Citation:

PANGAEA.909151

Name: Leaf wax n-alkane carbon isotope data from sediment samples collected from fossil leaf sites extending from New Mexico to the High Arctic
Published: 2019-11-28
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Cretaceous; fossil leaves; leaf waxes; n-alkanes; Organic Geochemistry; paleobotany; Paleogene

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Published: 2019-11-28 • DOI registered: 2020-04-16

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Abstract:

Site information and leaf wax n-alkane carbon isotope data from sediment samples collected from fossil leaf sites extending from New Mexico to the High Arctic and span 40 million years from the Late Cretaceous to the Oligocene.

Keyword(s):

Cretaceous; fossil leaves; leaf waxes; n-alkanes; Organic Geochemistry; paleobotany; Paleogene

Supplement to:

Schlanser, Kristen M; Diefendorf, Aaron F; Greenwood, David R; Mueller, Kevin E; West, Christopher K; Lowe, Alexander J; Basinger, James F; Currano, Ellen D; Flynn, Andrew G; Fricke, Henry C; Geng, Jie; Meyer, Herbert W; Peppe, Daniel J (2020): On geologic timescales, plant carbon isotope fractionation responds to precipitation similarly to modern plants and has a small negative correlation with pCO2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 270, 264-281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.023

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 48.014000 * Median Longitude: -105.829500 * South-bound Latitude: 36.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -127.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 82.100000 * East-bound Longitude: -69.000000

Event(s):

Axel_Heiberg_Island * Latitude: 79.900000 * Longitude: -89.100000 * Location: Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic

Big_Cedar_Ridge * Latitude: 43.800000 * Longitude: -107.500000 * Location: Wyoming, United States of America

Boulder_Hills * Latitude: 82.100000 * Longitude: -69.000000 * Location: Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Schlanser, Kristen M
2	Sample ID	Sample ID		Schlanser, Kristen M
3	Location	Location		Schlanser, Kristen M
4	Site	Site		Schlanser, Kristen M
5	AGE	Age	ka BP	Schlanser, Kristen M		Geocode
6	Age, maximum/old	Age max	ka	Schlanser, Kristen M
7	Age, minimum/young	Age min	ka	Schlanser, Kristen M
8	Epoch	Epoch		Schlanser, Kristen M
9	Formation	Formation		Schlanser, Kristen M
10	Lithology/composition/facies	Lithology		Schlanser, Kristen M
11	Lithology/composition/facies	Lithology		Schlanser, Kristen M		Depositional Environment
12	LATITUDE	Latitude		Schlanser, Kristen M		Geocode
13	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Schlanser, Kristen M		Geocode
14	δ13C, carbon dioxide, atmospheric	δ13C CO2	‰ PDB	Schlanser, Kristen M	after Tipple et al., 2010	90% Conficence Interval
15	δ13C, carbon dioxide, standard deviation	δ13C CO2 std dev	±	Schlanser, Kristen M	after Tipple et al., 2010	90% Conficence Interval
16	Carbon dioxide, partial pressure	pCO2	ppmv	Schlanser, Kristen M	Calculated	95% Conficence Interval
17	Carbon dioxide, partial pressure maximum	pCO2 max	ppmv	Schlanser, Kristen M	after Foster et al., 2017	95% Conficence Intervall
18	Carbon dioxide, partial pressure minimum	pCO2 min	ppmv	Schlanser, Kristen M	after Foster et al., 2017	95% Conficence Intervall
19	Precipitation, annual mean	MAP	mm	Schlanser, Kristen M
20	Precipitation, annual mean, maximum	MAP max	mm	Schlanser, Kristen M
21	Precipitation, annual mean, minimum	MAP min	mm	Schlanser, Kristen M
22	Method comment	Method comm		Schlanser, Kristen M		MAP calculation technique
23	Temperature, annual mean	MAT	°C	Schlanser, Kristen M
24	Temperature, annual mean, maximum	MAT max	°C	Schlanser, Kristen M
25	Temperature, annual mean, minimum	MAT min	°C	Schlanser, Kristen M
26	Method comment	Method comm		Schlanser, Kristen M		MAT calulation technique
27	Carbon, organic, total	TOC	%	Schlanser, Kristen M
28	n-Alkane C12, per unit sediment mass	C12/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
29	n-Alkane C13, per unit sediment mass	C13/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
30	n-Alkane C14, per unit sediment mass	C14/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
31	n-Alkane C15, per unit sediment mass	C15/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
32	n-Alkane C16, per unit sediment mass	C16/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
33	n-Alkane C17, per unit sediment mass	C17/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
34	n-Alkane C18, per unit sediment mass	C18/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
35	n-Alkane C19, per unit sediment mass	C19/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
36	n-Alkane C20, per unit sediment mass	C20/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
37	n-Alkane C21, per unit sediment mass	C21/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
38	n-Alkane C22, per unit sediment mass	C22/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
39	n-Alkane C23, per unit sediment mass	C23/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
40	n-Alkane C24, per unit sediment mass	C24/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
41	n-Alkane C25, per unit sediment mass	C25/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
42	n-Alkane C26, per unit sediment mass	C26/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
43	n-Alkane C27, per unit sediment mass	C27/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
44	n-Alkane C28, per unit sediment mass	C28/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
45	n-Alkane C29, per unit sediment mass	C29/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
46	n-Alkane C30, per unit sediment mass	C30/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
47	n-Alkane C31, per unit sediment mass	C31/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
48	n-Alkane C32, per unit sediment mass	C32/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
49	n-Alkane C33, per unit sediment mass	C33/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
50	n-Alkane C34, per unit sediment mass	C34/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
51	n-Alkane C35, per unit sediment mass	C35/sed	µg/g	Schlanser, Kristen M
52	n-Alkane C29, δ13C	C29 δ13C	‰ PDB	Schlanser, Kristen M
53	n-Alkane C31, δ13C	C31 δ13C	‰ PDB	Schlanser, Kristen M

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