Citation:

PANGAEA.921002

Name: Plant wax n-alkane and n-alkanoic acid abundances in eleven soil profiles along a Serengeti transect
Creator: Sarah J Feakins
Published: 2020-07-28
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: grassland; Leaf wax; Serengeti; soil carbonates

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Keyword(s):

grassland; Leaf wax; Serengeti; soil carbonates

Related to:

Zhang, Daolai; Beverly, Emily J; Levin, Naomi E; Vidal, Efrain; Matia, Yannick; Feakins, Sarah J (2021): Carbon isotopic composition of plant waxes, bulk organics and carbonates from soils of the Serengeti grasslands. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.07.005

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -2.490860 * Median Longitude: 34.764863 * South-bound Latitude: -2.960337 * West-bound Longitude: 33.973364 * North-bound Latitude: -2.165427 * East-bound Longitude: 35.436363

Minimum DEPTH, soil: 0.00 m * Maximum DEPTH, soil: 1.60 m

Event(s):

Serengeti_soil_Banagi (Banagi) * Latitude: -2.328954 * Longitude: 34.847785 * Elevation: 1425.0 m * Location: Serengeti * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Serengeti_soil_Kemarishe (Kemarishe) * Latitude: -2.249762 * Longitude: 34.644790 * Elevation: 1315.0 m * Location: Serengeti * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Serengeti_soil_Kirawira (Kirawira) * Latitude: -2.188296 * Longitude: 34.232224 * Elevation: 1215.0 m * Location: Serengeti * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Feakins, Sarah J
2	Optional event label	Event 2		Feakins, Sarah J
3	Latitude of event	Latitude		Feakins, Sarah J
4	Longitude of event	Longitude		Feakins, Sarah J
5	Elevation of event	Elevation	m	Feakins, Sarah J
6	Sample code/label	Sample label		Feakins, Sarah J
7	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Feakins, Sarah J		Geocode
8	Depth comment	Depth comm		Feakins, Sarah J
9	Carbon, organic, total	TOC	%	Feakins, Sarah J	Elemental Analyzer (EA-CRDS), G2131-i, Picarro, relative to USGS-40
10	n-Alkane C23	C23	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
11	n-Alkane C24	C24	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
12	n-Alkane C25	C25	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
13	n-Alkane C26	C26	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
14	n-Alkane C27	C27	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
15	n-Alkane C28	C28	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
16	n-Alkane C29	C29	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
17	n-Alkane C30	C30	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
18	n-Alkane C31	C31	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
19	n-Alkane C32	C32	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
20	n-Alkane C33	C33	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
21	n-Alkane C34	C34	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
22	n-Alkane C35	C35	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
23	n-Alkane C23-33	C23-33	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
24	n-Alkane C23-33, total organic carbon	C23-C33/TOC	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
25	Carbon Preference Index, n-Alkanes	CPI n-Alkanes		Feakins, Sarah J
26	n-Alkane, average chain length	ACL n-Alkane		Feakins, Sarah J
27	n-Alkanoic acid C16	C16 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
28	n-Alkanoic acid C17	C17 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
29	n-Alkanoic acid C18	C18 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
30	n-Alkanoic acid C19	C19 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
31	n-Alkanoic acid C20	C20 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
32	n-Alkanoic acid C21	C21 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
33	n-Alkanoic acid C22	C22 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
34	n-Alkanoic acid C23	C23 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
35	n-Alkanoic acid C24	C24 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
36	n-Alkanoic acid C25	C25 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
37	n-Alkanoic acid C26	C26 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
38	n-Alkanoic acid C27	C27 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
39	n-Alkanoic acid C28	C28 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
40	n-Alkanoic acid C29	C29 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
41	n-Alkanoic acid C30	C30 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
42	n-Alkanoic acid C31	C31 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
43	n-Alkanoic acid C32	C32 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
44	n-Alkanoic acid C33	C33 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
45	n-Alkanoic acid C34	C34 Alk Acid	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
46	n-Alkanoic acid C22-C32	Alk Acid C22-C32	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
47	n-Alkanoic acid C22-C32 , total organic carbon	Alk Acid C22-C32/TOC	µg/g	Feakins, Sarah J	Gas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID) relative to in house standards
48	Carbon Preference Index, n-Alkanoic acids	CPI n-Alk Acid		Feakins, Sarah J
49	n-Alkanoic acid, average chain length	ACL n-alkanoic acids		Feakins, Sarah J

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

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1118 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Event 2	3 Latitude	4 Longitude	5 Elevation [m]	6 Sample label	7 Depth soil [m]	8 Depth comm	9 TOC [%]	10 C23 [µg/g]	11 C24 [µg/g]	12 C25 [µg/g]	13 C26 [µg/g]	14 C27 [µg/g]	15 C28 [µg/g]	16 C29 [µg/g]	17 C30 [µg/g]	18 C31 [µg/g]	19 C32 [µg/g]	20 C33 [µg/g]	21 C34 [µg/g]	22 C35 [µg/g]	23 C23-33 [µg/g]	24 C23-C33/TOC [µg/g]	25 CPI n-Alkanes	26 ACL n-Alkane	27 C16 Alk Acid [µg/g]	28 C17 Alk Acid [µg/g]	29 C18 Alk Acid [µg/g]	30 C19 Alk Acid [µg/g]	31 C20 Alk Acid [µg/g]	32 C21 Alk Acid [µg/g]	33 C22 Alk Acid [µg/g]	34 C23 Alk Acid [µg/g]	35 C24 Alk Acid [µg/g]	36 C25 Alk Acid [µg/g]	37 C26 Alk Acid [µg/g]	38 C27 Alk Acid [µg/g]	39 C28 Alk Acid [µg/g]	40 C29 Alk Acid [µg/g]	41 C30 Alk Acid [µg/g]	42 C31 Alk Acid [µg/g]	43 C32 Alk Acid [µg/g]	44 C33 Alk Acid [µg/g]	45 C34 Alk Acid [µg/g]	46 Alk Acid C22-C32 [µg/g]	47 Alk Acid C22-C32/TOC [µg/g]	48 CPI n-Alk Acid	49 ACL n-alkanoic acids
Serengeti_soil_Malambo_Road	Malambo Road	-2.9603	35.4364	1354	18-SS-213	0.10	top	0.49	0.010	0.034	0.124	0.047	0.063	0.014	0.049	0.016	0.180	0.015	0.168	0.01	0.06	0.79	161.08	4.8	29.6	1.255	0.032	0.338	0.022	0.323	0.125	0.933	0.739	1.988	0.489	1.889	0.187	1.319	0.163	0.811	0.229	1.311	0.128	0.375	10.56	2156.61	4.46	27.86
Serengeti_soil_Malambo_Road	Malambo Road	-2.9603	35.4364	1354	18-SS-214	0.80	deep	0.15	0.004	0.002	0.008	0.003	0.012	0.004	0.013	0.003	0.023	0.001	0.014	0.00	0.00	0.09	62.01	5.5	29.4	0.182	0.009	0.157	0.002	0.016	0.004	0.013	0.007	0.034	0.009	0.023	0.012	0.043	0.018	0.063	0.024	0.067	0.054	0.035	0.40	270.78	2.25	30.57
Serengeti_soil_Shifting_Sands	Shifting Sands	-2.9355	35.2473	1549	18-SS-226	0.10	top	0.52	0.008	0.015	0.080	0.042	0.131	0.030	0.055	0.011	0.133	0.011	0.114	0.00	0.03	0.66	127.13	4.8	29.1	9.920	0.203	2.312	0.210	2.777	0.767	3.395	3.655	7.592	2.155	8.933	1.043	10.168	1.179	10.395	0.964	3.575	0.732	3.456	57.24	11014.86	4.88	28.46
Serengeti_soil_Shifting_Sands	Shifting Sands	-2.9355	35.2473	1549	18-SS-227	0.40	middle	0.33	0.005	0.010	0.053	0.028	0.113	0.025	0.041	0.010	0.105	0.008	0.070	0.00	0.01	0.48	147.65	4.8	29.0	0.824	0.034	0.548	0.008	0.082	0.019	0.093	0.078	0.495	0.097	0.555	0.095	0.684	0.105	0.335	0.111	0.449	0.095	0.151	3.34	1021.26	4.75	28.96
Serengeti_soil_Naabi_Hill	Naabi Hill	-2.8396	35.0205	1677	18-SS-239	0.05	top	1.81	0.042	0.085	0.226	0.098	0.304	0.076	0.180	0.053	0.533	0.032	0.368	0.01	0.08	2.10	115.98	4.9	29.3	2.542	0.090	1.339	0.094	1.498	0.558	1.942	1.998	4.249	1.422	5.262	0.999	4.928	1.164	3.393	1.466	4.583	0.549	1.401	33.35	1846.05	3.39	28.62
Serengeti_soil_Naabi_Hill	Naabi Hill	-2.8396	35.0205	1677	18-SS-240	1.00	deep	0.49	0.004	0.001	0.028	0.016	0.057	0.018	0.056	0.019	0.184	0.014	0.152	0.01	0.03	0.59	119.62	7.0	30.6	0.553	0.028	0.552	0.015	0.457	0.059	0.246	0.095	0.371	0.152	0.537	0.333	1.164	0.553	1.541	0.807	2.196	0.450	1.081	9.53	1935.66	2.98	30.92
Serengeti_soil_Simba_Kopjes	Simba Kopjes	-2.6169	34.8966	1637	18-SS-102	0.00	top	2.75	0.068	0.075	0.214	0.081	0.332	0.079	0.507	0.075	0.685	0.061	0.694	0.03	0.19	3.09	112.42	6.7	30.0	0.594	0.019	0.261	0.023	0.274	0.115	0.455	0.390	0.772	0.193	0.665	0.077	0.485	0.079	0.326	0.094	0.365	0.048	0.186	4.14	150.36	3.70	27.57
Serengeti_soil_Simba_Kopjes	Simba Kopjes	-2.6169	34.8966	1637	18-SS-103	0.80	middle	0.88	0.021	0.032	0.108	0.049	0.153	0.036	0.097	0.029	0.240	0.016	0.200	0.01	0.06	1.05	118.57	5.1	29.5	1.211	0.045	0.452	0.033	0.460	0.157	0.514	0.471	1.089	0.425	1.900	0.407	2.013	0.581	1.934	0.836	2.592	0.455	1.303	14.52	1642.37	3.57	29.84
Serengeti_soil_Simba_Kopjes	Simba Kopjes	-2.6169	34.8966	1637	18-SS-104	1.40	deep	0.28	0.004	0.003	0.021	0.024	0.049	0.018	0.051	0.020	0.168	0.014	0.163	0.01	0.05	0.59	212.06	5.9	30.8	1.024	0.049	0.692	0.021	0.365	0.060	0.284	0.207	0.459	0.208	0.752	0.367	0.958	0.180	0.959	0.335	1.240	0.236	0.624	6.81	2447.37	3.44	29.87
Serengeti_soil_Banagi	Banagi	-2.3290	34.8478	1425	18-SS-165	0.00	top	3.01	0.071	0.077	0.326	0.106	0.548	0.109	1.185	0.094	1.021	0.093	1.083	0.05	0.29	5.05	168.07	8.5	30.0	2.921	0.162	1.658	0.230	1.697	1.378	4.307	3.986	7.863	2.450	7.344	1.343	7.743	1.796	8.362	1.712	7.115	0.823	3.315	58.16	1933.67	3.80	28.58
Serengeti_soil_Banagi	Banagi	-2.3290	34.8478	1425	18-SS-166	0.80	deep	1.25	0.021	0.071	0.260	0.086	0.160	0.045	0.246	0.026	0.239	0.019	0.240	0.01	0.07	1.49	118.92	4.8	28.9	16.383	0.309	2.831	0.247	2.554	1.090	5.201	5.452	10.249	3.096	9.369	1.363	9.354	1.617	8.127	2.030	8.888	1.172	5.000	70.92	5668.58	3.81	28.53
Serengeti_soil_Nyaruswiga	Nyaruswiga	-2.3496	34.8263	1451	18-SS-144	0.00	top	2.24	0.044	0.036	0.150	0.088	0.354	0.086	0.259	0.067	0.648	0.058	0.695	0.03	0.19	2.71	120.80	6.4	30.3	2.490	0.113	0.970	0.121	1.377	0.459	2.170	1.938	4.210	1.220	5.140	0.693	4.580	0.698	3.145	0.856	3.770	0.447	1.760	30.63	1367.12	4.23	28.45
Serengeti_soil_Nyaruswiga	Nyaruswiga	-2.3496	34.8263	1451	18-SS-145	0.70	middle	0.58	0.008	0.015	0.044	0.020	0.058	0.016	0.052	0.015	0.173	0.013	0.171	0.01	0.05	0.64	110.39	6.5	30.5	0.601	0.047	0.291	0.024	0.492	0.105	0.305	0.186	0.597	0.157	0.783	0.135	0.816	0.165	0.591	0.217	0.745	0.147	0.391	5.24	896.63	4.20	29.14
Serengeti_soil_Nyaruswiga	Nyaruswiga	-2.3496	34.8263	1451	18-SS-146	1.60	deep	0.14	0.004	0.002	0.005	0.004	0.011	0.004	0.013	0.003	0.025	0.003	0.028	0.00	0.01	0.11	80.65	5.5	30.2	0.539	0.023	0.422	0.008	0.090	0.019	0.059	0.034	0.076	0.021	0.090	0.028	0.106	0.038	0.105	0.054	0.120	0.050	0.148	0.93	668.79	3.13	30.00
Serengeti_soil_Makoma	Makoma	-2.4930	34.7544	1549	18-SS-135	0.00	top	2.93	0.084	0.064	0.362	0.105	0.434	0.067	0.418	0.033	0.364	0.028	0.304	0.01	0.07	2.35	80.19	6.6	28.6	4.290	0.096	2.310	0.118	1.398	0.605	4.343	3.127	8.651	2.283	8.964	1.403	7.961	1.660	6.987	1.278	4.617	0.543	1.771	53.59	1829.60	4.21	28.04
Serengeti_soil_Makoma	Makoma	-2.4930	34.7544	1549	18-SS-136	1.00	deep	0.25	0.004	0.007	0.023	0.010	0.030	0.008	0.019	0.003	0.029	0.003	0.026	0.00	0.01	0.17	66.75	4.2	28.8	0.629	0.025	0.446	0.010	0.150	0.037	0.165	0.139	0.585	0.148	0.480	0.108	0.452	0.110	0.385	0.076	0.182	0.163	0.075	3.07	1209.48	3.13	28.21
Serengeti_soil_Kemarishe	Kemarishe	-2.2498	34.6448	1315	18-SS-122	0.00	top	1.24	0.019	0.015	0.086	0.033	0.101	0.020	0.155	0.015	0.150	0.014	0.142	0.01	0.04	0.80	64.11	6.5	29.5	0.548	0.023	0.361	0.015	0.231	0.088	0.519	0.424	1.182	0.416	1.727	0.555	1.695	0.642	1.435	0.173	1.015	0.118	0.442	10.34	831.38	3.44	28.62
Serengeti_soil_Kemarishe	Kemarishe	-2.2498	34.6448	1315	18-SS-123	1.00	deep	0.55	0.006	0.009	0.043	0.019	0.055	0.015	0.025	0.004	0.036	0.004	0.034	0.00	0.01	0.26	46.94	3.9	28.4	1.283	0.060	0.718	0.014	0.135	0.049	0.151	0.101	0.266	0.109	0.405	0.082	0.376	0.085	0.224	0.066	0.149	0.035	0.093	2.14	387.33	3.47	28.24
Serengeti_soil_Musabi	Musabi	-2.2719	34.5339	1215	18-SS-179	0.00	top	1.28	0.029	0.054	0.202	0.064	0.217	0.042	0.222	0.037	0.356	0.032	0.410	0.02	0.11	1.80	140.33	6.3	29.7	6.018	0.114	1.040	0.091	0.938	0.401	1.910	2.003	3.765	1.137	3.442	0.501	3.436	0.594	2.986	0.746	3.265	0.431	1.837	26.05	2032.71	3.81	28.53
Serengeti_soil_Musabi	Musabi	-2.2719	34.5339	1215	18-SS-180	0.70	middle	0.53	0.009	0.008	0.036	0.021	0.077	0.023	0.072	0.021	0.208	0.017	0.215	0.01	0.08	0.80	150.08	7.0	30.8	0.281	0.018	0.266	0.016	0.478	0.060	0.298	0.123	0.368	0.118	0.628	0.172	0.973	0.335	1.378	0.548	2.134	0.371	1.194	8.64	1626.29	4.18	30.92
Serengeti_soil_Musabi	Musabi	-2.2719	34.5339	1215	18-SS-181	1.30	deep	0.59	0.007	0.003	0.022	0.007	0.021	0.007	0.030	0.010	0.084	0.007	0.080	0.00	0.03	0.31	52.49	7.1	30.6	0.662	0.026	0.636	0.015	0.409	0.061	0.324	0.139	0.464	0.155	0.578	0.214	0.922	0.388	1.366	0.642	2.262	0.484	1.499	9.44	1586.13	3.67	31.03
Serengeti_soil_Kirawira	Kirawira	-2.1883	34.2322	1215	18-SS-196	0.10	top	0.80	0.014	0.033	0.165	0.060	0.156	0.026	0.085	0.016	0.154	0.013	0.162	0.01	0.05	0.94	117.08	5.1	28.9	4.044	0.078	0.743	0.038	0.773	0.121	0.751	0.999	2.420	0.757	3.415	0.443	3.158	0.547	3.049	0.648	2.790	0.418	1.695	21.09	2630.46	4.53	29.16
Serengeti_soil_Kirawira	Kirawira	-2.1883	34.2322	1215	18-SS-197	0.60	middle	0.52	0.016	0.007	0.065	0.026	0.093	0.026	0.087	0.020	0.175	0.012	0.155	0.01	0.05	0.74	143.10	6.5	29.9	1.323	0.033	0.496	0.022	0.343	0.093	0.337	0.234	0.731	0.211	0.969	0.221	1.224	0.384	1.721	0.556	2.312	0.398	1.303	10.60	2052.29	4.29	30.48
Serengeti_soil_Ndabaka	Ndabakal	-2.1654	33.9734		18-SS-258	0.00	top	1.86	0.050	0.025	0.084	0.029	0.184	0.034	0.165	0.031	0.269	0.033	0.349	0.02	0.09	1.36	73.05	7.1	30.1	1.071	0.050	0.445	0.032	0.337	0.164	0.725	0.699	1.810	0.490	2.194	0.224	1.614	0.177	0.902	0.215	1.305	0.121	0.443	10.92	585.95	4.67	28.08
Serengeti_soil_Ndabaka	Ndabakal	-2.1654	33.9734		18-SS-259	0.80	middle	0.30	0.036	0.070	0.197	0.083	0.260	0.065	0.154	0.046	0.462	0.028	0.322	0.01	0.08	1.81	606.54	5.0	29.4	0.277	0.012	0.201	0.014	0.305	0.073	0.221	0.106	0.358	0.127	0.595	0.168	0.903	0.272	1.251	0.350	1.143	0.254	0.698	6.45	2160.30	4.05	30.37
Serengeti_soil_Ndabaka	Ndabakal	-2.1654	33.9734		18-SS-260	1.00	deep	0.15	0.002	0.002	0.012	0.006	0.024	0.012	0.047	0.016	0.126	0.012	0.147	0.01	0.05	0.46	299.80	7.6	31.3	0.257	0.017	0.161	0.010	0.170	0.035	0.136	0.059	0.282	0.072	0.338	0.089	0.480	0.141	0.653	0.172	0.594	0.124	0.350	3.49	2276.64	4.31	30.10