British Geological Survey Regional Geochemical Atlases 1978-2000

22 regional geochemical atlases for Great Britain, published by the British Geological Survey between 1978 and 2000. The collection provides interpolated heat-maps for each analyte from the G-BASE project, covering stream sediment, soil, and stream water samples.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of analyte concentrations across regional heat-maps to identify geochemical anomalies
• Compare stream sediment, soil, and stream water geochemical baselines for environmental change studies
• Use the systematic baseline data as a historical marker to measure future environmental change in Great Britain

Strengths

• Covers 22 distinct geographic regions across Great Britain
• Provides data across three sample media: stream sediment, soil, and stream water
• Represents a systematic national baseline survey conducted over a 22-year period

Limitations

• Data is presented as static, hard-copy atlas heat-maps, not raw point measurements
• Temporal coverage ends in 2000, lacking recent environmental changes
• Digital versions are only available for specific sub-regions, not the full collection

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

G-BASE (Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment) project field sampling and analysis

Time Range

1978 to 2000

Freshness

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Geography

Great Britain, covering 22 regions including Shetland, Orkney, Wales, Lake District, and others