Citation:

PANGAEA.982395

Name: Analytical data of a buried and a recent surficial Chernozem in the Bornhöck area in Central Germany
Published: 2025-08-22
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: black carbon; Carbonate; elemental analysis; Grain Size; Lignin phenols; Organic carbon; soil isotopes

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Published: 2025-08-22 • DOI registered: 2025-09-20

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Abstract:

This dataset contains analytical data of two studied soil profiles, one of a buried (BH-II) and one of a recent surficial Chernozem (BH-rec) in the Bornhöck area in Central Germany (southern Saxony-Anhalt). At BH-II, the Chernozem was buried by the Early Bronze Age burial mound 'Bornhöck' about 3.8 ka. The study area is described in Suchodoletz et al. (2023). During our research we measured grain sizes, organic carbon and carbonate contents, black carbon, soil isotopes, elements and lignin phenols (S/V and C/V). The measurements were performed between 2019 and 2024. The goal of our study was to evaluate regional soil formation and human impact since the Early Bronze.

Keyword(s):

black carbon; Carbonate; elemental analysis; Grain Size; Lignin phenols; Organic carbon; soil isotopes

Supplement to:

von Suchodoletz, Hans; Schneider, Birgit; Skokan, Anna; Nitz, Teresa; Glaser, Bruno; Polivka, Steven; Wiedner, Katja; Schlütz, Frank; Schunke, Torsten; Kühn, Peter (2025): Comparing recent and buried Chernozems/Phaeozems in Central Germany: Soil transformation and human impact since 3.8 ka. CATENA, 258, 109270, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.109270

Further details:

Buggle, Björn; Glaser, Bruno; Hambach, Ulrich; Gerasimenko, Natalia; Marković, Slobodan B (2011): An evaluation of geochemical weathering indices in loess–paleosol studies. Quaternary International, 240(1-2), 12-21, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.019

von Suchodoletz, Hans; van Meer, Mike; Kühn, Peter; Wiedner, Katja; Schunke, Torsten; Reimann, T (2023): Deciphering timing and rates of Central German Chernozem/Phaeozem formation through high resolution single-grain luminescence dating. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4769, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32005-9

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 51.412031 * Median Longitude: 12.082050 * South-bound Latitude: 51.410785 * West-bound Longitude: 12.079572 * North-bound Latitude: 51.413278 * East-bound Longitude: 12.084528

Date/Time Start: 2018-07-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-08-12T00:00:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.05 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 1.05 m

Event(s):

BH-II * Latitude: 51.413278 * Longitude: 12.084528 * Date/Time: 2018-07-22T00:00:00 * Elevation: 113.8 m * Penetration: 0.80 m * Location: Gröbers, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Method/Device: Soil pit (SPIT)

BH-rec * Latitude: 51.410785 * Longitude: 12.079572 * Date/Time: 2019-08-12T00:00:00 * Elevation: 108.1 m * Penetration: 1.10 m * Location: Gröbers, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Method/Device: Soil pit (SPIT)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Schneider, Birgit
2	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Schneider, Birgit		Geocode – Depth below surface
3	Carbon, organic, total	TOC	%	Schneider, Birgit	Elemental analyzer, Vario EL Cube
4	Black carbon	BC	%	Glaser, Bruno	Gas chromatograph, Shimadzu, GC-2010; with flame ionization detection (FID)	of TOC
5	Calcium carbonate	CaCO3	%	Schneider, Birgit	Calcimeter, Royal Eijkelkamp, 08.53
6	pH	pH		Schneider, Birgit	pH meter, WTW, pH 196
7	Size fraction 2.000-0.063 mm, sand	2000-63 µm	%	Schneider, Birgit	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
8	Size fraction 0.063-0.002 mm, silt, mud	63-2 µm	%	Schneider, Birgit	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
9	Size fraction < 0.002 mm, clay	<2 µm	%	Schneider, Birgit	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
10	Size fraction < 0.2 µm, fine clay	<0.2 µm	%	Schneider, Birgit	Particle Size Analyser, Micrometrics, SEDIGRAPH III 5120
11	Chemical proxy of alteration	CPA		Schneider, Birgit	Calculated	calculated from X-ray fluorescence measurements, according to Buggle et al. (2011)
12	Magnetic susceptibility, mass	Suscept/mass	10^-6 m³/kg	von Suchodoletz, Hans	Magnetic susceptibility meter, Bartington, MS3; coupled with Dual Frequency Sensor, Bartington, MS2B
13	Phosphorus, total	TP	mg/kg	Schneider, Birgit	X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectro XEPOS energy disersive
14	Lead	Pb	mg/kg	Schneider, Birgit	X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectro XEPOS energy disersive
15	Zinc	Zn	mg/kg	Schneider, Birgit	X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectro XEPOS energy disersive
16	Copper	Cu	mg/kg	Schneider, Birgit	X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectro XEPOS energy disersive
17	Sulfur	S	mg/kg	Schneider, Birgit	X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Spectro XEPOS energy disersive
18	Syringyl phenols/vanillyl phenols ratio	S/V		Glaser, Bruno	Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, Shimadzu, GCMS-QP2010	(syringaldehyde + syringic acid) / (vanillin + vanillic acid)
19	Cinnamyl phenols/vanillyl phenols ratio	C/V		Glaser, Bruno	Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, Shimadzu, GCMS-QP2010	(ferulic acid + p-coumaric acid) / (vanillin + vanillic acid)
20	δ13C	δ13C	‰	Schlütz, Frank	Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Isoprime Ltd. (now Elementar UK), isoprime visION
21	δ15N	δ15N	‰	Schlütz, Frank	Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Isoprime Ltd. (now Elementar UK), isoprime visION

License:

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

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

373 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Depth sed [m]	3 TOC [%]	4 BC [%]	5 CaCO3 [%]	6 pH	7 2000-63 µm [%]	8 63-2 µm [%]	9 <2 µm [%]	10 <0.2 µm [%]	11 CPA	12 Suscept/mass [10^-6 m³/kg]	13 TP [mg/kg]	14 Pb [mg/kg]	15 Zn [mg/kg]	16 Cu [mg/kg]	17 S [mg/kg]	18 S/V	19 C/V	20 δ13C [‰]	21 δ15N [‰]
BH-II	0.05	1.5	17.6	0.1	7.2	40.4	31.7	27.5	16.0	96.46	0.28	1499.5	17.3	42.0	18.6	184.8	1.3	0.8	-26.67	5.06
BH-II	0.15	1.3	18.1	0.0	7.2	40.3	29.7	29.2	20.6	96.62	0.26	1025.8	18.6	44.7	18.9	147.1	0.6	0.5	-26.64	4.96
BH-II	0.25	1.2	21.1	0.0	6.9	41.6	29.2	28.2	20.1	96.57	0.23	832.0	18.9	47.5	16.7	143.2	1.3	1.1	-26.55	5.12
BH-II	0.35	0.9	21.7	0.0	4.9	44.5	28.0	27.1	19.2	96.78	0.20	618.5	18.1	46.6	14.4	193.1	1.2	1.0	-26.53	5.36
BH-II	0.42	0.8	8.6	0.0	4.5	45.7	26.2	27.6	19.7	96.92	0.22	552.1	18.7	47.2	14.8	227.0			-26.49	5.21
BH-II	0.52	0.5	24.5	0.0	4.5	49.4	21.8	28.3	19.7	97.26	0.25	448.0	17.6	45.1	15.2	179.4			-26.36	4.75
BH-II	0.62	0.3	28.6	0.0	4.9	52.8	17.3	29.1	20.4	97.47	0.17	425.9	15.9	44.9	14.7	215.5			-26.58	5.05
BH-II	0.72	0.2	10.4	0.1	6.7	53.5	16.7	28.9	20.0	97.48	0.17	526.2	18.0	49.2	14.5	241.8			-26.16	5.92
BH-II	0.77	0.1	1.5	15.4	7.6	49.0	19.5	30.3	16.1	96.67	0.14	463.2	13.8	36.9	11.8	684.1			-26.24	4.77
BH-rec	0.10	1.5	8.1	0.6	7.2	54.3	23.5	21.4	12.5	95.00	0.30	1146.5	23.7	52.1	23.6	359.1	1.0	0.4	-25.98	8.09
BH-rec	0.20	1.3	8.9	0.6	7.3	54.6	23.8	20.9	12.3	94.91	0.24	1145.0	22.9	48.0	21.3	306.2	1.0	0.5	-25.59	8.32
BH-rec	0.30	1.0	11.1	0.2	7.1	56.7	22.1	20.3	12.6	95.09	0.22	931.1	23.1	42.8	17.3	264.7	1.0	0.5	-25.85	8.34
BH-rec	0.40	1.0	16.2	0.0	7.0	53.5	21.4	24.6	16.6	95.59	0.14	754.5	17.7	38.7	15.7	121.0	1.1	0.8	-25.93	8.19
BH-rec	0.50	1.0	17.8	0.0	7.1	53.9	20.9	24.3	16.7	95.43	0.11	698.4	14.8	33.6	13.0	69.8			-26.08	7.79
BH-rec	0.60	0.8	18.9	0.0	7.2	58.9	18.3	22.1	14.1	95.45	0.10	634.9	14.4	33.3	11.6	46.9			-26.06	7.17
BH-rec	0.67	0.6	18.1	0.1	7.3	61.3	16.1	22.2	14.6	95.28	0.09	617.3	13.4	30.8	10.8	23.5			-26.08	6.86
BH-rec	0.74	0.5	16.3	0.1	7.4	64.2	14.1	21.3	13.8	95.03	0.09	532.2	12.9	29.3	10.2	2.5			-26.03	6.96
BH-rec	0.82	0.3	13.6	0.1	7.4	69.0	11.3	18.9	12.8	96.99	0.08	366.5	14.0	33.9	10.9	36.1			-25.89	6.81
BH-rec	0.90	0.1	0.0	0.1	7.5	74.5	8.7	16.4	11.1	96.73	0.07	330.0	12.3	30.1	9.9	2.0			-26.36	5.74
BH-rec	0.98	0.1	0.0	0.1	7.5	71.9	9.2	18.3	11.7	96.80	0.08	394.2	13.0	31.7	11.1	3.8			-26.31	5.97
BH-rec	1.05	0.1	14.9	14.9	7.7	48.1	25.3	25.9	11.4	96.72	0.05	443.7	14.2	32.7	11.4	123.8			-26.26	6.04