User guide : BGS UK compiled topsoil raster dataset (UKTSraster)

British Geological Survey. 2023 User guide : BGS UK compiled topsoil raster dataset (UKTSraster). Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 29pp. (OR/22/021) (Unpublished)

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This user guide outlines the background and methods used to produce the British Geological Survey (BGS) UK Compiled Topsoil raster dataset (UKTSraster). This data product consists of 41 interpolated raster grids in Georeferenced TIFF image (GeoTIFF) format, each accompanied by a colour-classified geochemical map in PNG image format, based on the corresponding GeoTIFF. These images display the concentrations of 41 chemical elements in UK topsoil. The GeoTIFF and PNG files are available for download via the BGS OpenGeoscience web page (http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/downloads.html), and are also displayed in the UK Soil Observatory (UKSO) map portal (http://www.ukso.org). The UKTS dataset, which has been used to create the UKTSraster, is based on geochemical analyses of 57,966 topsoil samples, which were collected between 1978 and 2014. Sampling covers all of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and part of Scotland. The topsoil samples were analysed by X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometry (XRF).

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Funders/Sponsors:	British Geological Survey
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This item has been internally reviewed, but not externally peer-reviewed.
Related URLs:	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/down... http://www.ukso.org/
Date made live:	02 Aug 2024 08:21 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537795

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