b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:40 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid WGS 84 Sedimentological and organic carbon data from the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh, Scotland, 2018 2021-02-25 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 10.5285/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 doi: Smeaton, C., Rees-Hughs, L., Barlow, N.L.M., Austin, W.E.N. (2021). Sedimentological and organic carbon data from the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh, Scotland, 2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 The dataset comprises of physical property and biogeochemical measurements of saltmarsh soil collected using the hammer coring technique from the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh in the North of Scotland. The site was chosen to represent northern, loch head marshes and to test different coring techniques in organic rich soils. The data provides a quantitative measure of the dry bulk density, water content, porosity and organic carbon content present within the soils of the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh. A total of four cores were collected, 39 samples were collected at 10 cm intervals down the length of each core. The samples were processed for bulk density, water content, porosity and organic carbon content which was quantified through elemental analysis. The data were collected to help create a detailed picture of saltmarsh carbon storage in the soils of UK saltmarsh and test different coring approaches. The cores were collected by the data authors in November 2018. The work was carried out under the NERC programme - Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE), NERC grant reference NE/R010846/1 Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Smeaton, C. University of St. Andrews cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk pointOfContact Smeaton, C. University of St Andrews cs244@st-andrews.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-2555 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Rees-Hughs, L. University of Leeds EMAIL NOT PROVIDED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4452-3984 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Barlow, N.L.M. University of Leeds EMAIL NOT PROVIDED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-2543 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Austin, W.E.N. University of St Andrews EMAIL NOT PROVIDED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-3468 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author The University Court of the University of St Andrews court@st-andrews.ac.uk owner notPlanned Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication salt marsh blue carbon soil texture organic carbon soil sediment wetland coastal ecosystem intertidal zone GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Kyle of Tongue GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation bulk density carbon loss on ignition Scotland Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environment (C-SIDE) LOI otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smeaton, C., Rees-Hughs, L., Barlow, N.L.M., Austin, W.E.N. (2021). Sedimentological and organic carbon data from the Kyle of Tongue saltmarsh, Scotland, 2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 textTable 1 English utf8 environment 2018-11-25 2018-11-25 -4.492 -4.453 58.432 58.459 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b57ef444-54d4-47f9-8cbf-3cfef1182b55.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset 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 Soil cores were collected using the hammer coring technique, where a PVC pipe was manually driven into the soil. The location of the cores was recorded using DGPS. Prior to analysis, the cores were split, the soil profile described using the Troel-smith scheme and fixed volumetric (4 cm^3) samples collected at 10 cm intervals down the length of each core. Dry bulk density, water content, porosity and organic carbon data was produced using standard analytical procedures (detailed in the supporting documentation). All laboratory equipment were calibrated in accordance with the laboratory practises at the University of St Andrews. Results were recorded on to lab sheets and transferred into an Excel file. Results were exported as comma separated value (.csv) files for ingestion into the EIDC.