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X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and stable isotope data, samples from Harrington, Cumbria, UK and Clinton Creek Mine, Yukon, Canada

This dataset contains the raw X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and stable isotope data, raw and processed, for samples from two different field locations, sample HR5 (Slag) from Harrington, Cumbria, UK (54.608278N, -3.570164W) and sample 22CCT1N6 (Ultramafic mine tailings) from Clinton Creek Mine, Yukon, Canada (64.457222N, -140.710833W). The data was collected in between 2023-2025. The XRD data was collected for the purpose of identifying mineralogy of the collected samples. The stable isotope data was collected for the purpose of identifying whether the carbonate minerals in the collected samples contained atmospheric carbon dioxide. The data was collected by John MacDonald, Charlotte Slaymark and Robin Hilderman (University of Glasgow) who retain the original data. Data underpins manuscript "The Widespread Potential for Rapid Formation of Anthropogenic Sedimentary Rocks" in press

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Date (Creation)
2025-08-22
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608504
Originator
  University of Glasgow - John MacDonald
School of Geographical and Earth Science ,
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Oxygen
  • X ray diffraction
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Citable Data
  • Carbon
  • Stable isotopes
dataCentre
  • Citable Data
  • NGDC Deposited Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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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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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]"
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Harrington [id=1311216]

Date (Revision)
2002

Geographic identifier
YUKON [id=743300]

Date (Creation)
1979

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Begin date
2023-08-01
End date
2025-01-31
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
Distribution format
  • Excel (.xlsx) ()

Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

MacDonald, J. (2025). X-Ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and stable isotope data, samples from Harrington, Cumbria, UK and Clinton Creek Mine, Yukon, Canada. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/b05375f5-8156-40ae-b339-9367412656cc

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Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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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
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No
Statement
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) dataset - the instrument was a Malvern Panalytical Empyrean with PIXcel3D-Medipix3 1x1 detector using Cu Kα radiation (wavelength 1.541874 (Å)). Data was collected in Bragg-Brentano reflection geometry at 5-80° 2θ, with a step size 0.0131°. Stable isotope dataset - Values of δ13C and δ18O were obtained on 200 μg of sample acidified using phosphoric acid (≥1.90 SG) and heated for 1 h at 60°C on an Elementar GasBench and analysed on a continuous flow Isoprime 100 mass spectrometer. Samples were run in triplicate and the average reported as the result with 1 standard deviation. Values are calibrated to Vienna-Pee Dee Belemnite (V-PDB) using NBS-18 and IAEA-603 reference standards. A secondary standard, IA-RO22 (Iso-Analytical Ltd.) was used to validate the calibration linearity for more depleted values of δ13C and δ18O than the reference standards have.
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3dd2a0bb-4afe-1f97-e063-3050940a4170 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
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/13608504
 
 

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