UK salt marsh sediment cores from Tillingham and Warton Sands provide major cation concentration data for sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) calculation. The dataset includes quality control metrics for ICP analysis, with samples collected at varying depths and in triplicate. Row count and column specifics are unknown.
Use Cases
- Calculate Sodium Adsorption Ratios (SAR) using Na+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ concentration data to assess soil sodicity.
- Analyze cation concentration variations across sediment depths to study geochemical profiles.
- Apply quality control (QC) metrics for ICP analysis to validate laboratory measurement accuracy.
- Use sediment mass data from 'mass for SAR calc' to standardize concentration and dilution calculations.
Strengths
- Data includes triplicate sampling at varying depths, supporting statistical reliability.
- Quality control (QC) metrics for ICP analysis are provided to assess measurement validity.
- Methodology follows established protocols from Rowell 1994 and Chirol 2021 for SAR calculation.
Limitations
- Sample size and geographic scope are limited to two specific UK salt marsh sites.
- The dataset lacks explicit row and column counts, complicating initial assessment of scale.
- Data freshness is uncertain beyond the platform's last update date.
Provenance
- Source
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Collection Method
- Sediment cores collected, extracts prepared for cation analysis, concentrations calculated using sediment mass, with ICP analysis and QC.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-19.
- Geography
- Tillingham and Warton Sands salt marshes, UK.