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Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah; Strehse, Jennifer Susanne; Scheer, Lars Christian; Schuster, Romina Marietta; Marx, Ute; De Rijcke, Maarten; Van Haelst, Sven; Möller, Lars; Andresen, Katrine Juul; Brenner, Matthias; Maser, Edmund (2026): Chemical analysis of explosive chemicals in water, sediments, and mussels (Mytilus spp.) from three shipwrecks from World War I and II in the North Sea [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.991466 (DOI registration in progress)

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Published: 2026-02-18

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Abstract:
This dataset contains the results of chemical analyses of water, sediment, and marine bivalves (Mytilus spp.) for residues of submerged munitions, which were taken during various field excursions to three wrecks from the First and Second World Wars in the North Sea: KW58 (Belgium), SMS Mainz (Germany), and UC30. Water and sediments were collected using CTD rosette water samplers and Van Veen sediment grabs (SMS Mainz), or by divers (KW58 and UC30). The mussels for mussel monitoring were collected near the island of Sylt (Germany) and exposed in cages on the wrecks for several weeks.
Samples were frozen immediately on board and transferred to the lab for examination. All samples were analyzed for the explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and its two primary metabolites, 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene and 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, using gas chromatography tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS).
Keyword(s):
explosive compounds; GC-MS/MS; munition; Mytilus spp.; sediment; ship wrecks; Trinitrotoluene; water
Project(s):
North Sea Interreg REMARCO (REMARCO)
North Sea Wrecks (NSW)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 53.600028 * Median Longitude: 5.604274 * South-bound Latitude: 51.234600 * West-bound Longitude: 2.358900 * North-bound Latitude: 55.510000 * East-bound Longitude: 7.950000
Date/Time Start: 2020-09-23T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-10-14T15:30:00
Minimum Elevation: -32.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -20.0 m
Event(s):
AU092020_1 * Latitude: 55.510000 * Longitude: 7.950000 * Date/Time: 2020-09-23T12:00:00 * Location: North Sea * Method/Device: Sampling by diver (DIVER) * Comment: Royal danish navy speedboat campaign AU092020
AU092020_2 * Latitude: 55.510000 * Longitude: 7.950000 * Date/Time: 2020-09-23T12:30:00 * Location: North Sea * Method/Device: Sampling by diver (DIVER) * Comment: Royal danish navy speedboat campaign AU092020
HE573_7-1 * Latitude: 54.020000 * Longitude: 6.730000 * Date/Time: 2021-04-10T06:33:45 * Elevation: -28.0 m * Location: North Sea * Campaign: HE573 * Basis: Heincke * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
2Station labelStationBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
3Sample IDSample IDBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
4Sample numberSample noBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
5FamilyFamilyBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
6Species, unique identificationSpecies UIDBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
7Species, unique identification (Semantic URI)Species UID (Semantic URI)Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
8Species, unique identification (URI)Species UID (URI)Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
9DATE/TIMEDate/TimeBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGeocode
10LATITUDELatitudeBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGeocode
11LONGITUDELongitudeBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGeocode
12LocationLocationBünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah
13Mytilus edulis, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, per dry massM. edulis TNT/dmng/gBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo
14Mytilus edulis, 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, per dry massM. edulis 4-ADNT/dmng/gBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo
15Mytilus edulis, 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, per dry massM. edulis 2-ADNT/dmng/gBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo
162,4,6-trinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry massTNT/sed dmµg/kgBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo
174-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass4-ADNT/sed dmµg/kgBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo
182-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass2-ADNT/sed dmµg/kgBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo
192,4,6-trinitrotolueneTNTng/lBünning, Lillian Tabea HannahGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evoin water
204-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene4-ADNTng/lBrüning, RomyGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evoin water
212-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene2-ADNTng/lBrüning, RomyGas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evoin water
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
2114 data points

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