Soil survey of Moor House, 1965
https://doi.org/10.5285/e4cf73b0-eef6-4118-a018-40eb374f5de7
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This dataset contains data from a soil survey at Moor House, Cumbria, UK undertaken by Mike Hornung in 1965 as part of his PhD. It contains information about the soil horizons, chemical analyses and soil mineralogy.
Publication date: 2018-02-27
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Spatial resolution
100 metres
Temporal information
Temporal extent
1965-01-01 to 1965-12-31
Provenance & quality
Detailed information about the survey is provided in Mike Hornung's Phd thesis which is available from Durham University e-Theses - http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9262/1/9262_6193-vo1.PDF
The data were stored in a database described in Cuthbertson, M. (1993). A database for environmental research programmes. J. Env. Management, 37(4), 291-300.
The data were stored in a database described in Cuthbertson, M. (1993). A database for environmental research programmes. J. Env. Management, 37(4), 291-300.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence 
Cite this dataset as:
Hornung, M.; Rennie, S. (2018). Soil survey of Moor House, 1965. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e4cf73b0-eef6-4118-a018-40eb374f5de7
© NERC
Citations
Hornung, Michael (1968) The morphology, mineralogy and genesis of some soils on the moor house national nature reserve, Durham theses, Durham University. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9262/
Supplemental information
Cuthbertson, M. (1993). A database for environmental research programmes. J. Env. Management, 37(4), 291-300.
Correspondence/contact details
Rennie, S.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
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Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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