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Data Publication

210Pb-dated historical lake sediment metal concentrations from The Lake District, England (mid-19th century to 2016)

Turner, S.D. | Yang, H. | Rose, N.L. | Shilland, J. | Bennion, H. | Jones, V. | Sayer, C. | Baker, A. | Roberts, C. | Bishop, I.

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

(2022)

Descriptions

Measurements of sediment properties (incl. organic and carbonate content), radionuclides (210Pb, 137Cs, 241Am) and elements (including mercury, nickel, copper, zinc, and lead) in lake sediment successions. Radionuclide dating provides a reliable chronology of sediment ages from the mid-19th century (sometimes only 20th century) to the present (2016). The dataset comprises a standardised matrix of multiple measured sediment variables (element values per mass) against stratigraphic depth for 8 lakes. In these water bodies multiple core datasets exist, one collected from the littoral zone, one of intermediate depth and one from the deepest area. The deepest core was used for 210Pb dating. The intermediate and littoral depth cores are not dated, except at Esthwaite where the littoral core (29328_ESTH_LITT.csv) had been previously collected, 210Pb dated and measured for organic and carbonate content.
Sediment cores were collected by boat and coring equipment in 2016. Cores were subsampled (sliced) on-site and processed on return to laboratory. Multiple samples from separate core depth intervals were measured. Samples of sediment intervals were measured for water content, organic content and carbonate content by heating and combustion (loss-on-ignition). Concentrations of elements were measured on freeze-dried, milled samples of sediment by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy using an Energy dispersive XRF (Bruker Ltd) with standard reference sediments prepared and run with the core samples. 210Pb dating and other radionuclides were measured on subsamples from core intervals by gamma spectroscopy at the UCL Environmental Radiometric Facility. Mercury (total) was measured on subsamples by cold-vapour fluorescence spectroscopy (CV-AFS). Sediment core element concentrations measured by XRF and CV-AFS were measured in machines with laboratory blanks and standard reference sediment samples.

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
geochemistry
lead-210
trace metals
legacy mine waste
mercury
lead
waste
mineral waste
trace element
lake
sediment

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
mercury
mercury
lake

MSL enriched keywords
minerals
chemical elements
mercury
measured property
mercury
Modeled geomorphological feature
lacustrine landforms
lake
copper
nickel
zinc
copper
nickel
zinc
equipment
x-ray spectrometer
x-ray fluorescence spectrometer
Equipment
borehole drilling
drill core

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry
analogue modelling of geologic processes
geo-energy test beds

Source

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/87dec506-ca7f-4b57-a605-486ec9d8cca2

Source publisher

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre


DOI

10.5285/87dec506-ca7f-4b57-a605-486ec9d8cca2


Creators

Turner, S.D.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8692-8210

Yang, H.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5760-5789

Rose, N.L.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-7334

Shilland, J.

University College London

Other:

Bennion, H.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0125-9308

Jones, V.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-1639

Sayer, C.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6075-4881

Baker, A.

Teesside University

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-1405

Roberts, C.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8263

Bishop, I.

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8902-7178


Contributors

Turner, S.D.

ContactPerson

University College London

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8692-8210

University College London

RightsHolder

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

HostingInstitution

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre


References

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/87dec506-ca7f-4b57-a605-486ec9d8cca2.zip


Citation

Turner, S. D., Yang, H., Rose, N. L., Shilland, J., Bennion, H., Jones, V., Sayer, C., Baker, A., Roberts, C., & Bishop, I. (2022). 210Pb-dated historical lake sediment metal concentrations from The Lake District, England (mid-19th century to 2016). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/87DEC506-CA7F-4B57-A605-486EC9D8CCA2


Dates

Submitted:

2022-08-12

Available:

2023-08-01


Language

en


Funding References

Funder name: Natural Environment Research Council

Funder identifier: https://ror.org/02b5d8509

Funder identifier type: ROR


Rights

This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence


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