/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: 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): δ Deuterium n-alkane determination of Late Quaternary sediments from the Vankervelsvlei peatland at the southern Cape coast of South Africa. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940144, In: Strobel, P et al. (2022): Late Quaternary investigation of sediments from Vankervelsvlei. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940148 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 Science Foundation (DFG) (URI: http://www.dfg.de/), grant/award no. 434918595: Late Quaternary climate and environmental reconstruction based on lake and peat sediments from South Africa (URI: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/434918595) Coverage: LATITUDE: -34.013000 * LONGITUDE: 22.904000 MINIMUM DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.05 m * MAXIMUM DEPTH, sediment/rock: 13.96 m Event(s): Vankervelsvlei * LATITUDE: -34.013000 * LONGITUDE: 22.904000 * ELEVATION: 152.0 m * Recovery: 15 m * LOCATION: South Africa * METHOD/DEVICE: Piston corer, UWITEC (PCUWI) * COMMENT: Samples were taken in 2016. Parameter(s): DEPTH, sediment/rock [m] (Depth sed) * GEOCODE * PI: Strobel, Paul (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-5398, paul.strobel@uni-jena.de) Calendar age [ka BP] (Cal age) * PI: Strobel, Paul (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-5398, paul.strobel@uni-jena.de) δ Deuterium, n-alkane [‰ SMOW] (δD n-alkane) * PI: Strobel, Paul (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-5398, paul.strobel@uni-jena.de) * METHOD/DEVICE: Gas chromatography - Isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC-IRMS) * COMMENT: vs. VSMOW δ Deuterium, n-alkane, standard deviation [±] (δD n-alkane std dev) * PI: Strobel, Paul (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-5398, paul.strobel@uni-jena.de) * METHOD/DEVICE: Gas chromatography - Isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC-IRMS) * COMMENT: vs. VSMOW Reference/source (Reference) * PI: Strobel, Paul (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-5398, paul.strobel@uni-jena.de) License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Status: Curation Level: Enhanced curation (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels) Size: 374 data points */ Depth sed [m] Cal age [ka BP] δD n-alkane [‰ SMOW] δD n-alkane std dev [±] Reference 0.05 -0.053 -182.6 0.9 0.13 -0.031 -180.9 0.4 0.21 -0.010 -164.1 2.3 0.29 0.016 -173.1 0.9 0.37 0.041 -180.2 0.5 0.45 0.067 -184.1 0.9 0.53 0.098 -171.6 0.8 0.85 0.235 -179.0 1.2 0.93 0.257 -185.4 1.7 1.01 0.286 -190.5 0.7 1.09 0.327 -180.5 1.0 1.17 0.369 -185.2 1.3 1.25 0.411 -185.4 1.1 1.92 0.581 -185.9 1.6 4.03 1.210 -183.8 1.0 4.10 1.228 -181.3 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 4.18 1.252 -179.3 0.5 4.27 1.294 -177.4 0.9 4.34 1.331 -168.3 1.3 4.42 1.384 -170.6 0.8 4.50 1.470 -186.4 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 4.58 1.546 -178.1 1.8 4.66 1.627 -180.6 0.4 4.74 1.712 -174.8 1.1 4.83 1.804 -169.3 1.7 4.90 1.883 -173.4 2.1 Strobel et al., 2019 4.98 1.967 -176.7 3.0 5.06 2.045 -175.9 1.0 5.22 2.210 -172.1 1.8 5.30 2.280 -181.0 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 5.62 2.714 -176.5 0.9 5.70 2.858 -175.0 3.0 6.02 3.382 -180.4 0.7 6.10 3.515 -184.1 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 6.18 3.651 -187.6 5.7 6.26 3.760 -181.3 1.5 6.34 3.872 -170.9 0.6 6.42 3.982 -180.9 9.6 6.50 4.055 -191.5 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 6.58 4.130 -180.3 2.9 6.66 4.195 -178.8 0.9 6.81 4.310 -185.2 1.1 6.90 4.385 -182.8 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 6.98 4.449 -181.4 1.4 7.06 4.513 -182.2 0.8 7.14 4.582 -185.9 3.5 7.22 4.647 -184.1 0.5 7.30 4.712 -197.2 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 7.38 4.779 -184.5 0.9 7.46 4.832 -184.1 0.8 7.54 4.885 -187.5 1.5 7.62 4.947 -180.1 0.3 7.70 5.007 -187.7 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 7.94 5.279 -179.1 0.8 7.94 5.279 -180.1 0.6 8.02 5.362 -181.8 3.0 8.10 5.450 -173.0 1.6 Strobel et al., 2019 8.18 5.543 -179.6 0.9 8.26 5.621 -171.0 2.9 8.34 5.714 -168.6 2.2 8.42 5.795 -156.7 1.6 8.50 5.877 -178.1 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 8.58 5.963 -171.7 2.1 8.66 6.057 -180.8 0.0 8.74 6.160 -149.7 0.6 8.90 6.348 -179.6 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 8.98 6.441 -188.5 0.6 9.06 6.532 -168.7 3.3 9.14 6.634 -175.0 3.7 9.22 6.729 -177.3 2.9 9.30 6.834 -194.6 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 9.54 7.125 -175.4 0.8 11.18 20.129 -148.1 11.19 20.528 -141.9 11.20 20.943 -146.6 11.21 21.364 -149.3 11.22 21.766 -147.3 1.5 11.23 22.198 -149.1 2.4 11.24 22.649 -148.9 2.4 11.25 23.121 -149.4 1.6 11.26 23.590 -149.1 2.2 11.30 25.226 -151.0 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 11.41 28.830 -150.1 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 11.50 31.269 -150.8 3.9 11.54 32.446 -163.6 5.1 11.58 33.534 -158.4 4.6 11.62 34.621 -158.1 4.9 11.70 36.829 -152.9 1.9 11.70 36.829 -157.8 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 11.74 37.952 -149.0 4.6 11.78 39.097 -143.7 3.1 11.82 40.066 -150.3 1.5 11.86 41.124 -153.7 11.90 41.978 -142.7 11.94 42.615 -139.9 1.8 11.98 43.311 -157.8 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 12.02 43.787 -153.6 12.29 53.716 -154.1 12.33 56.331 -149.1 1.9 12.37 58.679 -153.0 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 12.41 61.151 -145.3 8.0 12.45 63.760 -156.4 12.49 66.261 -159.7 2.9 12.53 68.812 -164.7 12.57 71.338 -154.3 6.8 12.61 73.835 -155.8 2.1 12.65 76.395 -167.3 3.8 12.69 78.917 -162.2 3.1 12.73 81.221 -153.6 1.3 12.77 83.609 -156.4 3.0 Strobel et al., 2019 12.81 85.848 -159.5 3.3 12.85 88.153 -152.8 3.4 13.16 103.247 -147.6 0.5 13.17 105.136 -152.3 3.8 13.18 106.980 -159.5 2.1 13.19 108.833 -151.4 1.3 13.20 109.468 -156.6 4.0 13.21 110.070 -163.7 1.6 13.25 112.570 -156.7 3.2 13.31 119.863 -158.0 13.37 126.071 -147.4 3.2 13.96 171.084 -136.7 8.2