Marchant, Robert (2021): Age determination of Mgundamrahia (MGU) peat core from Kakamega Forest, Kenya [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933508
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Published: 2021-07-08 • DOI registered: 2022-03-18
Abstract:
14C and 210Pb age determination of a high-resolution peat core from the Past Global Changes - Carbon in Peat on EArth through Time (PAGES_C-PEAT) Project.
Related to:
Gallego-Sala, Angela V; Charman, Dan J; Brewer, Simon; Page, Susan E; Prentice, Iain Colin; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Moreton, Steven Grahame; Amesbury, Matthew J; Beilman, David W; Björck, Svante; Blyakharchuk, Tatyana A; Bochicchio, Christopher; Booth, Robert K; Bunbury, Joan; Camill, Philip; Carless, Donna; Chimner, Rodney A; Clifford, Michael; Cressey, Elizabeth; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J; De Vleeschouwer, Francois; de Jong, Rixt; Fialkiewicz-Koziel, Barbara; Finkelstein, Sarah A; Garneau, Michelle; Githumbi, Esther; Hribjlan, John; Holmquist, James R; Hughes, Paul D M; Jones, Chris; Jones, Miriam C; Karofeld, Edgar; Klein, Eric S; Kokfelt, Ulla; Korhola, Atte; Lacourse, Terri; Le Roux, Gaël; Lamentowicz, Mariusz; Large, David; Lavoie, Martin; Loisel, Julie; Mackay, Helen; MacDonald, Glen M; Mäkilä, Markku; Magnan, Gabriel; Marchant, Robert; Marcisz, Katarzyna; Martínez Cortizas, Antonio; Massa, Charly; Mathijssen, Paul J H; Mauquoy, Dmitri; Mighall, Timothy; Mitchell, Fraser J G; Moss, Patrick T; Nichols, Jonathan; Oksanen, Pirita O; Orme, Lisa C; Packalen, Maara; Robinson, Stephen D; Roland, Thomas P; Sanderson, Nicole K; Sannel, A Britta K; Silva-Sánchez, Noemí; Steinberg, Natascha; Swindles, Graeme T; Turner, T Edward; Uglow, Joanna; Väliranta, Minna; van Bellen, Simon; van der Linden, Marjolein; van Geel, Bas; Wang, Guoping; Yu, Zicheng; Zaragoza-Castells, Joana; Zhao, Yan (2018): Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming. Nature Climate Change, 8(10), 907-913, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0271-1
Marchant, Robert (2021): Calibrated ages of Mgundamrahia (MGU) peat core from Kakamega Forest, Kenya [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929223
Marchant, Robert (2021): Geochemistry of Mgundamrahia (MGU) peat core from Kakamega Forest, Kenya [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927399
Project(s):
Past Global Changes - Carbon in Peat on EArth through Time (PAGES_C-PEAT)
Coverage:
Latitude: -1.195000 * Longitude: 34.547000
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.155 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.505 m
Event(s):
Mgundamrahia (MGU) * Latitude: -1.195000 * Longitude: 34.547000 * Elevation: 1407.0 m * Location: Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya * Method/Device: Peat corer (PEATC) * Comment: Type of peatland: Mgundamrahia swamp - peat swamp; Core code: MGU; Dominant peat type: Peat swamp; Volume of bulk density samples: 1 cc; Surface age: 2012
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Marchant, Robert | Geocode | |
| 2 | Sample thickness | Samp thick | cm | Marchant, Robert | ||
| 3 | Age, dated | Age dated | ka | Marchant, Robert | Age, 14C uncalibrated | |
| 4 | Age, uncertainty | Age unc | ± | Marchant, Robert | calculated, 1 sigma | 14C age |
| 5 | Age, dated material | Dated material | Marchant, Robert | |||
| 6 | Laboratory code/label | Lab label | Marchant, Robert | |||
| 7 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Marchant, Robert | |||
| 8 | Age model | Age model | ka | Marchant, Robert | converted age | |
| 9 | Age, error | Age e | ± | Marchant, Robert | ||
| 10 | Activity of radiocarbon in percent of modern carbon | Activity | pMC | Marchant, Robert | ||
| 11 | Activity of radiocarbon in percent of modern carbon, standard deviation | Activity std dev | ± | Marchant, Robert |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
37 data points
Data
| 1 Depth sed [m] | 2 Samp thick [cm] | 3 Age dated [ka] | 4 Age unc [±] | 5 Dated material | 6 Lab label | 7 Sample label | 8 Age model [ka] | 9 Age e [±] | 10 Activity [pMC] | 11 Activity std dev [±] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.155 | 1 | sieved peat <63 µm fraction | UCIAMS-172023 | MGU-15, <63 µm | -1.590 | 0.029 | 121.8940 | 0.4475 | ||
| 0.245 | 1 | sieved peat <63 µm fraction | UCIAMS-172025 | MGU-24, <63 µm | -2.285 | 0.023 | 132.9115 | 0.3877 | ||
| 0.325 | 1 | sieved peat <63 µm fraction | UCIAMS-172026 | MGU-32, <63 µm | -1.941 | 0.014 | 127.3368 | 0.2181 | ||
| 0.435 | 1 | bulk fraction smaller than 63 um | SUERC-64055 | -0.781 | 0.037 | 110.2108 | 0.5085 | |||
| 0.505 | 1 | 1.496 | 0.036 | bulk sample <63 µm | SUERC-57335 | MGU 50-51 |