Image dataset of benthic foraminifera in multicorer and gravity corer sediments from north-western Scotland shelf (North Atlantic Ocean).

Geological studies in the seas and oceans often give preference to the study of benthic foraminifera, which are a widespread and taxonomically diverse group of shell protozoa. In this paper, we present an extensive image dataset produced during the detailed micropaleontological analysis of 146 samples of bottom sediments collected by multicorer and gravity corer AMK-5656 from the Westray Basin on the north-western Scotland shelf (North Atlantic Ocean). In total, 106 taxa (at species and genera level) of benthic foraminifera were identified and photographed using the high-resolution microscope camera.

Image dataset of benthic foraminifera taxa from Denmark Strait sediments on the northwestern Iceland slope (North Atlantic Ocean).

The article presents an image dataset of benthic foraminifera assemblage in long sediment core AMK-5890 obtained during the 71st cruise of the research vessel Akademic Mstislav Keldysh in summer 2018 from the northwestern Iceland slope in Denmark Strait (North Atlantic Ocean). In the area of study, dense cold water masses of the East Greenland Current from the Nordic Seas contact and mix with warm salty water of the Irminger Current from the North Atlantic Ocean creating specific conditions for the benthic microfauna habitat which reflect forming the lower link of the global thermohaline circulation. The benthic foraminifera assemblages are a reliable indicator for paleooceanographic and ecological reconstructions describing the environments on the bottom in present and past.

Image dataset of common benthic foraminiferal taxa in the North Atlantic seafloor surface sediments (59.5°N transect) between the Labrador sea and Faeroe-Shetland sill.

The article presents a microphotograph dataset of 106 taxa of benthic foraminifera (BF) from surface sediments collected at 26 grab station during RV 51st cruise (summer 2016). The selected stations are located along a 59.5°N transect in the North Atlantic.

Visualization by proxy: a novel framework for deferred interaction with volume data.

Interactivity is key to exploration of volume data. Interactivity may be hindered due to many factors, e.g.