The National Soil Database has produced a national database of soil geochemistry including point and spatial distribution maps of major nutrients, major elements, essential trace elements, trace elements of special interest and minor elements. In addition, this study has generated a National Soil Archive, comprising bulk soil samples and a nucleic acids archive each of which represent a valuable resource for future soils research in Ireland. The geographical coherence of the geochemical results was considered to be predominantly underpinned by underlying parent material and glacial geology. Other factors such as soil type, land use, anthropogenic effects and climatic effects were also evident. The coherence between elements, as displayed by multivariate analyses, was evident in this study. Examples included strong relationships between Co, Fe, As, Mn and Cu. This study applied large-scale microbiological analysis of soils for the first time in Ireland and in doing so also investigated microbial community structure in a range of soil types in order to determine the relationship between soil microbiology and chemistry. The results of the microbiological analyses were consistent with geochemical analyses and demonstrated that bacterial community populations appeared to be predominantly determined by soil parent material and soil type.

NSDB Final Report The NSDB final report is available as a Synthesis report. The report is also available as a final report. We have made all of the chapters available in a ZIP file except Chapter 4 which is available as a separate download due to it's size.

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** PLEASE NOTE ** During March 2011 a revised spreadsheet has been uploaded holding the publicly accessible data for the NSDB. This file is called Final_NSBD_Public_Version_March2011_REV.xls


The Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland publication is available in two ways from this resource. You can download the entire publication as one large PDF (approximately 150Mb) or you can choose to download the publication as six separate chapters. See http://erc.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/displayISO19115.jsp?isoID=105

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=7
Resource Keywords	major nutrients, major elements, essential trace elements,
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2001-CD/S2 M2
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Land-use, Soils, and Transport
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	Use of the Final_NSBD_Public_Version.xls file is open to the public. Any usage should be cited correctly using the automated citation generated below in this metadata. The file attachment NSDB_Data Licence_Agreement.pdf contains the precise details of the data usage of the national soils database data. ** PLEASE NOTE ** All queries in relation to the NSDB datasets and archive should be sent to nsdbarchive@epa.ie ** PLEASE NOTE ** NSDB_Data Licence_Agreement.pdf is an example of a data licence agreement for the Full NSDB Public Dataset. You must contact the EPA in person to access the datasets.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	71
Project Start Date	Wednesday 3rd January 2001 (03-01-2001)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 2nd January 1995 (02-01-1995)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Friday 1st December 2006 (01-12-2006)
Published on SAFER	Monday 26th March 2007 (26-03-2007)
Date of Last Edit	Friday 26th January 2018 at 14:02:02 (26-01-2018)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Wednesday 15th April 2015 at 13:05:02 (15-04-2015)

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The following is a list of projects, datasets, and resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource Towards a National Soil Database. You can view the full description for projects, datasets, and resources by using the links supplied.

• Summary of Irish Soil Data from Scoping Study View Full Metadata Description
• Soil Geochemical Atlas of Ireland View Full Metadata Description
• Turlough Database View Full Metadata Description
• Water Framework Directive: Recharge and Groundwater Vulnerability View Full Metadata Description
• Clarianna Rver Catchment - Raw Data Collection View Full Metadata Description

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