Grain size data of sediment samples from the Kvarken Archipelago, eastern Gulf of Bothnia, impacted by metal loading from acid sulphate soils

This dataset includes grain size distribution, determined for 1-cm sediment slices of 5 short gravity-cores from the Kvarken Archipelago, eastern Gulf of Bothnia, northern Baltic Sea. Geochronology of the cores is constrained by the measurements of Cs-137 activity content. The sediments represent organic-rich brackish-water muds.

The sample slices were freeze-dried and treated with excess hydrogen peroxide to remove organic matter prior to the analysis. Grain size distribution was analyzed down to 0.6 μm using a Micromeritics Sedigraph III 5120 Xray absorption sedimentation analyzer. Median grain size was calculated according to the geometric Folk and Ward (1957) graphical measures implemented in GRADISTAT 4.0 software.

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Virtasalo, Joonas J, Åström, Mats E, Österholm, Peter, Kotilainen, Aarno T (2020). Dataset: Grain size data of sediment samples from the Kvarken Archipelago, eastern Gulf of Bothnia, impacted by metal loading from acid sulphate soils. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.920850

DOI retrieved: 2020

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.920850
Author Virtasalo, Joonas J
Given Name Joonas J
Family Name Virtasalo
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Åström, Mats E
Österholm, Peter
Kotilainen, Aarno T
Source Creation 2020
Publication Year 2020
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Kvarken_sed_grain_size
Subject Areas
Name: Ecology

Name: Lithosphere

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