Lin, Tsai-Wen; Grotheer, Hendrik; Hefter, Jens; Mollenhauer, Gesine (2026): Compound specific radiocarbon data from sediment core PS51/159-10, western Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.996477
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Published: 2026-09-07 • DOI registered: 2026-09-07
Abstract:
Subsample slices thick between 1 and 4 cm were taken from sediment core PS51/159-10 for compound-specific radiocarbon analysis (CSRA) for terrestrial biomarkers. The subsample intervals were selected based on downcore variations in biomarker contents (Lin et al., 2025), to correspond to periods of rapid and little terrestrial organic matter mobilizations during the early last deglaciation and the Holocene. Target compounds include mid-chain (n-C23, n-C25) n-alkanes, high molecular weight (HMW, or long-chain) (n-C29, n-C31) n-alkanes, and HMW (n-C28:0) fatty acid. Lipid extractions and purifications for CSRA followed the procedure described in Winterfeld et al. (2018). Radiocarbon measurements on isolated compounds were conducted on samples containing a minimum of 40 µg C using a Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS), following the method described in Mollenhauer et al. (2021). CSRA values were reported as F14C, which were corrected for carbon introduced during methylation (Douglas et al., 2014) and processing blanks (Wacker and Christl, 2011). Processing blanks were assessed by analyzing modern and fossil laboratory standards processed alongside the samples, following Sun et al. (2020). The estimated background introduced during processing contained 5.5 ± 0.5 μg C with F14C = 0.7632 ± 0.0394 for n-C28:0 fatty acid measurements, and 2.4 ± 0.2 μg C with F14C = 0.3671 ± 0.0296 for n-alkane measurements.
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Lin, Tsai-Wen; Adolphi, Florian; Grotheer, Hendrik; Hefter, Jens; Tesi, Tommaso; Lachner, Johannes; Winkler, Stella; Wu, Junjie; Queiroz Alves, Eduardo; Mollenhauer, Gesine (preprint): Precisely dated records of pre-aged terrestrial organic matter release to the western Laptev Sea during the last deglaciation. Climate of the Past, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-4726
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Lin, Tsai-Wen; Tesi, Tommaso; Hefter, Jens; Grotheer, Hendrik; Wollenburg, Jutta Erika; Adolphi, Florian; Bauch, Henning A; Nogarotto, Alessio; Müller, Juliane; Mollenhauer, Gesine (2025): Environmental controls of rapid terrestrial organic matter mobilization to the western Laptev Sea since the Last Deglaciation. Climate of the Past, 21(4), 753-772, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-753-2025
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Sun, Shuwen; Meyer, Vera D; Dolman, Andrew M; Winterfeld, Maria; Hefter, Jens; Dummann, Wolf; McIntyre, Cameron; Montluçon, Daniel; Haghipour, Negar; Wacker, Lukas; Gentz, Torben; van der Voort, Tessa Sophia; Eglinton, Timothy Ian; Mollenhauer, Gesine (2020): 14C Blank Assessment in Small-Scale Compound-Specific Radiocarbon Analysis of Lipid Biomarkers and Lignin Phenols. Radiocarbon, 62(1), 207-218, https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2019.108
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Funding:
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF), grant/award no. PIE-0018: German-Italian partnership project between AWI and CNR-ISP on Chronologies for Polar Paleoclimate Archives (PAIGE)
Coverage:
Latitude: 76.766667 * Longitude: 116.031667
Date/Time Start: 1998-08-18T01:41:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-08-18T01:52:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.125 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 4.015 m
Event(s):
PS51/159-10 * Latitude: 76.766667 * Longitude: 116.031667 * Date/Time Start: 1998-08-18T01:41:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-08-18T01:52:00 * Elevation: -60.0 m * Penetration: 5.1 m * Recovery: 4.02 m * Location: Laptev Sea * Campaign: ARK-XIV/1b (PS51 Transdrift-V) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Kasten corer (KAL) * Comment: 5 core sections: 0.04-1.03, 1.04-2.03, 2.04-3.02, 3.03-4.02, 4.03-4.2 m
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Lin, Tsai-Wen | Geocode | |
| 2 | Depth, sediment/rock, top/minimum | Depth sed top | m | Lin, Tsai-Wen | ||
| 3 | Depth, sediment/rock, bottom/maximum | Depth sed bot | m | Lin, Tsai-Wen | ||
| 4 | Compounds | Comp | Lin, Tsai-Wen | |||
| 5 | Carbon | C | µg | Lin, Tsai-Wen | sample size | |
| 6 | Fraction modern carbon, compound specific | F14C compound | Lin, Tsai-Wen | Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS) | ||
| 7 | Fraction modern carbon, compound specific, standard deviation | F14C compound std dev | ± | Lin, Tsai-Wen | ||
| 8 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Lin, Tsai-Wen |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
70 data points
Data
| 1 Depth sed [m] | 2 Depth sed top [m] | 3 Depth sed bot [m] | 4 Comp | 5 C [µg] | 6 F14C compound | 7 F14C compound std dev [±] | 8 Sample label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.125 | 0.120 | 0.130 | n-C28:0 | 40 | 0.2213 | 0.0126 | 12980.2.1 |
| 0.825 | 0.820 | 0.830 | n-C28:0 | 78 | 0.0575 | 0.0072 | 12981.2.1 |
| 1.400 | 1.395 | 1.405 | n-C28:0 | 119 | 0.0303 | 0.0048 | 12982.2.1 |
| 1.900 | 1.895 | 1.905 | n-C28:0 | 59 | 0.0310 | 0.0097 | 12983.2.1 |
| 2.800 | 2.795 | 2.805 | n-C28:0 | 50 | 0.0011 | 0.0120 | 12984.2.1 |
| 4.015 | 4.010 | 4.020 | n-C28:0 | 100 | 0.0730 | 0.0059 | 12985.2.1 |
| 1.400 | 1.395 | 1.405 | n-C23 | 54 | 0.0103 | 0.0023 | 12982.4.1 |
| 1.400 | 1.395 | 1.405 | n-C25 | 69 | 0.0212 | 0.0020 | 12982.5.1 |
| 1.400 | 1.395 | 1.405 | n-C29 | 96 | 0.0247 | 0.0017 | 12982.6.1 |
| 1.400 | 1.395 | 1.405 | n-C31 | 50 | 0.0135 | 0.0025 | 12982.7.1 |