Data on elemental concentrations in marine sediments from the South and South West of England.

ABSTRACT: The present Data In Brief methodological paper details the acquisition, mining and pre-processing of elemental concentration data in marine sediments (coastal and open sea) of Southern England, presented and discussed in the co-submitted Environment International paper entitled: "Three decades of trace element sediment contamination: the mining of governmental databases and the need to address hidden sources for clean and healthy seas" [1]. Elemental sediment concentration data were obtained from the two main UK environmental sources, i.e. the Environment Agency (EA) and the Marine Environment Monitoring and Assessment National (MERMAN) database managed by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). The merged database is the result of a rigorous data selection-validation process and pro

SUBMITTER: Richir J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7973863 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature