Citation:

PANGAEA.979973

Name: Sedimentary pigments of sediment core LVC18_S1 from Lake Victoria, Eastern Africa
Published: 2025-03-31
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: East Africa; Lake Victoria; Paleolimnology; Pigments; XRF

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Published: 2025-03-31 • DOI registered: 2025-04-29

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Keyword(s):

East Africa; Lake Victoria; Paleolimnology; Pigments; XRF

Related to:

Wienhues, Giulia; Lami, Andrea; Bernasconi, Stefano M; Jaggi, Madalina; Morlock, Marina A; Vogel, Hendrik; Cohen, Andrew S; Courtney Mustaphi, Colin J; Heiri, Oliver; King, Leighton; Kishe, Mary A; Misra, Pavani; Muschick, Moritz; Ngoepe, Nare; Matthews, Blake; Seehausen, Ole; Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuen; Tinner, Willy; Grosjean, Martin (2024): Latest Pleistocene and Holocene primary producer communities and hydroclimate in Lake Victoria, eastern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 330, 108599, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108599

Further details:

Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuen; Gobet, Erika; Vannière, Boris; van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N; Wienhues, Giulia; Szidat, Sönke; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J; Kishe, Mary; Muschick, Moritz; Seehausen, Ole; Grosjean, Martin; Tinner, Willy (2023): A chronologically reliable record of 17,000 years of biomass burning in the Lake Victoria area. Quaternary Science Reviews, 301, 107915, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107915

Wienhues, Giulia; Temoltzin-Loranca, Yunuen; Vogel, Hendrik; Morlock, Marina A; Cohen, Andrew S; Anselmetti, Flavio S; Bernasconi, Stefano M; Jaggi, Madalina; Tylmann, Wojciech; Kishe, Mary A; King, Leighton; Ngoepe, Nare; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J; Muschick, Moritz; Matthews, Blake; Mwaiko, Salome; Seehausen, Ole; Tinner, Willy; Grosjean, Martin (2024): From desiccation to wetlands and outflow: Rapid re-filling of Lake Victoria during the Latest Pleistocene 14–13 ka. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(3), 102246, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.102246

Funding:

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), grant/award no. CRSII5_183566: 20,000 years of evolution and ecosystem dynamics in the world's largest tropical lake reconstructed from sediment cores, fossils and ancient DNA

Coverage:

Latitude: -1.116317 * Longitude: 33.913517

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.020 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 7.122 m

Event(s):

LVC18_S1 * Latitude: -1.116317 * Longitude: 33.913517 * Lake water depth: 37.6 m * Location: Lake Victoria, East Africa * Method/Device: Sediment corer (SEDCO) * Comment: cored in Oct. 2018

Comment:

Absent pigment concentration values indicate concentrations below the detection limit.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Core section label	Sec label		Wienhues, Giulia
2	Depth, top/min	Depth top	m	Wienhues, Giulia		depth master
3	Depth, bottom/max	Depth bot	m	Wienhues, Giulia		depth master
4	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Wienhues, Giulia		Geocode – depth master midpoint
5	AGE	Age	ka BP	Wienhues, Giulia		Geocode – cal ka BP
6	Width	w	cm	Wienhues, Giulia		sample
7	Sample code/label	Sample label		Wienhues, Giulia
8	Chlorophyll a, per unit mass organic carbon	Chlorophyll a/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
9	Chloropyhll a isomer, per unit mass organic carbon	Chloropyhll a isomer/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
10	Sum of pheophythin isomers, per unit mass organic carbon	Sum pheophythin isomers/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
11	Sum of pheophorbides isomers, per unit mass organic carbon	Sum pheophorbides isomers/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
12	Pheophythin b, per unit mass organic carbon	Pheophythin b/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
13	beta-carotene, per unit mass organic carbon	beta-carotene/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
14	gamma-carotene, per unit mass organic carbon	gamma-Carotene/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
15	Scytonemin, per unit mass organic carbon	Scytonemin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
16	Peridinin, per unit mass organic carbon	Peridinin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
17	Diadinoxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Diadinoxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
18	Diatoxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Diatoxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
19	Alloxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Alloxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
20	Dinoxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Dinoxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
21	Lutein, per unit mass organic carbon	Lutein/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
22	Echinenone, per unit mass organic carbon	Echinenone/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
23	Zeaxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Zeaxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
24	Myxoxanthophyll, per unit mass organic carbon	Myxoxanthophyll/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
25	Oscillaxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Oscillaxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
26	Canthaxanthin, per unit mass organic carbon	Canthaxanthin/OC	nmol/mg	Wienhues, Giulia	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

622 data points

Data

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1 Sec label	2 Depth top [m]	3 Depth bot [m]	4 Depth sed [m]	5 Age [ka BP]	6 w [cm]	7 Sample label	8 Chlorophyll a/OC [nmol/mg]	9 Chloropyhll a isomer/OC [nmol/mg]	10 Sum pheophythin isomers/OC [nmol/mg]	11 Sum pheophorbides isomers/OC [nmol/mg]	12 Pheophythin b/OC [nmol/mg]	13 beta-carotene/OC [nmol/mg]	14 gamma-Carotene/OC [nmol/mg]	15 Scytonemin/OC [nmol/mg]	16 Peridinin/OC [nmol/mg]	17 Diadinoxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]	18 Diatoxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]	19 Alloxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]	20 Dinoxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]	21 Lutein/OC [nmol/mg]	22 Echinenone/OC [nmol/mg]	23 Zeaxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]	24 Myxoxanthophyll/OC [nmol/mg]	25 Oscillaxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]	26 Canthaxanthin/OC [nmol/mg]
LVC18_1B_1_B	0.010	0.030	0.020	-0.0650	1	LVC18_1B_1_B_0-1	7.051	4.015	240.496	514.255	30.295					1.055	0.743		1.097		13.056	0.582	2.029	2.423	3.650
LVC18_1B_1_B	0.190	0.210	0.200	-0.0100	2	LVC18_1B_1_B_19-21	3.007	0.245	231.149	493.223	10.131	0.612				0.836	0.614	3.304		2.661	4.921		0.582	0.460	3.005
LVC18_1B_1_B	0.390	0.410	0.400	0.1470	2	LVC18_1B_1_B_39-41	0.138	0.276	9.347	21.032	12.098					0.559				2.644	4.320	0.626	0.217	0.270	1.707
LVC18_1B_1_B	0.590	0.610	0.600	0.3940	2	LVC18_1B_1_B_59-61	0.166	0.318	156.178	331.092	6.290					0.552	0.445	2.742	0.426	2.258	6.770	0.509	0.597	0.285	1.927
LVC18_1B_2_B	0.780	0.800	0.790	0.6350	2	LVC18_1B_2_B_5-7	0.078	0.237	86.265	86.442	4.965				0.611	0.528	0.435			2.290	4.424	0.515	0.449	0.214	1.745
LVC18_1B_2_B	0.980	1.000	0.990	0.8940	2	LVC18_1B_2_B_25-27	0.067	0.326	112.839	127.828	5.750					0.509	0.458			2.230	5.507		0.543		1.755
LVC18_1B_2_B	1.180	1.200	1.190	1.1440	2	LVC18_1B_2_B_45-47	0.215	0.220	90.221	90.681	5.243					0.502	0.432			2.137	4.190		0.512		1.788
LVC18_1B_2_B	1.380	1.400	1.390	1.3860	2	LVC18_1B_2_B_65-67	1.649	1.006	88.993	86.775		0.503			0.672	0.480	0.000			2.087	3.563		0.595		1.715
LVC18_1B_2_B	1.580	1.600	1.590	1.6440	2	LVC18_1B_2_B_85-87	1.168	1.349	82.404	97.273		0.509				1.076	0.782			2.167	5.808	0.530	1.416	0.244	3.746
LVC18_1B_3_B	1.785	1.805	1.795	2.0270	2	LVC18_1B_3_B_5-7	0.769	0.646	101.258	128.404		0.470			0.653	0.519	0.455			2.236	4.910	0.506	0.608	0.112	1.567
LVC18_1B_3_B	1.985	2.005	1.995	2.4110	2	LVC18_1B_3_B_25-27	0.028	3.756	97.584	142.616					0.955	0.908	0.926			4.792	7.403	1.129	0.576	0.425	2.437
LVC18_1B_3_B	2.185	2.205	2.195	2.7985	2	LVC18_1B_3_B_45-47	1.077	0.709	82.862	108.706		0.881	2.162			0.646	0.430	2.446		1.987	10.234		1.533	0.115	2.132
LVC18_1B_3_B	2.385	2.405	2.395	3.1870	2	LVC18_1B_3_B_65-67	0.538	0.223	83.523	82.014		0.695	2.453		0.635	0.507	0.502			2.530	5.862	0.568	0.869		1.857
LVC18_1B_3_B	2.585	2.605	2.595	3.5845	2	LVC18_1B_3_B_85-87	1.203	0.312	77.847	107.607		0.670	2.957			0.549	0.455	2.570		2.017	11.335	0.448	1.681	0.309	2.149
LVC18_1C_2_B	2.785	2.805	2.795	3.8450	2	LVC18_1C_2_B_15-17	1.045	1.902	66.601	71.579		0.784	2.482			0.607	0.553			2.305	17.952	0.709	3.888		3.195
LVC18_1C_2_B	2.985	3.005	2.995	4.0130	2	LVC18_1C_2_B_35-37	1.090	0.203	76.248	145.454		0.783	2.878		0.709	0.647	0.543	3.184		2.680	11.121	0.639	1.860		2.032
LVC18_1B_4_B	3.195	3.215	3.205	4.1580	2	LVC18_1B_4_B_17-19	1.055	0.248	87.953	162.293		0.483				0.517	0.431	2.371			12.682	0.475	1.567		1.568
LVC18_1B_4_B	3.395	3.415	3.405	4.3575	2	LVC18_1B_4_B_37-39	1.174	0.812	72.564	91.153						0.478	0.430			1.059	6.209	0.469	1.659		1.455
LVC18_1B_4_B	3.595	3.615	3.605	4.5785	2	LVC18_1B_4_B_57-59	3.312	1.176	65.791	99.344						0.716	0.589				3.457	0.437	2.986	0.905	2.267
LVC18_1B_4_B	3.785	3.805	3.795	4.7955	2	LVC18_1B_4_B_77-79	2.596	1.673	59.607	106.934		0.546	1.871	0.621		0.424	0.642		1.066		4.765		3.219	1.530	2.737
LVC18_1B_5_B	3.983	4.003	3.993	5.1388	2	LVC18_1B_5_B_8-10	3.748	4.550	60.483	130.830			1.959	0.674		0.000	0.439				4.159	0.427	3.136	1.652	2.429
LVC18_1B_5_B	4.183	4.203	4.193	5.5297	2	LVC18_1B_5_B_28-30	3.160	5.716	55.992	135.980		0.555	1.914			0.000	0.738		1.387		3.969	0.463	8.159	0.390	3.491
LVC18_1B_5_B	4.383	4.403	4.393	6.0818	2	LVC18_1B_5_B_28-30	2.871	3.177	71.340	158.575		1.438				1.054	0.749		1.659		2.589	0.676	8.113	3.527	4.567
LVC18_1B_5_B	4.583	4.603	4.593	6.5932	2	LVC18_1B_5_B_68-70	1.673	1.504	58.578	151.410			1.232			0.437	0.477		0.566		2.717		2.563		2.977
LVC18_1B_5_B	4.783	4.803	4.793	7.1092	2	LVC18_1B_5_B_88-90	2.509	2.153	56.965	130.202		0.668	1.327			0.787	0.753		0.979		3.327	0.480	5.144	6.544	3.496
LVC18_1B_6_B	5.084	5.104	5.094	7.7316	2	LVC18_1B_6_B_19-21	1.213	0.304	42.296	115.323			1.227			0.491					1.830	0.499	1.922		2.446
LVC18_1B_6_B	5.284	5.304	5.294	8.1310	2	LVC18_1B_6_B_39-41	0.458	0.281	46.163	128.865		0.520	0.874	0.754		0.422		2.585			1.588	0.495	0.652		1.286
LVC18_1C_5_B	5.484	5.504	5.494	8.5200	2	LVC18_1C_5_B_6-8	0.465	1.095	33.947	139.087		0.593	0.878		0.609	0.452					1.792	0.504	0.851		1.735
LVC18_1C_5_B	5.684	5.704	5.694	8.9858	2	LVC18_1C_5_B_26-28	1.707	0.452	28.206	115.222		0.635	1.066			0.484					2.281	0.530	1.357		2.043
LVC18_1C_5_B	5.884	5.904	5.894	9.5764	2	LVC18_1C_5_B_46-48	1.726	0.790	30.341	129.727		0.616	0.810			0.557					2.508	0.532	2.692		2.277
LVC18_1C_5_B	6.084	6.104	6.094	10.1904	2	LVC18_1C_5_B_66-68	0.496	0.611	34.866	148.669		0.567	0.867	0.890		0.441					4.153	0.499	1.151		1.546
LVC18_1C_6_B	6.292	6.312	6.302	10.9392	2	LVC18_1C_6_B_12-14	2.639	0.382	33.375	129.923			0.850			0.478					2.340	0.592	1.378		1.541
LVC18_1C_6_B	6.492	6.512	6.502	11.7460	2	LVC18_1C_6_B_32-34	3.023	0.460	36.547	122.096		0.564		1.393		0.453			0.470		2.785		0.764		1.309
LVC18_1C_6_B	6.692	6.712	6.702	12.6338	2	LVC18_1C_6_B_52-54	0.965		42.356	73.601		0.427	0.664			0.380					2.323	0.480	0.809		1.232
LVC18_1C_6_B	6.892	6.912	6.902	13.2954	2	LVC18_1C_6_B_72-74	0.192		48.721	122.789		0.526	0.793		0.729	0.528	0.454				2.020	0.561	0.710		1.291
LVC18_1B_7_B	7.112	7.132	7.122	13.6976	1	LVC18_1B_7_B_0-1	0.315		32.063	123.096											8.574