Treat, Claire C; Jones, Miriam C; Brosius, Laura Susan; Grosse, Guido; Walter Anthony, Katey M (2016): Radiocarbon dates of peatland initiation across the northern high latitudes [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864101, Supplement to: Treat, CC et al. (in prep.): High latitude lake and wetland methane emissions lag abrupt early Holocene increases in atmospheric methane.
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Abstract:
A compilation of basal dates of peatland initiation across the northern high latitudes, associated metadata including location, age, raw and calibrated radiocarbon ages, and associated references.
Includes previously published datasets from sources below as well as 365 new data points.
Related to:
Jones, Miriam C; Yu, Zicheng (2010): Rapid deglacial and early Holocene expansion of peatlands in Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(16), 7347-7352, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0911387107
Korhola, Atte; Ruppel, Meri; Seppä, Heikki; Väliranta, Minna; Virtanen, Tarmo A; Weckström, Jan (2010): The importance of northern peatland expansion to the late-Holocene rise of atmospheric methane. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(5-6), 611-617, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.12.010
MacDonald, Glen M; Beilman, David W; Kremenetski, Constantin V; Sheng, Yongwei; Smith, Laurence C; Velichko, Andrei A (2006): Rapid Early Development of Circumarctic Peatlands and Atmospheric CH4 and CO2 Variations. Science, 314(5797), 285-288, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131722
Packalen, Maara; Finkelstein, Sarah A; McLaughlin, James W (2014): Carbon storage and potential methane production in the Hudson Bay Lowlands since mid-Holocene peat initiation. Nature Communications, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5078
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 56.977091 * Median Longitude: -172.929105 * South-bound Latitude: 32.711217 * West-bound Longitude: 4.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 82.283000 * East-bound Longitude: -1.081403
Date/Time Start: 1948-04-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2010-08-15T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -1000.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 1382.0 m
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Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory code/label | Lab label | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 2 | Site | Site | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 3 | Age, dated | Age dated | ka | Treat, Claire C | ||
| 4 | Age, dated standard error | Age std e | ± | Treat, Claire C | ||
| 5 | Laboratory | Lab | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 6 | Calendar age | Cal age | ka BP | Treat, Claire C | ||
| 7 | Calendar age, minimum/young | Cal age min | ka BP | Treat, Claire C | 2 sd | |
| 8 | Calendar age, maximum/old | Cal age max | ka BP | Treat, Claire C | 2 sd | |
| 9 | Probability | Prob | Treat, Claire C | relative | ||
| 10 | Number | n | # | Treat, Claire C | ranges | |
| 11 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Treat, Claire C | Geocode | ||
| 12 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Treat, Claire C | Geocode | ||
| 13 | Country | Country | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 14 | Continent | Cont | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 15 | Permafrost extent | Permafrost ext | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 16 | Author(s) | Author(s) | Treat, Claire C | dataset | ||
| 17 | Reference/source | Reference | Treat, Claire C | |||
| 18 | Comment | Comment | Treat, Claire C |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
50631 data points
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