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Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Magnesium
Interpolated element concentrations (mg/kg fine soil) in the topsoil (0-20 cm) of Switzerland. For the Ordinary Kriging interpolations (1 km x 1 km), measurement data from a total of 1,201 sites of the Swiss Biodiversity Monitoring, the National Soil Monitoring and the European Geochemical Soil Atlas were taken into account. The element concentrations were analyzed in aqua regia digests (HNO₃:HCl:H₂O) of dried (40°C), sieved (< 2 mm) and subsequently ground soil samples using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Sites with known anthropogenic overprinting of element concentrations (point sources) were excluded in advance. The results of the geochemical soil atlas are a snapshot of the element concentrations in the topsoils of Switzerland (sampling period 2011-2015). The interpolated maps serve to improve the visualization of regions with elevated or low concentrations. However, no plot-specific information or definitive conclusions on the geology, bioavailability, percentage distribution of geogenic and anthropogenic sources or soil contamination can be derived from them.
Citation of the publication:
J. E. Reusser, M. B. Siegenthaler, L. H. E. Winkel, D. Wächter, R. Kretzschmar, R. G. Meuli: Geochemischer Bodenatlas der Schweiz. Agroscope; Zürich, 2023.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Concentrations of Magnesium in the soil
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-06-30
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.geochemischer-bodenatlas_schweiz_magnesium
- Status
- Completed
Owner
Custodian
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 10000
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 1 km
- Topic category
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- F Geoscientific information
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Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
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Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Compressed LZW
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- GEMET themes
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soil
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soil
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- GEMET
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interpolation
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atlas
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biogeochemistry
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metallic mineral
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- geocat.ch
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confederation
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soil mapping
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opendata.swiss
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata OPEN: Open use.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Subtopic Category
- F2 Soils
- Basic Geodata
- false
- Basic Geodata Legal Level
- Federal
- Basic Geodata Type
- openData
- Distribution format
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Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (TIFF / TIF)
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- OnLine resource
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Homepage Geochemischer Bodenatlas
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STAC Browser
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- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.geochemischer-bodenatlas_schweiz_magnesium
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Concentrations of Magnesium in the soil"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.geochemischer-bodenatlas_schweiz_magnesium
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Concentrations of Magnesium in the soil"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 4da91c2d-8b29-485d-8c9d-61de39552b5d
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Custodian
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/4da91c2d-8b29-485d-8c9d-61de39552b5d
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-11-21T12:40:43.261Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-04-21T11:48:57.601121Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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eCH-0271
