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Strobel, Paul; Henning, Theresa; Bliedtner, Marcel; Mosher, Stella G; Rahimova, Humay; Haberzettl, Torsten; Kirsten, Kelly L; Lehndorff, Eva; Power, Mitchell J; Zech, Michael; Zech, Roland (2023): Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) compounds in Holocene sediments from the Vankervelsvlei peatland at the southern Cape coast of South Africa [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956470, In: Strobel, P et al. (2023): Holocene fire dynamics and their climatic controls at Vankervelsvlei, southern Cape coast, South Africa [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956477

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Published: 2023-03-13DOI registered: 2024-01-03

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Keyword(s):
charcoal; Paleoclimate; paleofire; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; precipitation; relative humidity; Stable isotopes
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 Elevation: 152.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 152.0 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
AGEAgeka BPStrobel, PaulAges model according to Strobel et al. (2022)Geocode – Median age
Phenanthrene, per unit sediment massPhenanthrene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 178)
3-Methylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass3-Methylphenanthrene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 192)
2-Methylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass2-Methylphenanthrene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 192)
9-Methylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass9-Methylphenanthrene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 192)
1+4-Methylphenanthrene, per unit sediment mass1+4-Methylphenanthrene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 192)
Fluoranthene, per unit sediment massFluoranthene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 202)
Pyrene, per unit sediment massPyrene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 202)
Benzo(a)anthracene, per unit sediment massBenzo(a)anthracene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 228)
10 Chrysene, per unit sediment massChrysene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 228)
11 Perylene, per unit sediment massPerylene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 252)
12 Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, per unit sediment massBenzo(g,h,i)perylene/sedng/gStrobel, PaulGas Chromatograph (GC), Agilent Technologies, 7890B; coupled with Mass Spectrometer (MS), Chromtech, MS/MS Evo 3(m/z 276)
13 Sum 3,4,6-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, per unit sediment massSum 3,4,6-ring PAH/sedng/gStrobel, Paulsummarized
14 Fluoranthene/(Fluoranthene + Pyrene) ratioFluoranthene/(Fluoranthene + Pyrene)Strobel, PaulAccording to Yunker et al. (2002)
15 Benzo(a)anthracene/(Benzo(a)anthracene+Chrysene) ratioBenzo(a)anthracene/(Benzo(a)anthracene+Chrysene) ratioStrobel, PaulAccording to Yunker et al. (2002)
16 Methylphenanthrene/Phenylalanine ratioMethylphenanthrene/PheStrobel, PaulAccording to Stogiannidis and Laane (2015)
17 Accumulation rate, 2-methylphenanthreneAcc rate 2-Mpheng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 192)
18 Accumulation rate, 3-methylphenanthreneAcc rate 3-Mpheng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 192)
19 Accumulation rate, 9-methylphenanthreneAcc rate 9-Mpheng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 192)
20 Accumulation rate, 1+4-methylphenanthreneAcc rate 1+4 MPheng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 192)
21 Accumulation rate, PhenylalanineAcc rate Pheng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 178)
22 Accumulation rate, FluorantheneAcc rate Fluorantheneng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 202)
23 Accumulation rate, PyreneAcc rate Pyreneng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 202)
24 Accumulation rate, Benzo(a)anthraceneAcc rate Benzo(a)anthraceneng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 228)
25 Accumulation rate, ChryseneAcc rate Chryseneng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 228)
26 Accumulation rate, PeryleneAcc rate Peryleneng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 252)
27 Accumulation rate, Benzo(g,h,i)peryleneAcc rate Benzo(g,h,i)peryleneng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)(m/z 276)
28 Accumulation rate, sum 3,4,6-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonAcc rate sum 3,4,6-ring PAHng/g/aStrobel, PaulAccording to Topness et al. (2023)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1619 data points

Data

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Age [ka BP]

Phenanthrene/sed [ng/g]

3-Methylphenanthrene/sed [ng/g]

2-Methylphenanthrene/sed [ng/g]

9-Methylphenanthrene/sed [ng/g]

1+4-Methylphenanthrene/sed [ng/g]

Fluoranthene/sed [ng/g]

Pyrene/sed [ng/g]

Benzo(a)anthracene/sed [ng/g]
10 
Chrysene/sed [ng/g]
11 
Perylene/sed [ng/g]
12 
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene/sed [ng/g]
13 
Sum 3,4,6-ring PAH/sed [ng/g]
14 
Fluoranthene/(Fluoranthene + Pyrene)
15 
Benzo(a)anthracene/(Benzo(a)anthracene+Chrysene) ratio
16 
Methylphenanthrene/Phe
17 
Acc rate 2-Mphe [ng/g/a]
18 
Acc rate 3-Mphe [ng/g/a]
19 
Acc rate 9-Mphe [ng/g/a]
20 
Acc rate 1+4 MPhe [ng/g/a]
21 
Acc rate Phe [ng/g/a]
22 
Acc rate Fluoranthene [ng/g/a]
23 
Acc rate Pyrene [ng/g/a]
24 
Acc rate Benzo(a)anthracene [ng/g/a]
25 
Acc rate Chrysene [ng/g/a]
26 
Acc rate Perylene [ng/g/a]
27 
Acc rate Benzo(g,h,i)perylene [ng/g/a]
28 
Acc rate sum 3,4,6-ring PAH [ng/g/a]
-0.0532.470.820.900.660.532.582.960.380.803.4912.110.4660.3231.180.4520.4110.3290.2641.2361.2901.4780.1920.4021.7430.0006.053
-0.0313.501.131.200.870.694.155.211.011.743.382.3021.800.4440.3671.110.3990.3750.2900.2321.1671.3851.7360.3360.5801.1280.7677.265
-0.0101.620.450.520.410.352.302.380.390.720.839.140.4920.3541.060.1720.1500.1350.1170.5410.7680.7940.1310.2390.2770.0003.045
0.0161.770.600.630.520.362.112.540.420.992.923.0212.960.4540.2961.190.2090.1990.1720.1210.5910.7030.8460.1390.3310.9751.0074.319
0.0414.561.071.140.850.623.904.190.801.562.883.0221.720.4820.3400.810.3800.3570.2820.2061.5201.3001.3980.2680.5200.9601.0087.239
0.0673.981.151.110.830.686.085.661.142.242.624.2927.170.5180.3370.950.3710.3820.2780.2251.3262.0281.8880.3790.7480.8751.4319.057
0.0982.140.660.730.580.566.005.811.142.191.181.3621.180.5080.3421.190.1820.1660.1450.1410.5351.5001.4540.2840.5480.2940.3415.296
0.2352.170.891.060.850.739.339.582.144.913.682.1733.820.4930.3031.630.2650.2230.2120.1830.5412.3322.3950.5341.2280.9210.5418.455
0.2571.080.600.750.630.546.357.701.553.932.502.0225.130.4520.2832.320.2490.1990.2090.1800.3592.1162.5660.5181.3090.8330.6738.377
0.2861.010.570.630.540.474.846.481.243.201.631.7920.770.4280.2792.190.1260.1140.1070.0940.2020.9691.2960.2470.6400.3270.3584.154
0.3271.140.630.800.600.576.377.581.163.221.211.0723.140.4570.2652.290.1610.1260.1210.1140.2271.2731.5160.2320.6440.2430.2144.628
0.3693.050.951.100.990.868.319.191.644.022.652.4032.520.4750.2901.280.1840.1580.1650.1430.5081.3851.5320.2740.6690.4420.4005.419
0.4112.490.840.960.810.677.538.981.994.901.772.6631.820.4560.2881.310.1600.1400.1340.1120.4151.2551.4970.3310.8160.2950.4445.304
0.4590.140.120.140.170.121.662.410.321.270.356.370.4070.2014.000.0240.0210.0290.0200.0240.2760.4020.0540.2120.0580.0001.061
0.5060.260.090.100.150.151.783.090.621.730.127.970.3650.2631.850.1000.0880.1510.1460.2621.7753.0920.6211.7350.1210.0007.969
0.5190.761.610.900.233.260.3200.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.7571.6120.0000.8950.2280.0003.264
0.5260.660.230.310.350.234.627.852.005.191.0521.430.3700.2781.680.3070.2260.3470.2280.6624.6187.8541.9965.1901.0550.00021.429
0.5331.302.442.200.165.930.3470.0000.0000.0000.0000.0001.2962.4390.0002.1980.1550.0005.932
0.5402.624.700.632.940.3110.880.3580.1760.0000.0000.0000.0000.0002.6184.6990.6272.9370.3080.00010.882
0.5550.381.693.281.530.156.500.3390.0000.0000.0000.0000.1250.5621.0940.0000.5120.0500.0002.168
0.5810.600.290.340.270.293.143.750.581.700.840.8311.790.4560.2552.000.0860.0720.0690.0720.1490.7850.9360.1450.4240.2090.2082.946
1.2103.211.681.731.521.2819.8620.564.188.464.054.7767.260.4910.3311.940.8660.8420.7620.6391.6039.93110.2822.0894.2312.0242.38333.628
1.2941.550.741.010.890.8111.1713.192.434.663.052.4238.870.4590.3432.230.1690.1230.1480.1360.2591.8612.1980.4050.7770.5080.4046.479
1.3310.520.210.220.240.212.422.530.471.010.457.840.4890.3191.690.0450.0420.0490.0410.1040.4840.5060.0950.2020.0910.0001.567
1.3840.370.200.210.210.161.671.820.220.550.605.430.4780.2902.140.0210.0200.0210.0160.0370.1670.1820.0220.0550.0600.0000.543
1.5460.760.420.540.480.447.838.031.282.851.871.2323.860.4940.3102.470.0680.0530.0590.0550.0940.9791.0040.1600.3560.2340.1542.983
1.6270.540.330.380.370.273.103.690.541.491.2410.720.4570.2642.500.0340.0300.0340.0250.0500.2820.3360.0490.1360.1120.0000.975
1.7120.300.160.170.170.132.252.000.260.770.486.220.5290.2552.100.0170.0160.0170.0130.0300.2250.2000.0260.0770.0480.0000.622
1.8040.220.170.190.220.203.905.700.651.840.8013.080.4060.2623.550.0160.0140.0190.0160.0180.3250.4750.0540.1530.0670.0001.090
1.9670.040.050.040.050.041.121.380.190.690.133.590.4470.2114.250.0040.0060.0060.0040.0050.1240.1530.0210.0770.0140.0000.399
2.0450.480.230.220.210.171.341.520.170.531.704.870.4670.2421.730.0220.0230.0210.0170.0480.1340.1520.0170.0530.1700.0000.487
2.1280.210.110.130.140.112.432.630.421.121.137.300.4800.2712.290.0130.0110.0140.0110.0210.2430.2630.0420.1120.1130.0000.730
2.2100.320.200.260.280.275.235.150.892.261.7414.870.5040.2833.130.0290.0230.0310.0300.0350.5820.5730.0990.2520.1930.0001.652
2.3511.290.640.770.690.5711.3110.052.014.222.873.9335.470.5300.3232.070.0770.0640.0690.0570.1291.1311.0050.2010.4220.2870.3933.547
2.4700.120.090.090.110.091.281.590.220.650.774.240.4460.2573.170.0060.0050.0070.0050.0070.0750.0940.0130.0380.0450.0000.250
2.5910.510.170.180.260.194.644.820.661.991.3613.420.4900.2501.570.0130.0120.0190.0140.0360.3310.3440.0470.1420.0970.0000.958
2.7140.300.190.250.260.248.387.901.393.092.9421.990.5150.3113.130.0150.0120.0160.0150.0190.5240.4940.0870.1930.1830.0001.375
3.3820.190.150.170.180.173.133.310.451.300.649.040.4860.2563.530.0100.0090.0110.0100.0110.1840.1950.0260.0760.0370.0000.532
3.7600.300.140.170.210.193.523.890.581.222.550.9211.130.4750.3212.330.0130.0110.0160.0140.0230.2710.2990.0450.0940.1960.0710.856
3.8720.290.160.200.210.183.994.440.691.592.280.6712.420.4730.3022.590.0130.0110.0140.0120.0200.2660.2960.0460.1060.1520.0450.828
3.9820.410.550.050.240.271.240.4270.1630.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0450.0610.0050.0270.0310.0000.138
4.1300.030.050.050.060.051.011.120.080.350.632.810.4760.1927.330.0060.0060.0070.0060.0040.1130.1240.0090.0390.0700.0000.312
4.1950.530.250.310.310.264.854.580.791.794.611.1314.790.5150.3062.110.0340.0270.0340.0290.0590.5390.5080.0880.1990.5120.1251.643
4.2590.350.200.240.230.193.133.080.411.004.400.689.500.5040.2902.460.0340.0290.0330.0280.0500.4460.4400.0580.1430.6280.0971.357
4.3100.050.050.060.070.062.132.140.521.240.826.320.4990.2944.800.0080.0070.0090.0090.0080.3050.3060.0740.1770.1160.0000.903
4.4490.310.140.150.170.141.051.370.180.594.220.854.940.4340.2401.940.0160.0160.0190.0160.0340.1160.1520.0210.0650.4680.0940.549
4.5131.750.700.860.810.727.767.331.553.3311.546.6731.470.5140.3171.760.1070.0880.1010.0900.2180.9700.9160.1930.4161.4430.8343.933
4.5820.030.040.030.050.041.551.680.360.892.170.234.910.4790.2905.330.0030.0040.0050.0040.0030.1550.1680.0360.0890.2170.0230.491
4.6470.050.020.030.030.020.470.430.110.170.430.091.410.5240.3772.000.0030.0030.0030.0020.0050.0520.0470.0120.0190.0480.0100.157
4.8320.130.070.060.050.040.740.700.140.241.390.572.740.5120.3711.690.0110.0110.0090.0060.0210.1230.1170.0230.0400.2320.0960.457
4.8850.090.050.060.060.059.319.091.642.539.962.3325.210.5060.3932.330.0080.0070.0080.0080.0131.3311.2980.2340.3611.4230.3323.601
5.5430.490.260.320.300.306.045.860.871.532.670.7516.720.5080.3622.390.0320.0260.0300.0300.0490.6040.5860.0870.1530.2670.0751.672
5.6211.150.420.520.470.456.725.421.211.985.441.0319.360.5540.3791.610.0520.0420.0470.0450.1150.6720.5420.1210.1980.5440.1031.936
5.7140.780.390.430.410.339.117.281.712.6013.532.0625.100.5560.3962.000.0400.0350.0370.0300.0710.8280.6620.1550.2361.2300.1872.282
5.9630.220.120.140.150.122.982.660.520.982.770.618.500.5290.3452.410.0130.0110.0130.0110.0200.2710.2420.0470.0890.2510.0550.773
6.0570.040.460.620.090.201.251.370.4220.3070.0000.0000.0000.0000.0030.0380.0520.0070.0170.1040.0000.114
6.1601.050.410.430.440.315.635.620.741.1818.682.0017.810.5000.3841.510.0330.0320.0340.0240.0810.4330.4320.0570.0911.4370.1541.370
6.4411.020.330.410.390.3810.4311.121.512.1310.541.4729.190.4840.4151.480.0320.0260.0300.0290.0780.8020.8560.1160.1640.8110.1132.245
6.5320.630.220.240.240.254.754.751.211.9317.680.7815.000.5000.3851.510.0200.0180.0200.0210.0520.3960.3960.1010.1611.4730.0651.250
6.6340.760.230.220.260.222.902.950.420.819.160.679.440.4950.3401.210.0180.0190.0220.0180.0640.2420.2460.0350.0680.7630.0560.787
6.7290.100.210.040.420.350.3270.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0080.0160.0000.0030.0330.0000.027
6.9380.080.120.230.050.190.890.600.3470.2250.0000.0000.0000.0000.0060.0090.0180.0040.0140.0690.0000.046
7.0250.090.040.030.030.020.390.500.060.211.261.380.4380.2291.330.0030.0040.0030.0020.0090.0390.0500.0060.0210.1260.0000.138