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Research data of macro- and microplastics on agricultural fields 30 years after sewage slude application
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This repository contains research data from a field study investigating the dispersal of macro- and microplastics on agricultural fields 30 years after sewage sludge application, including particle measurements, FTIR spectra, and field sampling data.
The repository contains all research data for the publication "Investigating the dispersal of macro- and microplastics on agricultural fields 30 years after sewage sludge application" by Collin J. Weber, Alexander Santowski and Peter Chifflard. Further information about the data as well as its structure can be found in the file "metadata_info.txt".Data of the obtained FTIR spectra are provided on request.Data was collected through (c) C. J. Weber, A. Santwoski and P. Chifflard during field work and laboratory analysis in 2020/2021 at the Department of Geography, Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)
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