Soil dates using 210Pb in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada
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Estop-Aragones, C.; Fisher, J.P.; Cooper, M.A.; Thierry, A.; Treharne, R.; Murton, J.B.; Phoenix, G.K.; Charman, D.J.; Williams, M.; Hartley, I.P. (2016). Soil dates using 210Pb in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3b22fba5-8429-4fdc-849c-b4c248ea744d
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https://doi.org/10.5285/3b22fba5-8429-4fdc-849c-b4c248ea744d
This dataset consists of soils dated using lead-210 (210Pb) in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Soil cores were sampled during early summer in 2013 and 2014 from peatland plateaus, thawing peatland plateaus, burnt and unburnt black spruce forests in Yukon and Northwest Territories. The upper part of the soil profile was dated using 210Pb to quantify recent carbon accumulation rates.
Publication date: 2016-02-05
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2013-06-15 to 2014-09-15
Provenance & quality
Lead-210 (210Pb) dating was used to date the upper part of the soil profile which was cut at intervals of 1 cm resolution. Samples were freeze dried and ground and the 210Pb activity was determined by alpha spectrometry following chemical extraction. Constant rate of supply models were used to assign ages in years to the soil. This data can be used to quantify recent carbon accumulation rates (refer to dataset of bulk density, carbon and nitrogen content).
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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Estop-Aragones, C.; Fisher, J.P.; Cooper, M.A.; Thierry, A.; Treharne, R.; Murton, J.B.; Phoenix, G.K.; Charman, D.J.; Williams, M.; Hartley, I.P. (2016). Soil dates using 210Pb in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/3b22fba5-8429-4fdc-849c-b4c248ea744d
© Natural Environment Research Council
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Correspondence/contact details
Williams, M.
University of Edinburgh
Global Change Research Institute, Crew Building, Kings Buildings
Edinburgh
EH9 3JN
UK
mat.williams@ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh
EH9 3JN
UK
Authors
Estop-Aragones, C.
University of Exeter
Fisher, J.P.
University of Sheffield
Cooper, M.A.
University of Exeter
Thierry, A.
University of Edinburgh
Treharne, R.
University of Sheffield
Murton, J.B.
University of Sussex
Phoenix, G.K.
University of Sheffield
Charman, D.J.
University of Exeter
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-5208
Hartley, I.P.
University of Exeter
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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