DATASET TITLE: Trace-elemental data (Mn/Ca) of benthic foraminifers from core-top sediments of Gullmarsfjorden, Sweden's west coast DESCRIPTION: refer to https://doi.org/10.5878/50fg-7x12 CREATOR/CONTACT: Name: Inda Brinkmann Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-9325 Institution: Department of Geology, Lund University Email: inda.brinkmann@geol.lu.se, inbri@geus.dk DATES OF COLLECTION: (1) 2018-09-17, (2) 2019-02-24, (3) 2019-06-11 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF DATA COLLECTION: Gullmarsfjorden, Sweden's west coast; site GF 71 approx. 58º17.116’N, 11º30.546’E and site GF 117 approx. 58º19.695’N, 11º33.147’E LIST OF FILE FORMATS: CSV, comma delimited LIST OF FILES: Bulimina_marginata_data, Nonionellina_labradorica_data LIST OF COLUMN HEADINGS: Site and sampling occasion; sediment interval; chamber; Mn/Ca in µmol/mol LIST OF VARIABLES: Site and sampling occasion: GF117-1, GF117-2, GF117-3; GF71-1, GF71-2, GF71-3 sediment interval: 0-1cm; 1-2cm chamber: n; n-1; n-2; p (referring to proloculus area) Mn/Ca in µmol/mol