Strobel, Paul; Bliedtner, Marcel; Carr, Andrew S; Struck, Julian; Du Plessis, Nadia; Glaser, Bruno; Meadows, Michael E; Quick, Lynne J; Zech, Michael; Zech, Roland; Haberzettl, Torsten (2022): Grain size analyses of Late Quaternary sediments from the Vankervelsvlei peatland at the southern Cape coast of South Africa [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940141, In: Strobel, P et al. (2022): Late Quaternary investigation of sediments from Vankervelsvlei [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940148
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Keyword(s):
African Summer Monsoon; Compound-specific carbon isotopes; Compound-specific hydrogen isotopes; Compound-specific oxygen isotopes; coupled δ2Hn-alkane–δ18Osugar paleohygrometer; elemental geochemistry; Grain Size; hydrology; leaf-wax n-alkane; Paleoclimate; peat geochemistry; precipitation reconstruction; relative humidity; South Africa; sugars; Westerlies
Related to:
Strobel, Paul; Bliedtner, Marcel; Carr, Andrew S; Struck, Julian; Du Plessis, Nadia; Glaser, Bruno; Meadows, Michael E; Quick, Lynne J; Zech, Michael; Zech, Roland; Haberzettl, Torsten (2022): Reconstructing Late Quaternary precipitation and its source on the southern Cape coast of South Africa: A multi-proxy paleoenvironmental record from Vankervelsvlei. Quaternary Science Reviews, 284, 107467, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107467
Strobel, Paul; Kasper, Thomas; Frenzel, Peter; Schittek, Karsten; Quick, Lynne J; Meadows, Michael E; Mäusbacher, Roland; Haberzettl, Torsten (2019): Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental change in the year-round rainfall zone of South Africa derived from peat sediments from Vankervelsvlei. Quaternary Science Reviews, 218, 200-214, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.06.014
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 434918595: Late Quaternary climate and environmental reconstruction based on lake and peat sediments from South Africa
Coverage:
Latitude: -34.013000 * Longitude: 22.904000
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 11.18 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 13.96 m
Event(s):
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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1 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Strobel, Paul | Geocode | |
2 | Calendar age | Cal age | ka BP | Strobel, Paul | ||
3 | Size fraction > 0.063 mm, sand | >63 µm | % | Strobel, Paul | Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LS 13320, Beckman Coulter, California, USA); Statistical analyzes: Software Gradistat 4.2 (Blott and Pye, 2001) | |
4 | Size fraction 0.063-0.002 mm, silt, mud | 63-2 µm | % | Strobel, Paul | Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LS 13320, Beckman Coulter, California, USA); Statistical analyzes: Software Gradistat 4.2 (Blott and Pye, 2001) | |
5 | Size fraction < 0.002 mm, clay | <2 µm | % | Strobel, Paul | Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LS 13320, Beckman Coulter, California, USA); Statistical analyzes: Software Gradistat 4.2 (Blott and Pye, 2001) | |
6 | Mode, grain size | Mode | µm | Strobel, Paul | Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LS 13320, Beckman Coulter, California, USA); Statistical analyzes: Software Gradistat 4.2 (Blott and Pye, 2001) | Mode 1 |
7 | Grain size, mean | Grain size mean | µm | Strobel, Paul | Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LS 13320, Beckman Coulter, California, USA); Statistical analyzes: Software Gradistat 4.2 (Blott and Pye, 2001) | |
8 | Median, grain size | D50 | µm | Strobel, Paul | Laser Diffraction Particle Size Analyzer (LS 13320, Beckman Coulter, California, USA); Statistical analyzes: Software Gradistat 4.2 (Blott and Pye, 2001) |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
364 data points
Data
1 Depth sed [m] | 2 Cal age [ka BP] | 3 >63 µm [%] | 4 63-2 µm [%] | 5 <2 µm [%] | 6 Mode [µm] | 7 Grain size mean [µm] | 8 D50 [µm] |
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11.18 | 20.129 | 4.3 | 81.4 | 14.3 | 7.8 | 16.4 | 8.0 |
11.19 | 20.528 | 4.2 | 81.6 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 20.1 | 10.0 |
11.20 | 20.943 | 2.9 | 83.3 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 15.0 | 9.5 |
11.21 | 21.364 | 6.4 | 83.0 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 31.7 | 12.4 |
11.22 | 21.766 | 1.9 | 87.7 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 25.1 | 12.2 |
11.23 | 22.198 | 12.9 | 77.7 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 16.0 | 10.6 |
11.24 | 22.649 | 6.8 | 84.7 | 8.5 | 13.6 | 16.2 | 10.9 |
11.25 | 23.121 | 1.8 | 89.7 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 8.3 |
11.26 | 23.590 | 2.3 | 88.6 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 8.4 |
11.50 | 31.269 | 2.9 | 85.2 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 17.8 | 9.3 |
11.54 | 32.446 | 5.6 | 83.1 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 20.2 | 8.8 |
11.58 | 33.534 | 7.9 | 80.1 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 18.7 | 10.5 |
11.62 | 34.621 | 5.3 | 85.6 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 14.6 | 9.7 |
11.66 | 35.730 | 1.0 | 89.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 7.9 |
11.70 | 36.829 | 2.9 | 84.8 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 13.4 | 8.3 |
11.74 | 37.952 | 1.7 | 84.4 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 15.4 | 9.0 |
11.78 | 39.097 | 3.5 | 83.8 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 6.8 |
11.82 | 40.066 | 1.3 | 80.8 | 18.0 | 9.4 | 35.0 | 10.6 |
11.86 | 41.124 | 15.0 | 75.5 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 12.8 | 8.2 |
11.90 | 41.978 | 0.7 | 85.0 | 14.3 | 9.4 | 15.8 | 8.3 |
11.94 | 42.615 | 4.4 | 82.9 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 14.0 | 8.3 |
12.02 | 43.787 | 4.4 | 82.4 | 13.3 | 8.5 | 15.2 | 7.7 |
12.29 | 53.716 | 5.5 | 73.6 | 20.9 | 7.8 | 15.8 | 6.6 |
12.33 | 56.331 | 16.1 | 66.8 | 17.1 | 8.5 | 40.0 | 9.8 |
12.41 | 61.151 | 12.8 | 68.9 | 18.4 | 6.5 | 24.9 | 9.1 |
12.45 | 63.760 | 12.2 | 70.1 | 17.7 | 7.8 | 27.1 | 9.4 |
12.49 | 66.261 | 21.2 | 63.6 | 15.3 | 34.6 | 40.3 | 14.3 |
12.53 | 68.812 | 22.0 | 62.7 | 15.3 | 41.7 | 44.1 | 15.4 |
12.57 | 71.338 | 24.6 | 60.6 | 14.8 | 34.6 | 44.8 | 17.4 |
12.61 | 73.835 | 20.8 | 65.2 | 14.0 | 9.4 | 45.3 | 12.3 |
12.65 | 76.395 | 13.4 | 69.7 | 16.9 | 8.5 | 29.7 | 10.2 |
12.69 | 78.917 | 12.7 | 68.8 | 18.5 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 9.3 |
12.73 | 81.221 | 8.3 | 71.3 | 20.4 | 7.8 | 21.9 | 7.3 |
12.81 | 85.848 | 6.6 | 73.9 | 19.5 | 7.8 | 19.5 | 7.6 |
12.85 | 88.153 | 7.3 | 71.8 | 20.9 | 7.1 | 20.5 | 7.3 |
12.96 | 103.247 | 9.2 | 68.8 | 22.0 | 5.9 | 16.4 | 6.3 |
12.97 | 105.136 | 4.8 | 72.6 | 22.6 | 7.1 | 24.0 | 7.6 |
12.98 | 106.980 | 9.5 | 69.7 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 15.5 | 6.2 |
12.99 | 108.833 | 4.7 | 72.6 | 22.7 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 6.3 |
13.00 | 109.468 | 9.1 | 70.1 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 21.3 | 7.5 |
13.04 | 110.070 | 54.8 | 37.7 | 7.5 | 203.7 | 121.9 | 79.9 |
13.10 | 116.064 | 57.0 | 37.8 | 5.2 | 223.6 | 134.9 | 94.1 |
13.16 | 119.863 | 55.5 | 39.8 | 4.7 | 203.7 | 125.7 | 88.9 |
13.26 | 126.071 | 93.3 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 203.7 | 200.1 | 189.6 |
13.32 | 129.839 | 93.8 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 269.5 | 267.0 | 257.3 |
13.42 | 136.366 | 97.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 269.5 | 281.4 | 267.4 |
13.48 | 140.194 | 98.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 269.5 | 278.2 | 261.2 |
13.58 | 146.640 | 97.4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 245.5 | 260.4 | 247.3 |
13.64 | 150.459 | 98.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 269.5 | 301.2 | 282.7 |
13.74 | 156.698 | 97.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 269.5 | 292.9 | 279.4 |
13.90 | 166.721 | 92.4 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 245.5 | 243.5 | 235.3 |
13.96 | 171.084 | 89.1 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 269.5 | 244.7 | 241.4 |