Organic pollutants in urban soils of Glasgow, UK
| Dataset title | Organic pollutants in urban soils of Glasgow, UK |
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| Dataset creators | Christopher H. Vane, British Geological Survey Alexander W. Kim, British Geological Survey Vicky Moss-Hayes, British Geological Survey |
| Dataset theme | Geoscientific Information |
| Dataset abstract | Concentrations of total organic carbon (TOC), total petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in 84 near-surface soils (5-20 cm depth) taken from a 255 km2 area of Glasgow in the Clyde Basin, UK, during July 2011. Total petroleum hydrocarbon ranged from 79-2,505 mg kg-1 (mean 388 mg kg-1; median 272 mg kg-1) of which the aromatic fraction was 13-74 % (mean 44 %, median 43 %) and saturates were 28-87 % (mean 56 %, median 57 %). Σ16 PAH varied from 2-653 mg kg-1 (mean 32.4 mg kg-1; median 12.5mg kg-1) and Σ31 PAH range was 2.47-852 mg kg-1 (mean 45.4 mg kg-1; median 19.0 mg kg-1). PCB tri-hepta range was 2.2-1052 mg kg-1 (mean 32.4 mg kg-1; median 12.7 mg kg-1) and the ΣPCB7 was 0.3-344 mg kg-1 (mean 9.8 mg kg-1; median 2.7 mg kg-1). This data is associated with the published research paper: Kim, A., Vane, C., Moss-Hayes, V., Beriro, D., Nathanail, C., Fordyce, F., & Everett, P. (2017). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in urban soils of Glasgow, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 108(2-3), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000324 |
| Dataset content dates | 27/10/2012 - 31/01/2013 |
| Dataset spatial coverage | Glasgow, Clyde Basin, Scotland, UK |
| 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 | 13/02/2023 |
| Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) | 10.5285/dc527971-455c-48b6-b01a-696302533fb4 |
| Dataset citation text | Vane, C.H., Kim, A.W., Moss-Hayes, V. (2023). Organic pollutants in urban soils of Glasgow, UK. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/dc527971-455c-48b6-b01a-696302533fb4 |
| 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#item177454. |
| Further information | Kim, A., Vane, C., Moss-Hayes, V., Beriro, D., Nathanail, C., Fordyce, F., & Everett, P. (2017). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in urban soils of Glasgow, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 108(2-3), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000324 |