Newall, Samuel R S; Mackay, Anson W; Piotrowska, Natalia; Blaauw, Maarten (2025): Lake Baikal sediment core AMS radiocarbon data [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973799
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Published: 2025-08-01 • DOI registered: 2025-08-01
Abstract:
This is a complete database of Lake Baikal sediment core AMS radiocarbon data from papers published before 2025. Most radiocarbon data has already been published but is not easily accessible on a public database. We also provide access to previously unpublished radiocarbon data from cores CON01-603-5 and CON01-605-5. The presented dataset amends previous reporting mistakes on the location of cores, the depth of samples and the Lab ID of some radiocarbon data. The data was collected to investigate the radiocarbon age offset (similar to reservoir age) in Lake Baikal.
Supplement to:
Newall, Samuel R S; Mackay, Anson W; Piotrowska, Natalia; Blaauw, Maarten (2026): A complete database of AMS radiocarbon estimates from Lake Baikal sediment cores with a lake-wide assessment of TOC age offsets. Earth System Science Data, 18(2), 1225-1242, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1225-2026
Source:
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Demske, Dieter; Heumann, Georg; Granoszewski, Wojciech; Nita, Małgorzata; Mamakowa, Kaziemira; Tarasov, Pavel E; Oberhänsli, Hedi (2005): Late glacial and Holocene vegetation and regional climate variability evidenced in high-resolution pollen records from Lake Baikal. Global and Planetary Change, 46(1-4), 255-279, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.09.020
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Karabanov, Eugene; Williams, Douglas F; Kuzmin, Mikhail I; Sideleva, Valentina; Khursevich, Galina; Prokopenko, Alexander A; Solotchina, Emilia; Tkachenko, Lilia; Fedenya, Svetlana; Kerber, Eugene; Gvozdkov, Alexander; Khlustov, Oleg; Bezrukova, Elena V; Letunova, Polina; Krapivina, Svetlana (2004): Ecological collapse of Lake Baikal and Lake Hovsgol ecosystems during the Last Glacial and consequences for aquatic species diversity. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 209(1-4), 227-243, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.017
Murakami, Takuma; Takamatsu, Takejiro; Katsuta, Nagayoshi; Takano, Masao; Yamamoto, Koshi; Takahashi, Yoshio; Nakamura, Toshio; Kawai, Takayoshi (2012): Centennial- to millennial-scale climate shifts in continental interior Asia repeated between warm–dry and cool–wet conditions during the last three interglacial states: evidence from uranium and biogenic silica in the sediment of Lake Baikal, southeast Siberia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 52, 49-59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.001
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Nara, Fumiko Watanabe; Watanabe, Takahiro; Nakamura, Toshio; Kakegawa, Takeshi; Katamura, Fumitaka; Shichi, Koji; Takahara, Hikaru; Imai, Akio; Kawai, Takayoshi (2010): Radiocarbon and Stable Carbon Isotope Ratio Data from a 4.7-Mlong Sediment Core of Lake Baikal (Southern Siberia, Russia). Radiocarbon, 52(3), 1449-1457, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200046531
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Tani, Yukinori; Kurihara, Kota; Nara, Fumiko Watanabe; Itoh, Nobuyasu; Soma, Mitsuyuki; Soma, Yuko; Tanaka, Atsushi; Yoneda, Minoru; Hirota, Masashi; Shibata, Yasuyuki (2002): Temporal changes in the phytoplankton community of the southern basin of Lake Baikal over the last 24,000 years recorded by photosynthetic pigments in a sediment core. Organic Geochemistry, 33(12), 1621-1634, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00107-9
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Watanabe, Takahiro; Nakamura, Toshio; Nara, Fumiko Watanabe; Kakegawa, Takeshi; Horiuchi, Kazuho; Senda, Ryoko; Oda, Takefumi; Nishimura, Mitsugu; Matsumoto, Genki I; Kawai, Takayoshi (2009): High-time resolution AMS 14C data sets for Lake Baikal and Lake Hovsgol sediment cores: Changes in radiocarbon age and sedimentation rates during the transition from the last glacial to the Holocene. Quaternary International, 205(1-2), 12-20, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2009.02.002
Watanabe, Takahiro; Nakamura, Toshio; Nara, Fumiko Watanabe; Kakegawa, Takeshi; Nishimura, Mitsugu; Shimokawara, Makoto; Matsunaka, Tetsuya; Senda, Ryoko; Kawai, Takayoshi (2009): A new age model for the sediment cores from Academician ridge (Lake Baikal) based on high-time-resolution AMS 14C data sets over the last 30 kyr: Paleoclimatic and environmental implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 286(3-4), 347-354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.046
Further details:
metadata.tab: Metadata. metadata.tab
non_numeric_data.tab: Some poor quality dates that do not have error values (and are therefore unusable) - they are provided solely for completeness. non_numeric_data.tab
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 53.187930 * Median Longitude: 107.372916 * South-bound Latitude: 51.583500 * West-bound Longitude: 104.300030 * North-bound Latitude: 55.535600 * East-bound Longitude: 109.536400
Date/Time Start: 1993-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-08-03T05:33:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 17.62 m
Event(s):
18-B1 * Latitude: 53.559700 * Longitude: 108.010300 * Lake water depth: 345 m * Location: Baikal Lake * Method/Device: Box corer (BC)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Newall, Samuel R S | |||
| 2 | Core | Core | Newall, Samuel R S | |||
| 3 | Laboratory code/label | Lab label | Newall, Samuel R S | |||
| 4 | Core section label | Sec label | Newall, Samuel R S | |||
| 5 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 6 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 7 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Newall, Samuel R S | Geocode – middle | |
| 8 | Depth, corrected | Depth corr | m | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 9 | Thickness | Thick | cm | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 10 | Age, dated material | Dated material | Newall, Samuel R S | |||
| 11 | Age, dated | Age dated | ka BP | Newall, Samuel R S | Age, 14C AMS | |
| 12 | Age, dated, error | Age dated e | ± | Newall, Samuel R S | Age, 14C AMS | |
| 13 | Stable isotopes, method | Stable isotopes meth | Newall, Samuel R S | δ13C method | ||
| 14 | δ13C | δ13C | ‰ PDB | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 15 | δ13C, error | δ13C e | ± | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 16 | Carbon | C | % | Newall, Samuel R S | ||
| 17 | Reference/source | Reference | Newall, Samuel R S | |||
| 18 | Comment | Comment | Newall, Samuel R S |
Change history:
2025-11-21T14:36:00 – For core VER94-5 St.22-GC, the material was changed from "diatom/pelitic silt" to "TOC"
2025-11-21T14:36:00 – The parameter "Carbon Yield [%]" was changed to "Carbon [%]"
2025-11-21T14:36:00 – d13C data were added to core VER93-2_St.24GC
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
5382 data points
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