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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.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
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Concentrations of Magnesium in the soil
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-06-30
- Citation identifier
- ch.bafu.geochemischer-bodenatlas_schweiz_magnesium
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office for the Environment
- Position name
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Soil and Biotechnology Division
- Voice
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+41 58 462 93 49
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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altlasten@bafu.adm altlasten@bafu.admin.ch
- Electronic mail address
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boden@bafu.adm boden@bafu.admin.ch
- Website
- https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/amt/geschaeftsleitung-des-bafu/direktionsbereich-biologische-vielfalt/abteilung-boden-und-biotechnologie.html ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Owner
- Last Name
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BAFU Boden und Biotechnologie
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Agroscope Soil
- Position name
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Soil information
Address
- City
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Zürich
- Postal code
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8046
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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bodeninformation@agroscope.adm bodeninformation@agroscope.admin.ch
- Streetname
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Reckenholzstrasse
- Streetnumber
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191
- Website
- http://www.agroscope.admin.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Custodian
- Organisation Acronym
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Agroscope
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Name
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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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biogeochemistry
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interpolation
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metallic mineral
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atlas
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geocat.ch
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opendata.swiss
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confederation
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soil mapping
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata OPEN: Open use.
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Denominator
- 10000
- Distance
- 1 km
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- F Geology, Soils, Natural Hazards
- F2 Soils
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Basic geodata identifier type
- Federal
- Geodata Type
- Open Data
- Distribution format
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Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (TIFF / TIF)
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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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WWW:LINK
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Link to description
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
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Link for download
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.geochemischer-bodenatlas_schweiz_magnesium
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OGC:WMS
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WMS-FSDI service, layer "Concentrations of Magnesium in the soil"
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.geochemischer-bodenatlas_schweiz_magnesium
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OGC:WMTS
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WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Concentrations of Magnesium in the soil"
- OnLine resource
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
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MAP:Preview
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-05T11:10:38.562Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03_2
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office for the Environment
- Position name
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Soil and Biotechnology Division
- Voice
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+41 58 462 93 49
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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altlasten@bafu.adm altlasten@bafu.admin.ch
- Electronic mail address
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boden@bafu.adm boden@bafu.admin.ch
- Website
- https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/amt/geschaeftsleitung-des-bafu/direktionsbereich-biologische-vielfalt/abteilung-boden-und-biotechnologie.html ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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BAFU Boden und Biotechnologie
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Agroscope GIS coordination
- Position name
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Agricultural landscape and biodiversity, GIS coordinator
- Direct number
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+41 58 468 74 69
Address
- City
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Zürich
- Postal code
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8046
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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erich.szerencsits@agroscope.adm erich.szerencsits@agroscope.admin.ch
- Streetname
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Reckenholzstrasse
- Streetnumber
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191
- Website
- http://www.agroscope.admin.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Custodian
- First Name
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Erich
- Last Name
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Szerencsits
- Organisation Acronym
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Agroscope
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
