Magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar surveys applied to tracing potential collectors of mining-derived pollutants in coastal sediments (Piscinas Bay, Montevecchio mining area, SW Sardinia)

Anchuela, Óscar Pueyo; Frongia, Paolo; Gregorio, Felice Di; Sáinz, Antonio María Casas; Juan, Andrés Pocoví

doi:10.1007/s12665-017-6555-3

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“…Extensive interventions of beach nourishment based on the massive use of sediments have been carried out in northern and southern Europe and across the United States to tackle problems of erosion (Finkl and Walker, 2005;Radermacher et al, 2017;Pranzini, 2018;van Egmond et al, 2018). In some cases, these interventions were realised using tens of millions of cubic metres of sand (Richards and Nicholls, 2009).…”

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“…It is also known that the dredging operation can negatively affect the marine ecosystems and in particular the sessile benthic communities (Rogers, 1990;Desprez, 2000;Erftemeijeret al, 2012;Fraser et al, 2017). For this reason, accurate procedures that aimed to minimise the impact of nourishment operations (including dredging) are adopted by several countries and must be required when a nourishment project is developed (Finkl and Khalil, 2005;Radermacher et al, 2017). Along the Mediterranean Sea, this operation can affect the Posidonia oceanica meadows.…”

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Data set of submerged sand deposits organised in an interoperable spatial data infrastructure (Western Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea)

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Abstract. The expected global sea level rise by the year 2100 will determine adaptation of the whole coastal system and the land retreat of the shoreline. Future scenarios coupled with the improvement of mining technologies will favour increased exploitation of sand deposits for nourishment, especially for urban beaches and sandy coasts with lowlands behind them. The objective of the work is to provide useful tools to support planning in the management of sand deposits located on the continental shelf of Western Sardinia (western Mediterranean Sea). The work has been realised through the integration of data and information collected during several projects. Available data consist of morpho-bathymetric data (multibeam) associated with morphoacoustic (backscatter) data, collected in the depth range −25 to −700 m. Extensive coverage of high-resolution seismic profiles (Chirp 3.5 kHz) has been acquired along the continental shelf. Also, surface sediment samples (Van Veen grab and box corer) and vibrocorers have been collected. These data allow mapping of the submerged sand deposits with the determination of their thickness and volume and their sedimentological characteristics. Furthermore, it is possible to map the seabed geomorphological features of the continental shelf of Western Sardinia. All the available data (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.895430) have been integrated and organised in a geodatabase implemented through a GIS and the software suite Geoinformation Enabling ToolkIT StarterKit® (GET-IT), developed by researchers of the Italian National Research Council for RITMARE project. GET-IT facilitates the creation of distributed nodes of an interoperable spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and enables unskilled researchers from various scientific domains to create their own Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard services for distributing geospatial data, observations and metadata of sensors and data sets. Data distribution through standard services follows the guidelines of the European Directive INSPIRE (DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC); in particular, standard metadata describe each map level, containing identifiers such as data type, origin, property, quality, processing processes to foster data searching and quality assessment.

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