ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 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 2025-11-13T16:17:17 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Monthly measurements of major and trace elements in 41 rivers in Great Britain, 2017, from the LOCATE project 2024-02-21 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 10.5285/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 doi: Tye, A.M., Balfour, C., Bowes, M.J., Brown, I., Evans, C., Farr, G., Felgate, S., Hargreaves, G., Humphry, O.S., Kitidis, V., Lapworth, D.J., Martin, A., Mayor, D.J., Pearson, M., Nightingale, P., Pickard, A., Sanders, R., Spears, B., Stephens, J., Stinchcombe, M., Torres, R., Williamson, J.L., Woodward, M., Bowes, M., Breimann, S., Burden, A., Callaghan, N., Dise, N., Gilbert, P., Gibb, S., Ives, S., Jürgens, M., Hughes, L., Lichtschlag, A., Mack, S., Mallin Martin, D., Mawji, E., Olszewska, J., Parkes, D., Pearce, C., Peel, K., Pugh, J., Rees, A., Worrall, F., Yarrow, D. (2024). Monthly measurements of major and trace elements in 41 rivers in Great Britain, 2017, from the LOCATE project. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 This dataset contains monthly measurements of major and trace elements from 41 rivers around Great Britain. The samples were collected as part of the Land Ocean Carbon TransfEr (LOCATE) project during 2017 and they were analysed using Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). LOCATE was a multi-disciplinary NERC project that undertook coordinated sampling of the major rivers in Great Britain to establish how much carbon from soils is getting into rivers and estuaries and to determine what is happening to it. It involved the National Oceanography Centre, the British Geological Survey, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, with assistance from the University of Lancaster, University of Durham, University of Hull, the University of the Highlands and Islands and the Environment Agency. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 Tye, A.M. British Geological Survey atye@bgs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-7773 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 Balfour, C. National Oceanography Centre cabal@noc.ac.uk author Bowes, M.J. British Geological Survey mbow@bgs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-8348 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 Brown, I. Plymouth Marine Laboratory ib@pml.ac.uk author Evans, C. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-354X 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 Farr, G. British Geological Survey GarethFarr@coal.gov.uk author Felgate, S. National Oceanography Centre Stacey.felgate@me.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9955-4948 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 Hargreaves, G. National Oceanography Centre gwh@noc.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4361-6134 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 Humphry, O.S. British Geological Survey olih@bgs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7776-7048 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 Kitidis, V. Plymouth Marine Laboratory vak@pml.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3949-3802 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 Lapworth, D.J. British Geological Survey djla@bgs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7838-7960 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 Martin, A. National Oceanography Centre adrian.martin@noc.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8612 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 Mayor, D.J. National Oceanography Centre dan.mayor@noc.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041 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 Pearson, M. British Geological Survey iaian1@bgs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0295-9552 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 Nightingale, P. Plymouth Marine Laboratory pdn@pml.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7177-5469 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 Pickard, A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-3720 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 Sanders, R. National Oceanography Centre rsan@norceresearch.no https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-7131 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 Spears, B. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Stephens, J. Plymouth Marine Laboratory jastep@pml.ac.uk author Stinchcombe, M. National Oceanography Centre mark.stinchcombe@noc.ac.uk author Torres, R. Plymouth Marine Laboratory rito@pml.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9035-2637 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 Williamson, J.L. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8216-5885 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 Woodward, M. Plymouth Marine Laboratory emsw@pml.ac.uk author Bowes, M. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-1934 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 Breimann, S. University of Southampton S.A.Breimann@soton.ac.uk author Burden, A. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-1638 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 Callaghan, N. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Dise, N. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0463-6885 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 Gilbert, P. University of the Highlands and Islands peter.gilbert@uhi.ac.uk author Gibb, S. University of the Highlands and Islands Stuart.Gibb@uhi.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3882-338X 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 Ives, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1702-2030 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 Jürgens, M. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-589X 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 Hughes, L. British Geological Survey lean1@bgs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-6310 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 Lichtschlag, A. National Oceanography Centre a.lichtschlag@noc.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-2165 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 Mack, S. National Oceanography Centre stma@noc.ac.uk author Mallin Martin, D. British Geological Survey danielmallinmartin@coal.gov.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-8710 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 Mawji, E. National Oceanography Centre ezm@noc.ac.uk author Olszewska, J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4910-2206 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 Parkes, D. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pearce, C. National Oceanography Centre c.r.pearce@noc.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341 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 Peel, K. National Oceanography Centre kate.peel@noc.ac.uk author Pugh, J. National Oceanography Centre jpugh@noc.ac.uk author Rees, A. Plymouth Marine Laboratory apre@pml.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-3447 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 Worrall, F. Durham University fred.worrall@durham.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4139-1330 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 Yarrow, D. National Oceanography Centre deborah.yarrow@noc.ac.uk author British Geological Survey EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Tye, A.M. British Geological Survey atye@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication estuary GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Water quality Hydrology Great Britain LOCATE rivers terrestrial ICP-MS 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: Tye, A.M., Balfour, C., Bowes, M.J., Brown, I., Evans, C., Farr, G., Felgate, S., Hargreaves, G., Humphry, O.S., Kitidis, V., Lapworth, D.J., Martin, A., Mayor, D.J., Pearson, M., Nightingale, P., Pickard, A., Sanders, R., Spears, B., Stephens, J., Stinchcombe, M., Torres, R., Williamson, J.L., Woodward, M., Bowes, M., Breimann, S., Burden, A., Callaghan, N., Dise, N., Gilbert, P., Gibb, S., Ives, S., Jürgens, M., Hughes, L., Lichtschlag, A., Mack, S., Mallin Martin, D., Mawji, E., Olszewska, J., Parkes, D., Pearce, C., Peel, K., Pugh, J., Rees, A., Worrall, F., Yarrow, D. (2024). Monthly measurements of major and trace elements in 41 rivers in Great Britain, 2017, from the LOCATE project. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 textTable English utf8 environment inlandWaters 2017-01-01 2017-12-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ef880531-08b3-477d-a69e-3b28beb562d2.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 One third of rivers in Great Britain were sampled, accounting for approximately 36 % of the catchment areas. For each river, a single visit was made once each month to collect water for analysis. Water was sampled using a bottle or bucket and then immediately filtered and/or decanted into other appropriate bottles, prior to being sent for analysis. Temperature was recorded immediately on sampled water. Conductivity was often done in situ but occasionally later in the laboratory if a field instrument was not available. The ICP-MS analysis used to measure major and trace elements is described in the Supporting Documentation. Additional information on weather and flow and state of river was also recorded. In addition to the precise location of the sampling point, the NRFA code, catchment area, land use, standardised annual rainfall, Base Flow Index, altitude and percentage of carbonate rocks in catchment are all provided in a separate file.