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Jongejans, Loeka Laura; Mangelsdorf, Kai; Karger, Cornelia; Strauss, Jens (2022): Alkane, fatty acid, total (organic) carbon and nitrogen distribution in ancient permafrost deposits at the Batagay Megaslump, East Siberia [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.950124

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Abstract:
These datasets describe sediment samples taken from the Batagay megaslump, located in Yana Uplands in northeastern Siberia. Most sediment samples were taken from the slump headwall (B19-P1) by rapelling down on a rope from the slump surface and taking samples with a hole saw (diameter 55 mm, 40 mm deep) mounted on a handheld power drill. A second profile (B19-02) of the lowest part of the slump headwall was sampled (~100 m south) using a hammer and axe from the slump floor. Two permafrost sediment blocks (B19-03 and B19-04) at the slump bottom that had fallen from the headwall were sampled using a chainsaw. Finally, a baidzherakh (thermokarst mound; B19-05) in the north of the slump was sampled using a hammer and axe. The samples cover 5 stratigraphical units: 1. lower ice complex, 2. lower sand unit, 3. woody layer, 4. upper ice complex, 5. Holocene cover.
Keyword(s):
alkanes; Arctic Siberia; Biomarkers; carbon mobilization; fatty acids; frozen ground; thaw slump
Supplement to:
Jongejans, Loeka Laura; Mangelsdorf, Kai; Karger, Cornelia; Opel, Thomas; Wetterich, Sebastian; Courtin, Jeremy; Meyer, Hanno; Kizyakov, Alexander I; Grosse, Guido; Shepelev, Andrei G; Syromyatnikov, Igor I; Fedorov, Alexander N; Strauss, Jens (2022): Molecular biomarkers in Batagay megaslump permafrost deposits reveal clear differences in organic matter preservation between glacial and interglacial periods. The Cryosphere, 16(9), 3601-3617, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3601-2022
Funding:
German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), grant/award no. PhD Scholarship
Leverhulme Trust, grant/award no. RPG-2020-334
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU), grant/award no. 121051100164-0
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 67.580438 * Median Longitude: 134.761997 * South-bound Latitude: 67.578450 * West-bound Longitude: 134.760930 * North-bound Latitude: 67.583000 * East-bound Longitude: 134.764370
Comment:
Three sub-sets of samples were taken next to each other at each depth for biomarker, sedimentology and aDNA analyses. The data in these datasets are from the biomarker sub-set.
Size:
3 datasets

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