GEMAS – Chemistry of Europe’s Agricultural soils, Extended dataset

GEMAS (Geochemical Mapping of Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil in Europe) is a cooperative project between the Geochemistry Expert Group of EuroGeoSurveys and Eurometeaux. In total, more than 60 international organisations and institutions worldwide were involved in the implementation of the project. During 2008 and 2009, a total of 2219 samples of agricultural (arable land soils, 0 – 20 cm, Ap samples) and 2127 samples of grazing land (pasture land soils, 0 – 10 cm, Gr samples) soil were collected at a density of 1 site/2 500 km² each from 33 European countries, covering an area of 5,600,000 km². All samples were analysed for 52 chemical elements after an aqua regia extraction, 41 by XRF (total), TC and TOC. In addition, the agricultural soil samples were analysed for 57 elements in a mobile metal ion (MMI®) extraction and Pb isotopes. All analytical results were subject to tight external quality control procedures. The GEMAS project thus provides for the first time fully harmonised data for element concentrations and bioavailability of the elements at the continental (European) scale. Compared to the original dataset, the download files contain a dataset (*.xlsx , *.csv) that has been extended to include data from eastern Ukraine and in the element spectrum. In addition, a dataset description (structure and features) is provided.

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(2021) . GEMAS – Chemistry of Europe’s Agricultural soils, Extended dataset. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/0554568e-c60f-4106-b099-839bb30f9c44

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Alternate title: GEMAS – Extended dataset

Date ( Publication ): 2021-07-27

Identifier: 632a2b46-4253-29ac-c8dd-362cb815b69d

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Rauch, Uwe

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Birke, Manfred

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The GEMAS Project Team

Status: completed Completed

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Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe/Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Wilhelmstraße 25-30 Berlin 13593 Bundesrepublik Deutschland/Germany

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.4 ( Theme )

Atlas
Boden
Landwirtschaft
soil
agriculture

Keywords ( Theme )

GEMAS
Geochemie
Geochemische Daten
Ackerlandboden
Weidelandboden
Elementkonzentration
geochemistry
geochemical data
dataset
arable land soil
pasture land soil
element concentration

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Europa
Europe

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Metadata language: German

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OnLine resource: GEMAS – Extended dataset (CSV)
GEMAS – Extended dataset im Format CSV

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OnLine resource: GEMAS – Extended dataset (Excel)
GEMAS – Extended dataset im Format Excel

OnLine resource: Projektbeschreibung GEMAS
Projektbeschreibung GEMAS

OnLine resource: Projektbeschreibung GEMAS
Projektbeschreibung GEMAS

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Geologisches Jahrbuch

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Statement: Reimann, C., Birke, M., Demetriades, A., Filzmoser, P. & O'Connor, P. (eds.) (2014): Chemistry of Europe's Agricultural Soils, Part A: Methodology and Interpretation of the GEMAS Data Set. (Geologisches Jahrbuch). Vol. B 102: p. 523; Stuttgart (Schweizerbart Science Publishers).; The GEMAS Project Team: S. Albanese, M. Andersson, R. Baritz, M.J. Batista, A. Bel-Ian, D. Cicchella, B. De Vivo, W. De Vos, M. ?uriš, A. Dusza-Dobek, O.A. Eggen, M. Eklund, V. Ernsten, P. Filzmoser, D.M.A. Flight, S. Forrester, U. Fügedi, A. Gilcucis, V. Gregorauskiene, W. De Groot, A. Gulan, E. Haslinger, P. Hayoz, J. Hoogewerff, H. Hrvatovic, S. Husnjak, L. Janik, G. Jordan, M. Kaminari, J. Kirby, V. Klos, P. Kwe?ko, L. Kuti, A. Lima, J. Locutura, P. Lucivjansky, A. Mann, D. Mackovych, M. McLaughlin, B. I. Malyuk, R. Maquil, R.G. Meuli, G. Mol, P. Négrel, P. O’Connor, R.T. Ottesen, A. Pasnieczna, V. Petersell, S. Pfleiderer, M. Po?avi?, C. Prazeres, S. Radusinovi?, I. Salpeteur, R. Scanlon, A. Schedl, A. Scheib, I. Schoeters, P. Šef?ik, E. Sellersjö, I. Slaninka, J.M. Soriano-Disla, A. Šorša, R. Svrkota, T. Stafilov, T. Tarvainen, V. Tendavilov, P. Valera, V. Verougstraete, D. Vidojevi?, Z. Zomeni, A. Zissimos.; Matschullat, J., Reimann, C., Birke, M. & Carvalho, D. (2018): GEMAS: CNS concentrations and C/N ratios in European agricultural soil. Science of the Total Environment, 627: 975-984.