Contaminants in sediments in the marine environment

Published by: Marine Institute
Category: Environment
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Marine sediment is considered any deposit of insoluble material, primarily rock and soil particles, transported from land areas to the ocean by wind, ice, and rivers, as well as the remains of marine organisms, products of submarine volcanism, chemical precipitates from seawater, and materials from outer space (e.g., meteorites) that accumulate on the seafloor. This data collection activity covers baseline, geographical and temporal trend monitoring of heavy metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons in sediments from the marine chemistry monitoring programme. Data for sediments covers foreshore and offshore areas around Ireland and in the North Atlantic Ocean between Ireland and Canada. Sediment sample stations have been collected since 1992. Contaminants in sediments monitoring has been undertaken by the Marine Chemistry team of the Marine Environment and Food Safety Services (MEFSS) section of the Marine Institute. Data 100% complete for surveys since 1992.

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Theme Environment
Date released 1990-12-31
Date updated 2017-12-13
Dataset conforms to these standards The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Rights notes ['Creative Commons licence conditions apply', 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/', 'license']
Update frequency Annual
Language English
Landing page http://atlas.marine.ie/arcgis/services/EnvironmentalMonitoringFacilities/MapServer/WMSServer?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&LAYERS=8&VERSION=1.3.0&FORMAT=image/png&CRS=CRS:84&BBOX=-11.5,50,-5,56&WIDTH=750&HEIGHT=750&STYLES=default
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-25.1, 46.8],[-25.1, 57.3], [-5.3, 57.3], [-5.3, 46.8], [-25.1, 46.8]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "sea level", "minVerticalExtent": "-200", "maxVerticalExtent": "0"}
Provenance information Data collected as part of Marine Institute 'Contaminants in sediments' monitoring programme for Water Framework Directive, OSPAR and ICES. Quality control applied to data by Seafood and Marine Environmental Chemistry team.
Period of time covered (begin) 1992-04-03