Elemental analysis of soil in the Ningbo watershed, China
Elemental analysis of 80 soil samples taken in the Ningbo Watershed, in the Zhangxi catchment, Eastern China. Variables measured include As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, P, Pb, and lead isotope ratios along with concentrations of Zn, Ca and K. Data was collected in March 2016 and analysed at Queens Belfast University. The data was collected and analysed as part of a NERC NSFC funded multi project research programme UK- China Critical Zone Observation Programme. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/9c2e8b85-48ab-48c9-b69d-dd676a5d086f
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- 9c2e8b85-48ab-48c9-b69d-dd676a5d086f XML
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- dataset
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- English (en)
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- WGS 84
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- Environment
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-09-02
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- 80 soil samples, including 40 from cropland, 11 from orchards and 29 from forests, were collected in a typical peri-urban catchment. All soil samples were collected with a stainless hand auger and stored in snap-sealed polypropylene bags. Soil samples were dried in a Christ LD freeze dryer, sieved and milled (except for pH and soil texture determination) by hand to a fine powder in a mortar and pestle. The concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, P, Pb, and lead isotope ratios, were determined with the ICP-MS (Thermo Scientific iCAP Q) in direct solution acquisition mode using a Cetac ASX-520 Auto Sampler. The concentrations of Zn, Ca and K were determined with an X-ray fluorescence (Rigaku Nex CG bentchtop XRF).
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- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Meharg, A., Meharg, C., Zhu, Y., Li, G. (2019). Elemental analysis of soil in the Ningbo watershed, China. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9c2e8b85-48ab-48c9-b69d-dd676a5d086f
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- Organisation name
- University of Leeds
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- Organisation name
- Queen's University Belfast
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- Organisation name
- Queen's University Belfast
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Organisation name
- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
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- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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- University of Leeds
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- Queen's University Belfast
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- Organisation name
- Queen's University Belfast
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- Organisation name
- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Organisation name
- Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
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- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-05T08:50:46
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- English (en)
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