Parga Martínez, Karla B; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; Posth, Nicole; da Silva, Vitor; Strand, Jakob (2024): Microplastics accumulation in a glacimarine sediment core from Disko Bay, Greenland [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972635 (DOI registration in progress)
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Abstract:
The dataset provides information on microplastics particles identified in a sediment core from Disko Bay, Greenland, collected in August 2015 and dated back to 1930. This sediment core was used for the reconstruction of microplastic accumulation in the Anthropocene. The sediment layers were dated radiometically (Lead-210 and Americium-241), extracted and identified via µ-FTIR.The table contains particle count, mass, polymer type, number of particles per polymer type, sediment layer (depth), which corresponds to a specific year, and microplastics accumulation in number of particles/Kg d.w. This datasets is complementary to https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972712, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972713, and the limits of detection are in https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972709.
Related to:
Parga Martínez, Karla B; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; da Silva, Vitor; Strand, Jakob; Posth, Nicole (in press): Microplastics deposition in Arctic sediments of Greenland increases significantly after 1950. Communications Earth & Environment
Parga Martínez, Karla B; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; Posth, Nicole; da Silva, Vitor; Strand, Jakob (2024): Limit of detection (LoD) of microplastic accumulation in a glacimarine sediment core from Disko Bay, Greenland [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972709
Parga Martínez, Karla B; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; Posth, Nicole; da Silva, Vitor; Strand, Jakob (2024): Microplastics particle morphology in a glacimarine sediment core from Disko Bay, Greenland [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972713
Parga Martínez, Karla B; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; Posth, Nicole; da Silva, Vitor; Strand, Jakob (2024): Microplastics size class and fractions in a glacimarine sediment core from Disko Bay, Greenland [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.972712
Funding:
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), grant/award no. 801199: RECORD: An anthropogenic archive of plastic pollution in Greenland
Coverage:
Latitude: 69.030670 * Longitude: -53.030390
Date/Time Start: 2015-08-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-08-03T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.00 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.28 m
Event(s):
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Parga Martínez, Karla B | |||
| 2 | Age | Age | a AD/CE | Parga Martínez, Karla B | ||
| 3 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Parga Martínez, Karla B | Geocode | |
| 4 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Parga Martínez, Karla B | Geocode | |
| 5 | Polymer | Polymer | Parga Martínez, Karla B | |||
| 6 | Microplastic particles | Microplastic part | # | Parga Martínez, Karla B | Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in combination with automated polymer identification [SIMPLE software] (FTIR SIMPLE software) | |
| 7 | Microplastic abundance | Microplastic | #/kg | Parga Martínez, Karla B | ||
| 8 | Microplastic | Microplastic | mg/kg | Parga Martínez, Karla B | ||
| 9 | Microplastic | Microplastic | mg | Parga Martínez, Karla B | ||
| 10 | Mass | Mass | µg | Parga Martínez, Karla B |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
574 data points