Details of Saronikos Gulf sediment data (1999-2018)

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Title of datasetSaronikos Gulf sediment data (1999-2018)
Narrative summary of datasetCoastal marine sediments receive intensive stress from urbanization and industrialization, which is manifested by increased contents of heavy metals and organic pollutants. Saronikos Gulf and the small embayment of Elefsis, stretch along the coast of the greater Athens and Pireaus port, the most urbanized and industrialized areas in Greece. Here we present the data of a 20-years geochemical record on grain-size, organic carbon, and major and trace elements contents of the Saronikos Gulf sediments. A total of 216 sediment samples were collected within the period of 1999 to 2018 from the four sub-sectors of the gulf, namely, the Elefsis Bay, the Inner, Outer, and Western (Megara and Epidavros basin) Saronikos Gulf. Additionally, at least one core was obtained from each sub-sector. Sediments deposited at pre-industrial periods were recognized by 14C and 210Pb datings, and served for establishing regionalized, background levels of metals. Factor analysis was conducted to reveal the inter-parametric relationships, thus their common sources, as well as transport and deposition pathways. Then, Enrichment Factors and the multi-elemental Modified Pollution Index (MPI) were calculated to assess the current environmental status of the sediments. Data of sampling sites with at least a five-year record, were assessed for temporal trends, to explore whether sustained, increasing or decreasing trends of the MPI are observed. The dataset and analyses presented here support the research article entitled Geochemistry of major and trace elements in surface sediments of the Saronikos Gulf (Greece): assessment of contamination between 1999 and 2018 by Karageorgis A.P., Botsou F., Kaberi H., and Iliakis S., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137046
Supporting documentationGeochemistry of major and trace elements in surface sediments of the Saronikos Gulf (Greece): assessment of contamination between 1999 and 2018 by Karageorgis A.P., Botsou F., Kaberi H., and Iliakis S., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137046
Start date1999-01-01
End date2018-12-31

Responsible organisations

CountryGreece
Organisation nameHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography
Role of organisationOriginator of Dataset
How to citeA.P. Karageorgis, F. Botsou, H. Kaberi, S. Iliakis, Dataset on the major and trace elements contents and contamination in the sediments of Saronikos Gulf and Elefsis Bay, Greece, Data in Brief, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105330.

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Locations

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Latitude north boundary38.028962462755
Longitude east boundary23.945689705964
Latitude south boundary37.548549105377
Longitude west boundary23.099742440339
Sea areaAegean Sea
Vertical extent maximum40 Centimetres

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typeMetal and metalloid concentrations
Pollution
ParameterAdvisory Councils boundaries
Carbon concentrations in sediment
Sediment grain size parameters
Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks
Instrument typeunconsolidated sediment corers
Instrument nameUnspecified box corer
Instrument typeunconsolidated sediment corers
Instrument nameUnspecified gravity corer
Platform typeresearch vessel
Platform nameAegaeo

Process information

Submitting organisationHellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Submission identifier (UUID)971f291f-8ea4-4c34-a15d-a25b757b0f7c
Date of dataset creation2020-02-28
Date of metadata creation2020-04-03
Date of metadata latest revision2021-03-22
Date of publishing2021-03-29
Date of processed dataset publication2024-03-18
Processing data centreHellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre
Summary record-ID754