Trace metal, lead isotopes and organic pollutants of Nairobi slum sediments

Dataset title	Trace metal, lead isotopes and organic pollutants of Nairobi slum sediments
Dataset creators	Christopher H. Vane, British Geological Survey Alexander W. Kim, British Geological Survey Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos, British Geological Survey Vicky Moss-Hayes, British Geological Survey Simon R. Chenery, British Geological Survey
Dataset theme	Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract	Surface sediment geochemistry data comprised of:1) trace metals; 2) Pb isotope ratios; 3) organic pollutants (pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons and organochlorines and microtox bioassay). Sediments were collected from sites situated along Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong Rivers, Nairobi, Kenya on January 16th, 2020. This data is published in the following research paper which should be cited; Vane, C.H., Kim, A.W., Lopes dos Santos, R.A., Gill, J.C., Moss-Hayes, V., Mulu, J.K., Mackie, J.R., Ferreira, A.M.P.J., Chenery, S.R. and Olaka, L.A., 2022. Impact of organic pollutants from urban slum informal settlements on sustainable development goals and river sediment quality, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Applied Geochemistry, 146: 105468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105468
Dataset content dates	01/04/19 – 31/03/22
Dataset spatial coverage	Nairobi, Kenya, sites situated along Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong Rivers Most westerly site at 36.669712 -1.242133 Most easterly site at 36.887653 -1.306897
Dataset supply format	MS Excel
Dataset language	English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record	Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher	NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre
Dataset publication date	06/04/2023
Dataset digital object identifier (DOI)	10.5285/a0447831-fcd8-4afd-94d5-681a4bcf5cd4
Dataset citation text	Vane, C.H., Kim, A.W., Lopes dos Santos, R.A., Moss-Hayes, V., Chenery, S.R. (2023). Trace metal, lead isotopes and organic pollutants of Nairobi slum sediments. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/a0447831-fcd8-4afd-94d5-681a4bcf5cd4
Constraints and terms of use	This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset	https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item178348
Further information	Vane, C.H., Kim, A.W., Lopes dos Santos, R.A., Gill, J.C., Moss-Hayes, V., Mulu, J.K., Mackie, J.R., Ferreira, A.M.P.J., Chenery, S.R. and Olaka, L.A., 2022. Impact of organic pollutants from urban slum informal settlements on sustainable development goals and river sediment quality, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Applied Geochemistry, 146: 105468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105468 This data is part of the BGS International NC programme ‘Geoscience to tackle Global Environmental Challenges’, NERC reference NE/X006255/1 and the sub-project Observatories in Urban Systems (OPUS - Soils and Sediments Task) NEE7946NOD.