GPM Kharif 2024 -- Health and Safety Dataset

Health and safety subset of a dataset represents data collected from fields involved in the summer (Kharif) 2024 deployment of Deccan traps basalt dust from the GPM (Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi) base location. Approximately 39347 tons of rock were distributed to 635 rice paddy farmers. Soil samples were collected at various time points to monitor and quantify elemental fluctuations associated with rock weathering. Asbestos and/or significant radioactivity are not expected in the feedstock used (1,2). 1) Srinivas, K. N. S. S. S., P. Pavan Kishore, K. S. V. Subramanyam, and D. V. Subba Rao. 2021. "Petrological and Geochemical Studies on the Basalts of Mandla Lobe, Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province; Implications on the Shallow Melting of a Spinel Peridotite and Crustal Contamination." Journal of the Geological Society of India 97 (8): 843–858. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-021-1783-2. 2) Van Gosen, B. S. (2007). The geology of asbestos in the United States and its practical applications. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 13(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.13.1.55