EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name: Observational data on lagoons in coastal areas of NE Italy
Data Holding Centre: University of Trieste, Department of Earth Science, Oceanography and Meteorology
Time Period: Occasionally up to 1987; 2 or 3 sampling campaigns every year from 1987 up to now
Start Date: 1968-01-01
End Date: 1992-12-31
Project

Parameters: Coastal geomorphology; Temperature of the water column; Salinity of the water column; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Sediment grain size parameters; Mineralogical composition
Instruments: pH sensors; electron microscopes; particle sizers; elemental analysers; sediment grabs; underwater cameras; discrete water samplers

Summary: C.N.R. project 'Venice lagoon system'; M.U.R.S.T. 60 per cent Grant ('et environments') - The main aim of the research consists in the reconstruction of water and sediment exchanges between lagoon and adjacent sea. Patterns of sedimentation are investigated and, if possible, plotted. In the second instance, fluxes of suspended material at the lagoon inlets and main channels are investigated and, if possible, quantified.
Originator: University of Trieste, Department of Earth Science, Oceanography and Meteorology
References

Availability: by negotiation
Organization: University of Trieste, Department of Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences
Contact: unknown
Address: University of Trieste, Department of Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences; Trieste; 34127; Italy; disgam@univ.trieste.it; http://www.univ.trieste.it/disgam