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Contaminants in Northern Ireland sea-lough sediments
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
Country | United Kingdom ![]() |
Time period | 1996-2003 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Northern Ireland Sea-loughs |
Observations | |
Parameters | Sediment grain size parameters; Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples; Carbon concentrations in sediment; Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks |
Instruments | Sediment grabs; unconsolidated sediment corers; atomic absorption spectrometers; gas chromatograph mass spectrometers |
Description | |
Summary | This study took surficial sediment samples from a number of locations in each NI sea-lough to establish the concentration, distribution and sources of contaminants. |
Originators | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
References | Guinan, J., Charlesworth, M., Service, M. and Oliver, T. (2001) Sources and geochemical constraints of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments and mussels of two Northern Irish Sea-loughs., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 42(11): 1073-1081.; Charlesworth, M. and Service, M. (2000) An assessment of metal contamination in Northern Irish coastal sediments. Biology and the Environment:, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 100(1): 1-12. |
Availability | |
Organisation | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
Availability | Academic |
Contact | Matt Service |
Address | Queens University Belfast, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
Telephone | 02890 255502 |
matt.service@dardni.gov.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1105007 |
Global identifier | 910 |
Last revised | 2010-11-22 |