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Chemical analysis of explosive chemicals in water, sediments, and mussels (Mytilus spp.) from three shipwrecks from World War I and II in the North Sea

Description: This dataset contains the results of chemical analyses of water, sediment, and marine bivalves (Mytilus spp.) for residues of submerged munitions, which were taken during various field excursions to three wrecks from the First and Second World Wars in the North Sea: KW58 (Belgium), SMS Mainz (Germany), and UC30. Water and sediments were collected using CTD rosette water samplers and Van Veen sediment grabs (SMS Mainz), or by divers (KW58 and UC30). The mussels for mussel monitoring were collected near the island of Sylt (Germany) and exposed in cages on the wrecks for several weeks. Samples were frozen immediately on board and transferred to the lab for examination. All samples were analyzed for the explosive 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and its two primary metabolites, 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene and 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, using gas chromatography tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS).

Global identifier: 

Doi(
    "10.1594/PANGAEA.991466",
)

Types: 
DataMeasurements(
    DataMeasurements {
        domain: Unspecified,
        station: None,
        measured_variables: [
            "2,4,6-trinitrotoluene",
            "2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass",
            "2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene",
            "2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass",
            "4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene",
            "4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass",
            "DATE/TIME",
            "Event label",
            "Family",
            "LATITUDE",
            "LONGITUDE",
            "Location",
            "Mytilus edulis, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, per dry mass",
            "Mytilus edulis, 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, per dry mass",
            "Mytilus edulis, 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, per dry mass",
            "Sample ID",
            "Sample number",
            "Species, unique identification",
            "Species, unique identification (Semantic URI)",
            "Species, unique identification (URI)",
            "Station label",
        ],
        methods: [
            "Gas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometer (GC-MS/MS), Thermo Scientific, TSQ8000 Evo",
        ],
    },
)

Origins: /Wissenschaft/PANGAEA

Tags: Muschel ? Schiffswrack ? Munition ? Belgien ? Deutschland ? Geografische Koordinaten ? Chemische Analyse ? Trinitrotoluol ? Chemikalien ? Sediment ? Wasser ? Nordsee ? GC-MS/MS ? Mytilus spp. ? explosive compounds ?

Region: North Sea

Bounding boxes: 2.3589° .. 7.95° x 51.2346° .. 55.51°

License: cc-by/4.0

Language: Englisch/English

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Issued: 2026-02-18

Modified: 2026-02-18

Time ranges: 2020-09-23 - 2022-10-14

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