Environmental chemistry

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BGS soil chemistry for environmental assessments
Estimated ambient background concentrations for the soils of Great Britain as well as locations and concentrations (mg kg-1) of As, Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb in urban surface soil samples.
Biosphere Isotope Domains GB
The biosphere isotope domains data comprises analysis and location specific information for strontium, oxygen and sulphur isotopic variation for Great Britain.
G-BASE data
Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE).

Related research

Environmental Modelling Environmental modelling

Applying multidisciplinary knowledge to explain, explore and predict the Earth's response to natural and human induced environmental change.

G-BASE for southm west England G-BASE project

The Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) is a major BGS project that has an annual campaign of geochemical sampling within many parts of the UK. Our core function is to provide a national capability in baseline geochemical mapping.

SoilSustainable soils

Research into processes in the 'critical zone', which we rely upon to grow food, maintain ecosystems, filter water and store carbon in the biosphere.

Our data
Hutton field: well correlation diagram.
Our products
Energy
Energy index
BGS total organic carbon
BGS vitrinite reflectance
Coal resources for new technologies
Environmental chemistry
Environmental chemistry index
BGS soil chemistry for environmental assessments
G-BASE data
Biosphere Isotope Domains GB
Geology
Geology index
Boreholes
BGS Geology
BGS Geology 10k
BGS Geology 25k
BGS Geology 50k
BGS Geology 250k
BGS Geology 625k
BGS Geology: superficial thickness
Soil Parent Material Model
Geophysics
Geophysics index
CGG North Sea Aeromagnetic Survey
Coal Authority Geophysical Borehole Logs
Coal Authority Seismic Survey
GB Aeromagnetic Survey
GB Land Gravity Survey
Geophysical Borehole Logs
HiRes1 airborne magnetic, radiometric, VLF survey
BGS Marine Gravity Survey
BGS Marine Magnetic Survey
UK Atlantic Frontier Aeromagnetic Survey
Ground conditions
Ground conditions index
BGS Civils bundle
BGS Civils: bulking volume
BGS Civils: corrosivity (ferrous)
BGS Civils: discontinuities
BGS Civils: engineered fill
BGS Civils: excavatability
BGS Civils: foundation conditions
BGS Civils: strength
BGS Civils: sulfate/sulfide potential
BGS corroded asset failure (ferrous)
BGS pipe leakage impacts
BGS resistivity
Groundwater
Groundwater index
Aquifer Designation Data
BGS depth to groundwater
BGS geological indicators of flooding
BGS groundwater flooding
BGS hydrogeology 625k
BGS Infiltration SuDS map
BGS permeability
Groundwater Vulnerability Data
Hydrogeological maps of Scotland
WellMaster hydrogeological database
Hazards
Hazards index
BGS coastal vulnerability
BGS GeoSure datasets
BGS GeoSure: Insurance Product
BGS methane and carbon dioxide from natural sources and mining
BGS mining hazard (not including coal)
Radon data: Indicative Atlas of Radon
Radon data: radon potential dataset
The BGS National Landslide Database (NLD)
Marine
Marine index
BGS Geology: marine bedrock 250k
BGS Geology: marine sediments 250k
Minerals
Minerals index
BGS mineral resources
BRITPITS
Historic Mineral Planning Permission Data
UK and World Mineral Statistics Datasets
3D models