presented. In addition, the dataset contains locational and descriptive information about the samples noted during sampling. The analyte name, element chemical symbols, analytical method, units of measurement and limits of quantification are recorded in header rows at the top of the spreadsheet. download https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527798/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link UK Geoenergy Observatories, Glasgow environmental baseline soil chemistry dataset Fordyce, F.M.; Shorter, K.M.; Vane, C.H. ; Gowing, C.J.B.; Hamilton, E.M.; Kim, A.W.; Everett, P.A.; Marchant, B.P.; Lister, T.R.. 2020 UK Geoenergy Observatories, Glasgow environmental baseline soil chemistry dataset. Edinburgh, UK, British Geological Survey, 77pp. (OR/19/062) (Unpublished) information https://doi.org/10.5285/0bfdeb32-db24-4221-9d02-f074f51edff2 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) British Geological Survey (2020): UKGEOS Glasgow Soil Chemistry 03_18 dataset. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/0bfdeb32-db24-4221-9d02-f074f51edff2 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 Each soil sample comprised a composite collected by hand-auger from the corners and centre of a 1 x 1 m square. Samples were freeze-dried, sieved to 2 mm and analysed to determine soil pH (by CaCl2 slurry method), the CrVI content (by speciated isotope dilution mass spectrometry), the carbon content (by carbon analyser), the total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) content (by Iatroscan) and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) content (by gas chromatography mass spectrometry) at the BGS laboratories. The total concentrations of 54 inorganic chemical parameters were determined by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry by Panalytical Ltd. A sub-set of 10 soil samples was screened for the presence of asbestos prior to sample preparation and analysis by hand picking and polarising light microscopy at i2 Analytical Ltd. In addition, the BGS recorded observations about the soil samples during sample collection. Laboratory data underwent quality assurance prior to reporting. Where possible, analytical methods were UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited. The BGS undertook further quality control checking and data conditioning to create the combined laboratory and field observation dataset for release. More information is available in the accompanying metadata report http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527798/.