NGSAustralia: National Geochemical Survey of Australia: soil data
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National Geochemical Survey of Australia: soil data
Description
A dataset containing the geochemical composition of soil samples covering approx 2/3
of Australia, at a spatial resolution of 1 sample/5000 $km^2$.
The original data is published by Geosciences Australia under the Creative
Commons CC4 Licence + Attribution (CC-BY-SA-4.0).
The provided data set has additional information and
some pre-treatment with respect to the one available in the references below. These changes:
Usage
NGSAustralia
Format
A tibble, a data set of compound class c("tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame") with 5259
observations and 76 variables:
- ORDER
Entry order
- SITEID
ID of the sampling site
- DATE SAMPLED
Timestamp of the sampling
- EAST
Easting coordinate of the sampling site
- NORTH
Northing coordinate of the sampling site
- LATITUDE
Latitude of the sampling site
- LONGITUDE
Longitude of the sampling site
- STATE
State of the sampling site, one of: "NWS" (New South Wales), "NT" (Northern Territory),
"QLD" (Queensland), "SA" (South Australia), "TAS" (Tasmania), "VIC" (Victoria) or "WA" (Western Australia)
- REGION
One of the three geo-regions of the data set: "EAST", "WEST" or "EUCLA"
- DUPLICATE CODE
Marker for duplicate samples, for quality control
- SAMPLEID
ID of the sample
- GRAIN SIZE
Particle size of the soil sample, one of "<2 mm" (coarse) or "<75 um" (fine)
- DEPTH
Sampling depth, one of: "TOS" (top soil) or "BOS" (bottom soil)
- CODE
A combination of Grain Size and DEPTH, one of "Tc" "Tf" "Bc" "Bf", standing for TOS coarse, TOS fine, BOS coarse and BOS fine, respectively
Ag ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concemtration of Silver in that sample, analysed with inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), with a detection limit of 0.03ppm
Al XRF mg/kg 26concentration of Aluminium, analysed with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), detection limit 26 ppm
As ICP-MS mg/kg 0.4concentration of Arsenic measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.4 mg/kg
Au FA mg/kg 0.001concentration of Gold measured with fire assay (FA) , detection limit: 0.001 mg/kg
Ba ICP-MS mg/kg 0.5concentration of Barium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.5 mg/kg
Be ICP-MS mg/kg 1.1concentration of Berillium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 1.1 mg/kg
Bi ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Bismuth measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Ca XRF mg/kg 14concentration of Calcium measured with XRF , detection limit: 14 mg/kg
Cd ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Cadmium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Ce ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Cerium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Cl XRF mg/kg 10concentration of Chlorine measured with XRF , detection limit: 10 mg/kg
Co ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Cobalt measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Cr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.5concentration of Cromium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.5 mg/kg
Cs ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Caesium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Cu ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Copper measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
Dy ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Dysprosium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Er ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Erbium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Eu ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Europium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
F ISE mg/kg 20concentration of Fluoride measured with Ion Selective Electrode (ISE), detection limit: 20 mg/kg
FeT XRF mg/kg 35concentration of total Iron measured with XRF , detection limit: 35 mg/kg
Ga ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Gallium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Gd ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Gadolinium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Ge ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Germanium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Hf ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Hafnium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Ho ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Holmium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
K XRF mg/kg 42concentration of Potassium measured with XRF , detection limit: 42 mg/kg
La ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Lantanum measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Lu ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Lutetium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Mg XRF mg/kg 60concentration of Magnesium measured with XRF , detection limit: 60 mg/kg
Mn XRF mg/kg 39concentration of Manganese measured with XRF , detection limit: 39 mg/kg
Mo ICP-MS mg/kg 0.3concentration of Molybdenum measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.3 mg/kg
Na XRF mg/kg 74concentration of Sodium measured with XRF , detection limit: 74 mg/kg
Nb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Niobium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Nd ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Neodymium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Ni ICP-MS mg/kg 0.5concentration of Nickel measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.5 mg/kg
P XRF mg/kg 22concentration of Phosphorus measured with XRF , detection limit: 22 mg/kg
Pb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Lead measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Pd FA mg/kg 0.001concentration of Palladium measured with FA , detection limit: 0.001 mg/kg
Pr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Praseodymium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Pt FA mg/kg 0.0005concentration of Platinum measured with FA , detection limit: 0.0005 mg/kg
Rb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Rubidium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
S XRF mg/kg 10concentration of Sulphur measured with XRF , detection limit: 10 mg/kg
Sb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.4concentration of Antimony measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.4 mg/kg
Sc ICP-MS mg/kg 0.3concentration of Scandium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.3 mg/kg
Si XRF mg/kg 47concentration of Silicon measured with XRF , detection limit: 47 mg/kg
Sm ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Samarium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Sn ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Tin measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
Sr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Strontium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
Ta ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Tantalum measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Tb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Terbium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Th ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Thorium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Ti XRF mg/kg 30concentration of Titanium measured with XRF , detection limit: 30 mg/kg
U ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Uranium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
V ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Vanadium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
W ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Wolframium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Y ICP-MS mg/kg 0.05concentration of Yttrium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.05 mg/kg
Yb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Ytterbium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Zn ICP-MS mg/kg 0.9concentration of Zink measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.9 mg/kg
Zr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Zirconium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
#'
- LOI CALC mg/kg
concentration of Loss-on-Ignition, measured by calcination
LOI CALC mg/kgconcentration of Loss-On-Ignition measured with Calcination , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
#'
- LOI CALC mg/kg
concentration of Loss-on-Ignition, measured by calcination
- MRB
obtained from simplifying the major crustal boundaries of (Korsch2015a, Korsch2015b)
Details
Concentrations are all reported as mg/kg, also known as parts per million (ppm). Values below
detection limit are reported as minus the detection limit, as standardised in package
"compositions".
The samples were complemented with information about their belonging to one of the
major crustal blocks (MCB) of Australia.
Easting and Northing coordinates were computed using the Lambert conformal conic projection of
Australia (earth ellipsoid GRS80; standard parallels: 18S and 36S latitude; central meridian:
134E longitude).
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
https://www.ga.gov.au/about/projects/resources/national-geochemical-survey
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National Geochemical Survey of Australia: soil data
Description
A dataset containing the geochemical composition of soil samples covering approx 2/3 of Australia, at a spatial resolution of 1 sample/5000 $km^2$. The original data is published by Geosciences Australia under the Creative Commons CC4 Licence + Attribution (CC-BY-SA-4.0). The provided data set has additional information and some pre-treatment with respect to the one available in the references below. These changes:
Usage
NGSAustralia
Format
A tibble, a data set of compound class c("tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame") with 5259 observations and 76 variables:
- ORDER
Entry order
- SITEID
ID of the sampling site
- DATE SAMPLED
Timestamp of the sampling
- EAST
Easting coordinate of the sampling site
- NORTH
Northing coordinate of the sampling site
- LATITUDE
Latitude of the sampling site
- LONGITUDE
Longitude of the sampling site
- STATE
State of the sampling site, one of: "NWS" (New South Wales), "NT" (Northern Territory), "QLD" (Queensland), "SA" (South Australia), "TAS" (Tasmania), "VIC" (Victoria) or "WA" (Western Australia)
- REGION
One of the three geo-regions of the data set: "EAST", "WEST" or "EUCLA"
- DUPLICATE CODE
Marker for duplicate samples, for quality control
- SAMPLEID
ID of the sample
- GRAIN SIZE
Particle size of the soil sample, one of "<2 mm" (coarse) or "<75 um" (fine)
- DEPTH
Sampling depth, one of: "TOS" (top soil) or "BOS" (bottom soil)
- CODE
A combination of
Grain SizeandDEPTH, one of "Tc" "Tf" "Bc" "Bf", standing for TOS coarse, TOS fine, BOS coarse and BOS fine, respectivelyAg ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concemtration of Silver in that sample, analysed with inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), with a detection limit of 0.03ppm
Al XRF mg/kg 26concentration of Aluminium, analysed with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), detection limit 26 ppm
As ICP-MS mg/kg 0.4concentration of Arsenic measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.4 mg/kg
Au FA mg/kg 0.001concentration of Gold measured with fire assay (FA) , detection limit: 0.001 mg/kg
Ba ICP-MS mg/kg 0.5concentration of Barium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.5 mg/kg
Be ICP-MS mg/kg 1.1concentration of Berillium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 1.1 mg/kg
Bi ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Bismuth measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Ca XRF mg/kg 14concentration of Calcium measured with XRF , detection limit: 14 mg/kg
Cd ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Cadmium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Ce ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Cerium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Cl XRF mg/kg 10concentration of Chlorine measured with XRF , detection limit: 10 mg/kg
Co ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Cobalt measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Cr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.5concentration of Cromium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.5 mg/kg
Cs ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Caesium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Cu ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Copper measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
Dy ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Dysprosium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Er ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Erbium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Eu ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Europium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
F ISE mg/kg 20concentration of Fluoride measured with Ion Selective Electrode (ISE), detection limit: 20 mg/kg
FeT XRF mg/kg 35concentration of total Iron measured with XRF , detection limit: 35 mg/kg
Ga ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Gallium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Gd ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Gadolinium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Ge ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Germanium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Hf ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Hafnium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Ho ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Holmium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
K XRF mg/kg 42concentration of Potassium measured with XRF , detection limit: 42 mg/kg
La ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Lantanum measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Lu ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Lutetium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Mg XRF mg/kg 60concentration of Magnesium measured with XRF , detection limit: 60 mg/kg
Mn XRF mg/kg 39concentration of Manganese measured with XRF , detection limit: 39 mg/kg
Mo ICP-MS mg/kg 0.3concentration of Molybdenum measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.3 mg/kg
Na XRF mg/kg 74concentration of Sodium measured with XRF , detection limit: 74 mg/kg
Nb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.03concentration of Niobium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.03 mg/kg
Nd ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Neodymium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Ni ICP-MS mg/kg 0.5concentration of Nickel measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.5 mg/kg
P XRF mg/kg 22concentration of Phosphorus measured with XRF , detection limit: 22 mg/kg
Pb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Lead measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Pd FA mg/kg 0.001concentration of Palladium measured with FA , detection limit: 0.001 mg/kg
Pr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Praseodymium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Pt FA mg/kg 0.0005concentration of Platinum measured with FA , detection limit: 0.0005 mg/kg
Rb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Rubidium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
S XRF mg/kg 10concentration of Sulphur measured with XRF , detection limit: 10 mg/kg
Sb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.4concentration of Antimony measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.4 mg/kg
Sc ICP-MS mg/kg 0.3concentration of Scandium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.3 mg/kg
Si XRF mg/kg 47concentration of Silicon measured with XRF , detection limit: 47 mg/kg
Sm ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Samarium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Sn ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Tin measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
Sr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Strontium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
Ta ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Tantalum measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Tb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Terbium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Th ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Thorium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
Ti XRF mg/kg 30concentration of Titanium measured with XRF , detection limit: 30 mg/kg
U ICP-MS mg/kg 0.02concentration of Uranium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.02 mg/kg
V ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Vanadium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
W ICP-MS mg/kg 0.1concentration of Wolframium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.1 mg/kg
Y ICP-MS mg/kg 0.05concentration of Yttrium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.05 mg/kg
Yb ICP-MS mg/kg 0.04concentration of Ytterbium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.04 mg/kg
Zn ICP-MS mg/kg 0.9concentration of Zink measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.9 mg/kg
Zr ICP-MS mg/kg 0.2concentration of Zirconium measured with ICP-MS , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
#'
- LOI CALC mg/kg
concentration of Loss-on-Ignition, measured by calcination
LOI CALC mg/kgconcentration of Loss-On-Ignition measured with Calcination , detection limit: 0.2 mg/kg
#'
- LOI CALC mg/kg
concentration of Loss-on-Ignition, measured by calcination
- MRB
obtained from simplifying the major crustal boundaries of (Korsch2015a, Korsch2015b)
Details
Concentrations are all reported as mg/kg, also known as parts per million (ppm). Values below detection limit are reported as minus the detection limit, as standardised in package "compositions".
The samples were complemented with information about their belonging to one of the major crustal blocks (MCB) of Australia.
Easting and Northing coordinates were computed using the Lambert conformal conic projection of Australia (earth ellipsoid GRS80; standard parallels: 18S and 36S latitude; central meridian: 134E longitude).
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
https://www.ga.gov.au/about/projects/resources/national-geochemical-survey
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