OR/18/005 Foreword
Evans, J A, Mee, K, Chenery, C A, Cartwright, C E, Lee, K A, and Marchant, A P. 2018. User guide for the Biosphere Isotope Domains GB (Version 1) dataset and web portal. British Geological Survey. (OR/18/005). |
This report is a user guide for the Biosphere Isotope Domains GB (V1) dataset, which includes (1) a GIS layer for strontium, sulphur and oxygen isotopes (2) datasets of strontium and sulphur isotope measurements from samples across the Great Britain — published separately and available via BGS and (3) a web portal for viewing and querying the data. A description of the data, methodology and assumptions used in the construction of the Biosphere Isotope Domains GB map is included in the associated publications for strontium (Evans, 2018[1]) and sulphur (Chenery, 2018[2]). The primary application of such datasets is for determining the provenance of skeletal material; although the data may also be of use in modern traceability studies of fauna and flora.