Towards a National Soil Database
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Resource Abstract
The National Soil Database has produced a national database of soil geochemistry including point and spatial distribution maps of major nutrients, major elements, essential trace elements, trace elements of special interest and minor elements. In addition, this study has generated a National Soil Archive, comprising bulk soil samples and a nucleic acids archive each of which represent a valuable resource for future soils research in Ireland. The geographical coherence of the geochemical results was considered to be predominantly underpinned by underlying parent material and glacial geology. Other factors such as soil type, land use, anthropogenic effects and climatic effects were also evident. The coherence between elements, as displayed by multivariate analyses, was evident in this study. Examples included strong relationships between Co, Fe, As, Mn and Cu. This study applied large-scale microbiological analysis of soils for the first time in Ireland and in doing so also investigated microbial community structure in a range of soil types in order to determine the relationship between soil microbiology and chemistry. The results of the microbiological analyses were consistent with geochemical analyses and demonstrated that bacterial community populations appeared to be predominantly determined by soil parent material and soil type.
** PLEASE NOTE ** All queries in relation to the NSDB datasets and archive should be sent to nsdbarchive@epa.ie
** PLEASE NOTE ** During March 2011 a revised spreadsheet has been uploaded holding the publicly accessible data for the NSDB.
The Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland publication is available in two ways from this resource. You can download the entire publication as one large PDF (approximately 150Mb) or you can choose to download the publication as six separate chapters. See http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/displayISO19115.jsp?isoID=105
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Persons Responsible For This Resource Metadata and Attached Objects
| Dr. Deirdre Fay |
| TEAGASC |
| Research Officer |
| Telephone: +353 53 9171200 |
| e-mail: rachel.creamer@teagasc.ie |
| Teagasc, Johnstown Castle |
| Johnstown, Co. Wexford, Wexford, Ireland |
| Responsibilities for this resource: pointOfContact |
| Dr. Chaosheng Zhang |
| Department of Geography |
| Lecturer and GIS Researcher |
| Telephone: +353-91-492375 |
| e-mail: Chaosheng.Zhang@nuigalway.ie |
| Office: Room 116, AC Building |
| Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway City, Ireland |
| Responsibilities for this resource: originator pointOfContact |
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| Attachment 2 Arsenic_FLT_Files.zip | 0.06 Mb |
| Attachment 3 Avail_Mg_FLT_Files.zip | 0.06 Mb |
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| Attachment 5 Ca_FLT_Files.zip | 0.06 Mb |
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| Attachment 8 Chapter_4_FinalReport.pdf | 80.99 Mb |
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| Attachment 10 Cr_FLT_Files.zip | 0.06 Mb |
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| Author(s) | Fay, D. Zhang, C. |
| Title Of Website | Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data |
| Publication Information | Towards a National Soil Database |
| Name of Organisation | Environmental Protection Agency Ireland |
| Electronic Address or URL | http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=c265bb3f-2cec-102a-b1da-b128b41032cc |
| Unique Identifier | c265bb3f-2cec-102a-b1da-b128b41032cc |
| Date of Access | Last Accessed: 2013-06-19 |
An example of this citation in proper usage:
Fay, D. Zhang, C. "Towards a National Soil Database". Associated datasets and digitial information objects connected to this resource are available at: Secure Archive For Environmental Research Data (SAFER) managed by Environmental Protection Agency Ireland http://erc.epa.ie/safer/resource?id=c265bb3f-2cec-102a-b1da-b128b41032cc (Last Accessed: 2013-06-19)
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Access Information For This Resource
| Resource Availability: |
 Public-Open |
| Limitations on the use of this Resource | Use of the Final_NSBD_Public_Version.xls file is open to the public. Any usage should be cited correctly using the automated citation generated below in this metadata. The file attachment NSDB_Data Licence_Agreement.pdf contains the precise details of the data usage of the national soils database data.
** PLEASE NOTE ** All queries in relation to the NSDB datasets and archive should be sent to nsdbarchive@epa.ie ** PLEASE NOTE ** NSDB_Data Licence_Agreement.pdf is an example of a data licence agreement for the Full NSDB Public Dataset. You must contact the EPA in person to access the datasets. |
| Information On Access Constraints | intellectualProperty license otherRestrictions |
| Format Of Attached Data Files And Resources | Microsoft Excel worksheet sheet Portable Document Format (PDF) ZIP File Archive |
| How are data within the resource presented? | documentDigital imageDigital mapDigital tableDigital |
| Data from this resource are supplied in the following media types | onLine hardcopy |
| Number of Attached Files (Publicly Available for Download): | 67 |
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Resource Identification and Thematic Information
The information outlined in this section of the metadata for this resource relates to specific parts of the INSPIRE Directive's requirements for Geospatial Metadata. Consequently some of the information presented here is in INSPIRE ISO19115 Metadata format. For those interested in learning more about the implementing rules for metadata in INSPIRE the Joint Research Center provide a PDF document (780Kb) explaining each of the metadata fields.
| SAFER-Data Identification Number | |
| SAFER-Data Display URL | http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=7 |
| Resource Title | Towards a National Soil Database |
| Resource Keywords | major nutrients, major elements, essential trace elements, |
| ISO 19115 Topic Categories | geoScientificInformation |
| Languages Within Resource Data/Documentation | eng |
| Metadata Language | eng |
| EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code | 2001-CD/S2 M2 |
| EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme | Land-use, Soils, and Transport |
| Unique Resource Idenifier ID | c265bb3f-2cec-102a-b1da-b128b41032cc |
| This Metadata Describes The Following: | dataset |
| Frequency Of Changes To This Metadata or Attached Data | asNeeded |
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Temporal Information For This Resource
| Project Start Date | Wednesday 3rd January 2001 (03-01-2001) |
| Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects | Monday 2nd January 1995 (02-01-1995) |
| Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects | Friday 1st December 2006 (01-12-2006) |
| Resource Metadata Published On | Monday 26th March 2007 (26-03-2007) |
| Last Resource Metadata Edit occured on | Monday 21st March 2011 at 13:56:08 (21-03-2011) |
| Resource Datasets or Digital Objects Updated On | Monday 21st March 2011 at 13:54:56 (21-03-2011) |
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Geographical and Spatial Information Related To This Resource
Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Resource
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Supplementary Information For This Resource
| Resource Lineage Information |
| During 1995 and 1996, 295 soil samples were collected in the south eastern region of Ireland, while an additional 1015 soil samples were collected when the study was extended to include the remaining three quarters of the country in 2002. The two datasets were integrated into the National Soil Database |
| Supplementary Metadata Information |
| File Naming Conventions.
There are several zip files attached to this resource. For example Maps_Elements_P_To_R.zip is a zip file containing Soil Coverage maps of Elements begining with Letter P to Letter R. The contents of the ZIP files are JPEG images like those in the National Soils Database Report published on the EPA website. All Responsible Persons. Deirdre Fay1, David McGrath1, Chaosheng Zhang2, Cora Carrigg3, Vincent O?Flaherty3, Owen T. Carton1, Eamonn Grennan4 1Teagasc, Environmental Research Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford; 2Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Galway; 3Department of Microbiology and Environmental Change Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway; 4Institute of Technology, Sligo National baseline database of soil geochemistry including multiple point and spatial distribution maps of a major nutrients, major elements, essential trace elements, trace elements of special interest and minor elements Attributes: Major Nutrients (P, K, Mg, S and organic C) Major Elements (Ca, Fe, Na, Al, Ti and pH) Essential Trace Elements (Cu, Co, Cr, Mn, Mo, Se and Zn) Trace Elements of Special Interest (As, Cd, Pb, Hg and Ni) Minor Elements (e.g. Nb, Tl, Ga, Li, U etc.) |
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http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/displayISO19115.jsp?isoID=105 (Opens in a new window) |
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The following is a list of resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource Towards a National Soil Database. You can view the full metadata description for these resources by using the links supplied.
- Summary of Irish Soil Data from Scoping Study View Full Metadata Description
- Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland View Full Metadata Description
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