Digital grain sizing of Welsh shingle beaches

This dataset consists of particle size analysis of five shingle beaches around the coast of Wales. The five beaches are (from north to south): Pensarn; Morfa Dinlle; Borth; Amroth; Leys Beach (Aberthaw).

Particle size information was collected using digital grain size analysis. Both an excel file containing the particle size analysis, images of grain size histograms and the raw digital data are provided.

The data was collected to enable assessment of suitable quarry sources of shingle for beach renourishment.

Identifier: NRW_DS161276

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Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Particle size data collected using digital grain sizing by CMAR (University of Plymouth Enterprise Ltd.) under contract for Natural Resources Wales.

Digital grain sizing method followed Buscombe, D. (2013), Transferable wavelet method for grain-size distribution from images of sediment surfaces and thin sections, and other natural granular patterns. Sedimentology, 60: 1709-1732. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12049

At each study site, digital samples were collected from up to 10 cross-shore transects with a maximum of 7 sample points per transect. Each of the transects had a minimum alongshore spacing of 50 m, and each survey point along the transect had a minimum cross-shore spacing of 10 m

Additional Information: Poate, T., Hamilton, T., Masselink, G., 2024. Evaluation of Welsh coastal shingle and appropriate sources of nourishment material. NRW Evidence Report No: 756. 51 pp, Natural Resources Wales, Cardiff.

Dataset Reference Date (Creation): 2024-04-11

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2023-11-20

End date: 2023-11-27

Topic category

Environment

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Coastal Marine Applied Research (CMAR) - University of Plymouth

School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Reynolds Building 119, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus , Plymouth , PL4 8AA

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/cmar

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Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

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Medin Extent Keyword: soil and sediment

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NRW Evidence Report available in Word or PDF Format
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Digital grain sizing data is available as an excel file
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Grain Sizing Images

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Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation: This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Lineage: Particle size data collected using digital grain sizing by CMAR (University of Plymouth Enterprise Ltd.) under contract for Natural Resources Wales.

Digital grain sizing method followed Buscombe, D. (2013), Transferable wavelet method for grain-size distribution from images of sediment surfaces and thin sections, and other natural granular patterns. Sedimentology, 60: 1709-1732. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12049

At each study site, digital samples were collected from up to 10 cross-shore transects with a maximum of 7 sample points per transect. Each of the transects had a minimum alongshore spacing of 50 m, and each survey point along the transect had a minimum cross-shore spacing of 10 m

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geology

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Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

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Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

seashore (intertidal) (littoral) (see also beaches)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Code: British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

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Other constraints: © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

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File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-303030303031 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-08-22T09:02:53.308Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

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Maes y Ffynnon , Bangor , LL57 2DW

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Digital grain sizing of Welsh shingle beaches

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