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    What?
    Data set namemaria s. merian 2016 51/1 em1002
    Discipline
    Parameter groups
    Discovery parameter
    GEMET-INSPIRE themesOceanographic geographical features
    AbstractThe aim of cruise MSM51 into the western, central and northern Baltic Sea was to perform seismo- and hydroacoustic surveys, sampling of Holocene sediments and to investigate the water column wintertime mixing close to sea-ice limits. This sampling program intended to improve our understanding of variations in the ventilation of the deeper Baltic, considering not only external climate forcing but also the effects of postglacial sea-level rise and isostatic uplift. In particular, we will investigate in detail the impact of the Littorina transgression on the inflow of saline waters into the western Baltic and assess the potential for future diminution of ventilation in the central and northern deeper basins due to isostatic uplift. As the influence of saline water inflow into these basins is likely to decrease, the role of wintertime deep mixing in deep water oxygenation of the northern basins will be studied in detail. Moreover, the western and northeastern regions actually experience increasing erosion of early to mid-Holocene sediments that are transported into the deeper central basins. This new sampling and surveying campaign in the northeastern basins during maximum sea ice extent will be an important progress for a quantitative assessment of Holocene water and sediment budgets as well as to account for the impact of budget changes on the Baltic Sea ecosystem during the Littorina Stage. Similar objectives should be addressed by investigating new sediment cores system in silty-sandy sediment drifts and transgressive deposits in the inflow region of the Great Belt and the Kattegat retrieved by a new vibro corer system. Unfortunately, due to technical problems with the PODs, the work program and time at sea had to be reduced. Therefore, only a limited hydroacoustic survey program could be achieved during the first leg into the Great Belt and, during the second leg, not all CTD and geology sampling stations could be executed. This, in particular, limited again the planned sampling program along the sea ice rim in the Bothnian Sea and in the norther central basins. However, despite the POD problems, the first test of the vibrocorer system VKG 600 on the Maria S. Merian was very successful with sediment cores always between 4 and 6 m in length at 10 shallow stations in the Mecklenburg Bight.
    Data format
    Data size 0.500 MB
    Data set creation date20260223
    Where?
    Map
    © OpenStreetMap contributors
    GML idms01
    GML objects
    NameDescription
    Polygon 1Polygon 1
    Polygon 2Polygon 2
    DatumWorld Geodetic System 84
    Measuring area typesurface
    Depth referencemean sea level
    Minimum instrument depth (m)-11.22
    Maximum instrument depth (m)-58.66
    Sea regions
    Location qualificationBoth (Landward + beyond the 12 NM boundary)
    Ices areas
    • Greater North Sea
    • Baltic Sea
    Helcom areas
    • Kattegat
    • Great Belt
    • Kiel Bay
    MSFD areas
    • Baltic Sea
    • Greater North Sea
    Ospar areasGreater North Sea
    When?
    Start date20160201
    Start time00:00:00
    End date20160204
    End time00:00:00
    Temporal resolution1
    Temporal resolutionMinutes
    How?
    Instrument/gear category
    Device type
    Horizontal resolution100
    Horizontal resolutionMetres
    Vertical resolution0.1
    Vertical resolutionMetres
    Platform type
    Cruise nameMSM51/1
    Alternative cruise nameMSM51/1
    Cruise start date20160201
    Station nameRV Maria S. Merian
    Alternative station nameDBBT
    Station start date20060209
    Who?
    Data originatorGEOMAR Research Centre for Marine Geosciences
    Data custodianStockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences
    How to get data?
    Data DistributorStockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences
    Database referencePANGAEA
    Access/ordering of dataweb data access with registration
    Access restriction
    Other info
    Publicationshttps://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.921867
    Quality info
    NameDateComment
    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata2008-12-04See the referenced specification
    COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services2010-12-08See the referenced specification
    QI_Age2026-02-232
    QI_Horizontal2026-02-23smaller than 20m
    QI_Purpose2026-02-23Transit and/or opportunity
    QI_Vertical2026-02-23MBES low frequency (smaller than 100kHz)
    LineageThe data centres apply standard data quality control procedures on all data that the centres manage. Ask the data centre for details.
    CDI-metadata
    CDI-record id4037735
    Version0 
    CDI-record initial import date2026-02-23 14:19:31.110
    CDI-record last update2026-02-23 14:19:34.790
    Point of contactStockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences
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