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Ojala, Antti E K (2024): Varve thickness record of Nautajärvi [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968802

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Abstract:
The sedimentary record of Nautajärvi, a lake in Finland, is 6.6 m long and covers uninterruptedly annual laminations (varves) sediments back to 9852 a BP. The isolation of Lake Nautajärvi from the Baltic Sea basin occurred at 9625 a BP, and since then the rate of sedimentation has remained relatively stable, averaging 0.6–0.7 mm yr-1. Varves consist of wo layers, a dark biogenic layer of particulate to fine-grained organic matter deposited in summer and a pale clastic layer of detrital origin linked to snowmelt and spring discharge intensity, which depend on the severity and snow storage during the winter. This dataset contains the varve (annual) thickness record and thickness of the seasonal layers published in Ojala and Alenius (2005). Data were collected in 1999-2003 and covers a time interval from present to 9852 a BP. Data are at seasonal to annual resolution. Detailed microfacies analysis, varve counting, and varve and laminae thickness measurements were performed on a scanning electron microscope back-scattered electron images (SEM BSEI), X-ray radiographs, and digital line-scan image analysis. Varves were analysed in between 200 marker horizons 5-6 times using different media, and deviations between counts were registered to represent the margin of error associated within the varve chronology.
Keyword(s):
Finland; Holocene; Nautajärvi; varve chronology; varve thickness
Related to:
Ojala, Antti E K; Alenius, Teija (2005): 10000 years of interannual sedimentation recorded in the Lake Nautajärvi (Finland) clastic–organic varves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 219(3-4), 285-302, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.01.002
Funding:
Academy of Finland, grant/award no. SA44074
Academy of Finland, grant/award no. SA47047
Coverage:
Latitude: 61.806000 * Longitude: 24.679400
Date/Time Start: 1999-02-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-03-26T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.0036 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 6.5747 m
Event(s):
NAU_A * Latitude: 61.806000 * Longitude: 24.679400 * Date/Time: 1999-02-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: 103.7 m * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC) * Comment: A heavy gravity piston (PP-corer)
NAU_As4 * Latitude: 61.806000 * Longitude: 24.679400 * Date/Time: 2001-03-26T00:00:00 * Elevation: 103.7 m * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC) * Comment: A heavy gravity piston (PP-corer)
NAU_C * Latitude: 61.806000 * Longitude: 24.679400 * Date/Time: 1999-02-16T00:00:00 * Elevation: 103.7 m * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC) * Comment: A heavy gravity piston (PP-corer)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmOjala, Antti E KGeocode – Cumulative depth
2AGEAgeka BPOjala, Antti E KGeocode
3AgeAgea AD/CEOjala, Antti E K
4Varve ageVarve agea BPOjala, Antti E K
5Varve thicknessVarve thickmmOjala, Antti E K
6Varve thickness, winter sub-layerVarve thick winmmOjala, Antti E Kwinter thickness
7Varve thickness, summer sub-layerVarve thick summmOjala, Antti E Ksummer thickness
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
49490 data points

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