Heavy metal concentrations in marine sediments around Casey station, East Antarctica - long-term monitoring

Sediment cores (5cm diameter x 10cm deep), collected as part of the long-term monitoring of the Thala Valley waste disposal site clean-up (Casey station), were sectioned and a portion of each core analysed for a range of heavy metals. Metals were extracted from the sediment via a 4 hour 1M HCl acid extraction. Concentrations were gained from ICP-MS analysis of the resulting extracts (ICP-MS conducted at the School of Chemistry, University of Tasmania). Cores were collected from various control and potentially impacted sites in the Windmill Islands around Casey station.


This work was conducted as part of ASAC 2201 (ASAC_2201).

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Alternate title
Heavy metal concentrations in marine sediments around Casey station, East Antarctica - long-term monitoring
Date (Publication)
2008-07-14
Edition
1

Originator

Stark, J.S.and Johnstone, G.J.J.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

STARK, JONATHAN SEAN
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Principal investigator

JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

STARK, JONATHAN SEAN
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
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CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2201_Long-term_Sediment_Metals

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Completed

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AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans

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TimePeriod
1997-10-22 2006-12-07

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5
Maximum value
30
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:cs:EPSG:6498
Name
Vertical CS. Axis: depth (D). Orientation: down. UoM: m.
Identifier
urn:x-ogc:def:axis:EPSG:113
Name
depth
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENTATION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > BIOAVAILABILITY
Keywords
  • Heavy Metals
  • Sediments
  • Marine sediments
  • monitoring
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SEDIMENT CORERS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • FIELD SURVEYS
  • FIELD INVESTIGATION
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
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Maintenance note
2008-07-13 - record created by Glenn Johnstone. 2012-11-05 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct dodgy characters. 2016-03-15 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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Language
English
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Author

JOHNSTONE, GLENN JAMES
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

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Australian Antarctic Division

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AADC

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
5e61eeaa-b633-49ed-84e4-146e0479ead3

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-29T18:23:32

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2201_Long-term_Sediment_Metals

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Date info (Creation)
2008-07-14T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

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ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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