Natural and anthropogenic soil geochemistry characteristics of Belfast, Glasgow, Cardiff and East London, in the UK

Abstract

The British Geological Survey’s Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) project is responsible for the systematic geochemical mapping of the land surface of Great Britain. Samples of soils, stream sediments and stream waters collected at an average density of 1 sample per 1.5 km2 are determined for up to 46 elements/parameters