Citation:

PANGAEA.982690

Name: Bulk properties of sediment core PS58/266-3
Published: 2025-12-19
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: glacial-interglacial changes; iron fertilization; particle fluxes; Pleistocene; Southern Ocean; WAIS

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Published: 2025-12-19

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Abstract:

This dataset contains organic and inorganic bulk sediment properties for core PS58/266-3.

Keyword(s):

glacial-interglacial changes; iron fertilization; particle fluxes; Pleistocene; Southern Ocean; WAIS

Related to:

Struve, Torben; et al. (accepted): South Pacific carbon uptake controlled by West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics.

References:

Kuhn, Gerhard (2013): Don't forget the salty soup: Calculations for bulk marine geochemistry and radionuclide geochronology. Goldschmidt2013 Conference Abstracts, 1519, https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.11

Kuhn, Gerhard; Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter; Kasten, Sabine; Smith, James A; Nitsche, Frank-Oliver; Frederichs, Thomas; Wiers, Steffen; Ehrmann, Werner; Klages, Johann Philipp; Mogollón, José M (2017): Evidence for a palaeo-subglacial lake on the Antarctic continental shelf. Nature Communications, 8, 15591, https://doi.org/10.1038/NCOMMS15591

Müller, Peter J; Schneider, Ralph R (1993): An automated leaching method for the determination of opal in sediments and particulate matter. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 40(3), 425-444, https://doi.org/10.1016/0967-0637(93)90140-X

Niessen, Frank; Gebhardt, Andrea Catalina; Kuhn, Gerhard; Magens, Diana; Monien, Donata (2013): Porosity and density of the AND-1B sediment core, McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica: Field consolidation enhanced by grounded ice. Geosphere, 9(3), 489-509, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00704.1

Funding:

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 412785502 : Glacial - Interglacial Changes in Dust Supply to the Pacific Southern Ocean

Coverage:

Latitude: -65.623000 * Longitude: -116.625000

Date/Time Start: 2001-03-17T13:45:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-03-17T15:12:00

Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.02 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 22.79 m

Event(s):

PS58/266-3 * Latitude: -65.623000 * Longitude: -116.625000 * Date/Time Start: 2001-03-17T13:45:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-03-17T15:12:00 * Elevation: -4842.0 m * Recovery: 22.86 m * Location: Southeast Pacific * Campaign: (PS58) * Basis: * Method/Device: Piston corer (BGR type) (KL) * Comment: 22 core sections: 0-0.95, 0.95-1.95, 1.95-2.95, 2.95-3.95, 3.95-4.95, 4.95-5.95, 5.95-6.95, 6.95-7.95, 7.95-8.95, 8.95-9.95, 9.95-10.95, 10.95-11.95, 11.95-12.95, 12.95-13.86, 13.86-14.86, 14.86-15.86, 14.86-15.86, 15.86-16.86, 16.86-17.86, 17.86-18.86, 18.86-19.86, 19.86-20.86, 20.86-21.86, 21.86-22.86 m

PS58/266-3TC * Latitude: -65.623000 * Longitude: -116.625000 * Date/Time Start: 2001-03-17T13:45:00 * Date/Time End: 2001-03-17T15:12:00 * Elevation: -4842.0 m * Recovery: 0.43 m * Location: Southeast Pacific * Campaign: (PS58) * Basis: * Method/Device: Trigger corer (TC) * Comment: 1 core section: 0-0.43 m

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Kuhn, Gerhard
2	DEPTH, sediment/rock	Depth sed	m	Kuhn, Gerhard		Geocode
3	Water content, wet mass	Water wm	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated	dried, re-weight
4	Density	Density	g/cm³	Kuhn, Gerhard	Pycnometer (Micromeritics)
5	Density, wet bulk	WBD	g/cm³	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated from mass/volume	Niessen et al. (2013); Kuhn et al. (2017)
6	Porosity	Poros	% vol	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated from mass/volume	Niessen et al. (2013); Kuhn et al. (2017)
7	Density, grain	Density grain	g/cm³	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated from mass/volume	Niessen et al. (2013); Kuhn et al. (2017)
8	Density, dry bulk	DBD	g/cm³	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated from mass/volume	Niessen et al. (2013); Kuhn et al. (2017)
9	Carbon, total	TC	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Element analyser, LECO, CS-125	measured after CaCO3 remooval with HCl
10	Carbon, organic, total	TOC	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Element analyser, LECO, CNS-2000 and CS-400	measured and calculated mean
11	Carbon, inorganic, total	TIC	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Element analyser, LECO, CNS-2000, CS-400 and CS-125	calculated from totol carbon minus total inorganic carbon
12	Nitrogen, total	TN	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Element analyser, LECO, CNS-2000	measured
13	Sulfur, total	TS	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Element analyser, LECO, CS-400	measured
14	Opal, biogenic silica	bSiO2	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Opal, auto analysis (Müller & Schneider, 1993)
15	Water content, wet mass	Water wm	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
16	Carbon, total	TC	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
17	Carbon, organic, total	TOC	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
18	Carbon, inorganic, total	TIC	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
19	Nitrogen, total	TN	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
20	Sulfur, total	TS	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
21	Opal, biogenic silica	bSiO2	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
22	Terrigenous	Terr	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated, salt-corrected	Corrected for pore water salt (Kuhn, 2013)
23	Salt content	Salt	%	Kuhn, Gerhard	Calculated	wt in dry sample; Calculated after Kuhn (2013)

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

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