EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name

Sediment core major elements collected in the Adriatic, Ionian Sea and Otranto Strait during MATER Project

Data Holding Centre

University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Time Period

From March 1997 to August 1997

Start Date

1997-01-01

End Date

1997-12-31

Project

MEDITERRANEAN TARGETED PROJECT MTP II-MATER

Geographic Area

Geocoverage

Southern Adriatic Sea, Otranto Strait, Ionian Sea

Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)

38, 14, 20, 44

Sea Area

Mediterranean Sea

Ionian Sea

Adriatic Sea

Observations

Parameters

Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters

Instruments

spectrophotometers

Description

Summary

XRF analysis on fused discs (majors) and pressed sediment discs (minors) to assess temporal variations including anthropogenic heavy metal inputs and the effects of burial diagenesis on the composition of sediments

Originator

University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics

References

Availability

Availability

by negotiation

Organization

University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Contact

unknown

Address

University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Edinburgh

EH9 3JW

United Kingdom

info@geos.ed.ac.uk

http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/

Administration

Local identifier

1080

Creation Date

2014-10-02

Revision Date

2013-07-26