Citation:

PANGAEA.982690

Name: XRF-scanner data (Si, Ca, Al, Fe, K, Ti) for 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 XRF-scanner data for core PS58/266-3 collected during R/V Polarstern expedition ANT-XVIII/5a (PS58) in 2001 (Miller, 2001) in the South Pacific Antarctic Zone. Age control is provided by diatom stratigraphy (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.982691).

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.

Struve, Torben; Lamy, Frank; Gäng, Frederik; Klages, Johann Philipp; Kuhn, Gerhard; Esper, Oliver; Lembke-Jene, Lester; Winckler, Gisela (2025): Diatom-based age pointers for sediment core PS58/266-3 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.982691

References:

Miller, Heinrich (2001): Expedition Programme No. 59. RV POLARSTERN. ANT XVIII/5a. ANT XVII1/5b. Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Bremerhaven (in German), hdl:10013/epic.37242.d001

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: 0.01 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 22.83 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	Silicon (peak area)	Si peak area		Kuhn, Gerhard	X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF), Avaatech	total counts; Measured at 10 kV
4	Calcium (peak area)	Ca peak area		Kuhn, Gerhard	X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF), Avaatech	total counts; Measured at 10 kV
5	Aluminium (peak area)	Al peak area		Kuhn, Gerhard	X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF), Avaatech	total counts; Measured at 10 kV
6	Iron (peak area)	Fe peak area		Kuhn, Gerhard	X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF), Avaatech	total counts; Measured at 10 kV
7	Potassium (peak area)	K peak area		Kuhn, Gerhard	X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF), Avaatech	total counts; Measured at 10 kV
8	Titanium (peak area)	Ti peak area		Kuhn, Gerhard	X-ray fluorescence core scanner (XRF), Avaatech	total counts; Measured at 10 kV

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:

13788 data points

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