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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): Element contents and n-alkane pattern of Late Quaternary sediments from the Vankervelsvlei peatland at the southern Cape coast of South Africa [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940147, 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 Science 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: 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):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmStrobel, PaulGeocode
2Calendar ageCal ageka BPStrobel, Paul
3AluminiumAlmg/kgStrobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
4Aluminium, standard deviationAl std dev±Strobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
5IronFemg/kgStrobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
6Iron, standard deviationFe std dev±Strobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
7StrontiumSrmg/kgStrobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
8Strontium, standard deviationSr std dev±Strobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
9TitaniumTimg/kgStrobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
10Titanium, standard deviationTi std dev±Strobel, PaulInductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)Original unit is ppm.
11NitrogenN%Strobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
12Nitrogen, standard deviationN std dev±Strobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
13δ15Nδ15N‰ airStrobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
14δ15N, standard deviationδ15N std dev±Strobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
15Carbon, organic, totalTOC%Strobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
16Carbon, organic, total, standard deviationTOC std dev±Strobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
17δ13C, total organic carbonδ13C TOC‰ PDBStrobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)vs. VPDB
18δ13C, total organic carbon, standard deviationδ13C TOC std dev±Strobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)vs. VPDB
19Carbon/Nitrogen ratioC/Nmol/molStrobel, PaulElementar Analyzer coupled to an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (EA-IRMS)
20n-Alkanen-Alkaneµg/gStrobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
21Odd-even predominance indexOEPStrobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
22Average chain lengthACLStrobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
23(C23+C25)/(C23+C25+C29+C31) n-alkanes ratioP aqStrobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
24n-Alkane C21 of total alkanesC21%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
25n-Alkane C22 of total alkanesC22%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
26n-Alkane C23 of total alkanesC23%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
27n-Alkane C24 of total alkanesC24%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
28n-Alkane C25 of total alkanesC25%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
29n-Alkane C26 of total alkanesC26%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
30n-Alkane C27 of total alkanesC27%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
31n-Alkane C28 of total alkanesC28%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
32n-Alkane C29 of total alkanesC29%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
33n-Alkane C30 of total alkanesC30%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
34n-Alkane C31 of total alkanesC31%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
35n-Alkane C32 of total alkanesC32%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
36n-Alkane C33 of total alkanesC33%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
37n-Alkane C34 of total alkanesC34%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
38n-Alkane C35 of total alkanesC35%Strobel, PaulGas chromatography - Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID)
39Reference/sourceReferenceStrobel, Paul
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