UK Compiled Topsoil raster dataset (UKTSraster)
| Dataset title | UK Compiled Topsoil raster dataset (UKTSraster) |
|---|---|
| Dataset creators | British Geological Survey |
| Dataset theme | Geoscientific Information |
| Dataset abstract | The UKTSraster consists of 82 Georeferenced TIFF raster images (GeoTIFF format) with a cell size of 500x500 m, displaying the predicted concentrations for 41 chemical elements in UK topsoil and respective standard error. The UKTSraster is based on the geochemical analyses of 57,966 topsoil samples collected between 1978 and 2014 and analysed by X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometry (XRF). The UKTSraster covers all of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and the Clyde basin in Scotland. The GeoTIFF raster image maps were produced from the interpolation by ordinary kriging of the concentration values in the source data points, using the geostatistical wizard in the geostatistical analyst toolbox of ArcGIS 10.8 (ESRI®). |
| Dataset content dates | 1978 to March 2023 |
| Dataset spatial coverage | England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and part of Scotland. |
| Dataset supply format | GeoTIFF |
| Dataset language | English-United Kingdom |
| Dataset discovery metadata record | Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record |
| Dataset publisher | British Geological Survey |
| Dataset publication date | May 2024 |
| Dataset digital object identifier (DOI) | 10.5285/76b69adf-699b-4032-a751-2db0991d55f6 |
| Dataset citation text | British Geological Survey. (2024). UK Compiled Topsoil raster dataset (UKTSraster). British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/76b69adf-699b-4032-a751-2db0991d55f6 |
| Constraints and terms of use | UKTSraster is under the Open Government Licence (OGL), subject to the following acknowledgement which should be included in any material that reproduces or uses the BGS materials or data: "Contains British Geological Survey materials ©UKRI [2023]". The underpinning soil chemistry data is sourced from multiple organisations, please refer digitaldata@bgs.ac.uk for further information. |
| Access the dataset | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/downloads.html |
| Further information | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/downloads.html http://www.ukso.org |