During the years 1985 to 1998 a special research project (SFB313) was carried out at the Christian Albrechts University, Kiel named ,Sedimentation im europäischen Nordmeer' (1985-1990), later renamed ,Veränderungen der Umwelt: Der nördliche Nordatlantik' (1990-1998, The Northern North Atlantic, a Changing Environment). Most of the data coming out from the SFB313 have been compiled, harmonized and archived in the PANGAEA information system. With the first volume of the ,WDC-MARE Reports ' a consistent collection of 1186 datasets with related metadata was exported from PANGAEA and is published on CD-ROM.