Historic element compositions of benthic foraminifera in sediments from the Helgoland mud area, southern North Sea

Here, the Cd/Ca and Pb/Ca ratios in the two benthic foraminifera species Elphidium excavatum and Ammonia tepida are presented in order to assess the impact of enhanced anthropogenic heavy metal input in historical times on these foraminifera. The foraminifera shells were picked from sediment core GeoB 4801-1, that was collected from the Helgoland mud area, German Bight, southern North Sea, during RV Meteor cruise M40/0. The obtained elemental records span the last ~300 years (for the stratigraphy of this core see Boxberg et al. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-019-00592-0). Element compositions were obtained by ICP-MS at the MARUM, Bremen.

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Hebbeln, Dierk (2021). Dataset: Historic element compositions of benthic foraminifera in sediments from the Helgoland mud area, southern North Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936793

DOI retrieved: 2021

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Imported on November 29, 2024
Last update November 29, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936793
Author Hebbeln, Dierk
Given Name Dierk
Family Name Hebbeln
Source Creation 2021
Publication Year 2021
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: GeoB4801-1_foram_element
Subject Areas
Name: BiologicalClassification

Name: Biosphere

Name: Ecology

Name: Oceans

Name: Paleontology

Related Identifiers
Title: Test deformation and chemistry of foraminifera as response to anthropogenic heavy metal input
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111112
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2020
Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin
Authors: Boehnert S , Birkelund A R , Schmiedl Gerhard , Kuhnert Henning , Kuhn Gerhard , Hass H Christian , Hebbeln Dierk , Boxberg Florian , Asendorf Sanja , Bartholomä Alexander , Schnetger Bernhard , de Lange Willem P , Hebbeln Dierk .

Title: Historical anthropogenic heavy metal input to the south-eastern North Sea
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-019-00592-0
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2020
Source: Geo-Marine Letters
Authors: Boehnert S , Birkelund A R , Schmiedl Gerhard , Kuhnert Henning , Kuhn Gerhard , Hass H Christian , Hebbeln Dierk , Boxberg Florian , Asendorf Sanja , Bartholomä Alexander , Schnetger Bernhard , de Lange Willem P , Hebbeln Dierk .