Natural radionuclide concentrations in soil, water, sediment and biota in England and Wales

Beresford, N.A.; Barnett, C.L.; Jones, D.G.; Wood, M.D.; Appleton, J.D.; Breward, N.; Copplestone, D.;

2015 || British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)

Data comprise estimates of activity concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides (40K, 238U and 232Th series radionuclides) in environmental media (soil and stream sediments and waters) and non-human biota (focusing on the ICRP Reference Animals and Plants). For soil, stream sediments and stream waters data were derived from total K, U and Th concentrations mainly from the ongoing geochemical survey of the United Kingdom (G-BASE), conducted by the British Geological Survey. The geochemical survey data are currently incomplete for England and Wales, but almost complete coverage was obtained for K in stream sediments by using the Wolfson Atlas data for southern England. For U and Th in sediments and K, U and Th in soils, more complete coverage was achieved by geological extrapolation (using relationships between soils/sediments and bedrock/superficial geology). For media and sediments, datasets are provided for both: (i) geometric mean concentrations from measured samples on a 5 x 5 km square basis where data are available; and (ii) extrapolated surfaces covering all of England and Wales. Data for non-human biota are from targeted sampling and analyses and data review.

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Source http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
Source publisher British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)
DOI 10.5285/bb2d7874-7bf4-44de-aa43-348bd684a2fe
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  • Barnett, C.L.
  • Centre for Ecology & Hydrology;
  • Jones, D.G.
  • British Geological Survey;
  • Breward, N.
  • British Geological Society;
  • Copplestone, D.
  • School of Natural Sciences;
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  • UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology;
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Citation Beresford, N. A., Barnett, C. L., Jones, D. G., Wood, M. D., Appleton, J. D., Breward, N., & Copplestone, D. (2015). Natural radionuclide concentrations in soil, water, sediment and biota in England and Wales [Data set]. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/BB2D7874-7BF4-44DE-AA43-348BD684A2FE
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