<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><resource xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/metadata.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-4"><identifier identifierType="DOI">10.1594/PANGAEA.944390</identifier><creators><creator><creatorName>Logemann, Anna Elisabeth</creatorName><givenName>Anna Elisabeth</givenName><familyName>Logemann</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Reininghaus, Mathias</creatorName><givenName>Mathias</givenName><familyName>Reininghaus</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Schmidt, Maike M</creatorName><givenName>Maike M</givenName><familyName>Schmidt</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Ebeling, Anna</creatorName><givenName>Anna</givenName><familyName>Ebeling</familyName><nameIdentifier schemeURI="http://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0002-9449-5723</nameIdentifier></creator><creator><creatorName>Zimmermann, Tristan</creatorName><givenName>Tristan</givenName><familyName>Zimmermann</familyName><nameIdentifier schemeURI="http://orcid.org/" nameIdentifierScheme="ORCID">0000-0002-2302-7519</nameIdentifier></creator><creator><creatorName>Wolschke, Hendrik</creatorName><givenName>Hendrik</givenName><familyName>Wolschke</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Friedrich, Jana</creatorName><givenName>Jana</givenName><familyName>Friedrich</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Brockmeyer, Berit</creatorName><givenName>Berit</givenName><familyName>Brockmeyer</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Pröfrock, Daniel</creatorName><givenName>Daniel</givenName><familyName>Pröfrock</familyName></creator><creator><creatorName>Witt, Gesine</creatorName><givenName>Gesine</givenName><familyName>Witt</familyName></creator></creators><titles><title>Determination of inorganic and organic pollutants in a dated sediment core of the Skagerrak (North Sea)</title></titles><publisher>PANGAEA</publisher><publicationYear>2022</publicationYear><subjects><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">DEPTH, sediment/rock</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Age</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Age, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">AGE</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Chromium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Chromium, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Nickel</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Nickel, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Copper</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Copper, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Zinc</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Zinc, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cadmium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cadmium, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Arsenic</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Arsenic, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Titanium</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Titanium, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-206/Lead-204 ratio</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-206/Lead-204 ratio, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-208/Lead-204 ratio</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-208/Lead-204 ratio, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-208/Lead-206 ratio</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-208/Lead-206 ratio, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-207/Lead-206 ratio</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-207/Lead-206 ratio, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-207/Lead-204 ratio</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Lead-207/Lead-204 ratio, uncertainty</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Carbon, organic, total</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">1,2,8-Trimethylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">1-Methylpyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">5-Methylchrysene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dimethylated Naphthalenes, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Trimethylated Naphthalenes, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Methylated Phenantrenes, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dimethylated Phenantrenes, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Trimethylated Phenantrenes, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Hexachlorobenzene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">alpha-Hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane), per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane), per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dieldrin, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,4,4'-Trichlorobiphenyl/2,4',5-Trichlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',3,4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,4,4'-tribromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,3',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4',6-pentabromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4',5-pentabromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4',5,6'-hexabromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexabromodiphenyl ether, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Naphthalene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Acenaphthylene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Acenaphthene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fluorene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dibenzothiophene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Phenanthrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Anthracene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fluoranthene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">11H-Benzo(a)fluorene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Cyclopenta(c,d)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benz(a)anthracene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Chrysene/Triphenylene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(b)fluoranthene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(k)fluoranthene/Benzo(j)fluoranthene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(e)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(a)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perylene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dibenz(a,h)anthracene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dibenzo(a,i)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dibenzo(a,h)pyrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2-Methylnaphthalene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">1-Methylnaphthalene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,3,5-Trimethylnaphthalene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2-Methylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">3,6-Dimethylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorodecanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorononanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorooctanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluoroheptanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorohexanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluoropentanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorobutanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">4:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(1,1,2,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropoxy)propanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">8:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluoropentane sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Henicosalfluorodecane sulfonic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluoroundecanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorododecanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorotridecanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Perfluorotetradecanoic acid, per unit sediment mass</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fluorene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Phenanthrene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Anthracene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Fluoranthene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Pyrene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benz(a)anthracene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Chrysene/Triphenylene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(k)fluoranthene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(a)pyrene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Dibenz(a,h)anthracene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">Benzo(g,h,i)perylene</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',5,5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,5,5'-Pentachlorobiphenyl</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',4,4',5,5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',3,4,4',5'-Hexachlorobiphenyl</subject><subject subjectScheme="Parameter">2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-Heptachlorobiphenyl</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">MultiCorer</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Element analysis grain size fraction &lt;20 microns via ICP-MS (total digest)</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Multi-collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS), Nu Plasma II</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Carbon and nitrogen and sulfur (CNS) element analyzer, Elementar, Vario EL</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">GC–MS/MS system (7890B GC-System, 7000C GC/MS Triple Quad, Agilent Technologies) coupled to an Gerstel MPS robotic pro autosampler with Gerstel KAS 4 injector</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">LC–MS/MS system (LC: Agilent 1260 pump, Agilent 1200 oven, MS: Sciex QTrap 5500, Agilent Technologies and Sciex)</subject><subject subjectScheme="Method">Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry system (GC 7890B/ MS 5977A, Agilent Technologies)</subject><subject subjectScheme="Campaign">CE17013</subject><subject subjectScheme="Basis">Celtic Explorer</subject></subjects><dates><date dateType="Collected">2017-08-23T11:26:00</date></dates><resourceType resourceTypeGeneral="Dataset">Dataset</resourceType><relatedIdentifiers><relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="DOI" relationType="References">10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119040</relatedIdentifier></relatedIdentifiers><sizes><size>3502 data points</size></sizes><formats><format>text/tab-separated-values</format></formats><rightsList><rights rightsURI="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" schemeURI="https://spdx.org/licenses/" rightsIdentifierScheme="SPDX" rightsIdentifier="CC-BY-4.0">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</rights></rightsList><descriptions><description descriptionType="Abstract">We investigated 90 contaminants covering inorganic and organic pollutants analyzed in a set of sediment cores taken in the North Sea (Skagerrak). The cores were taken by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in August 2017 on the RV CelticExplorer (Cruise CE17013a) using a multi corer (MUC, Oktopus, Kiel, Germany) at 57° 49.8 N and 7° 59.9 E at 520 m water depth. Samples were radiometrically dated and analyzed for the mass fractions of eight elements, as well as Pb isotope ratios by (MC) ICP-MS. Analysis of 61 HOCs was carried out using accelerated solvent extraction followed by GC–MS/MS analysis. Determination of 21 PFAS was carried out following DIN 38414-14, 2011, using LC-MS/MS. Furthermore, concentrations of 12 PAHs and 7 PCBs in porewaters were determined using equilibrium passive sampling and GC-MS analysis. Determined mass fractions decreased towards more recent deposited sediment for most analyzed contaminants. These trends could be linked to the time of introductions of restrictions and bans. Therefore, our results confirm, amongst possible other factors, the effectiveness of environmental legislation by revealing a successive change in contamination levels over the decades.</description></descriptions><geoLocations><geoLocation><geoLocationPoint><pointLongitude>7.9977</pointLongitude><pointLatitude>57.8298</pointLatitude></geoLocationPoint></geoLocation></geoLocations></resource>