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Data Publication

Lipid biomarker palaeothermometry and carbon isotope data for eleven lignites spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in North America

Jerrett, Rhodri | O’Connor, Lauren | Lengger, Sabine | Dearing Crampton-Flood, Emily | Price, Gregory | van Dongen, Bart | Davies, Marc

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

(2024)

Descriptions

The dataset consists of eleven spreadsheet tabs, each tab containing lipid biomarker palaeothermometry (air temperature reconstructions) and bulk organic carbon isotope data from individual lignites that are known to stratigraphically span the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary. Uncalibrated, raw biomarker distributions (glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers; GDGTs) are provided, as well as the calculated calibration outputs. Site coordinates are: West Bijou, Colorado (39°34'14''N, 104°18'09''W), Sussex, Wyoming (43°39'40"N, 106°19'06"W), Pyramid Butte, North Dakota (46°25'03''N, 103°58'33''W), Hell Creek Road, Montana (47°31'35"N, 106°56'23"W), Rock Creek West, Saskatchewan (49°02'20"N, 106°34'00"W), Wood Mountain Creek, Saskatchewan (49°25'20"N, 106°19'50"W), Frenchman Valley, Saskatchewan (49°20’56"N, 108°25’05"W), Knudesn’s Coulee, Alberta (51°54’27"N, 113°02’57"W) Griffith’s Farm, Alberta (51°54’47"N, 112°57’51"W), Coal Valley Cores (GSC CV-42-2, Cores 1 and 2), Alberta (53°05’02"N, 116°47’ 40"W) Police Island, Northwest Territories (64°52'42"N, 125°12'33"W).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Cretaceous
Palaeogene
Maastrichtian
Paleocene
Danian
Cretaceous-Paleogene
mass extinction
coal
lignite
climate change
temperature
carbon cycle
stratigraphy
organic geochemistry
lipid biomarkers
branched GDGT
carbon isotopes
carbon-13

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
Cretaceous
Maastrichtian
Paleocene
Danian
coal
lignite

MSL enriched keywords
Phanerozoic
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Upper/LateCretaceous
Maastrichtian
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Paleocene
Danian
sedimentary rock
coal
lignite
minerals
chemical elements
carbon
measured property
carbon (C)
organic carbon

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry

Source

https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citedData/catalogue/bfe2a9be-768b-4fdc-bc73-93f9b166fb44.html

Source publisher

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre


DOI

10.5285/bfe2a9be-768b-4fdc-bc73-93f9b166fb44


Creators

Jerrett, Rhodri

University of Manchester

O’Connor, Lauren

University of Manchester

Lengger, Sabine

Dearing Crampton-Flood, Emily

University of Manchester

Price, Gregory

University of Plymouth

van Dongen, Bart

University of Manchester

Davies, Marc

University of Plymouth


Citation

Jerrett, R., O’Connor, L., Lengger, S., Dearing Crampton-Flood, E., Price, G., van Dongen, B., & Davies, M. (2024). Lipid biomarker palaeothermometry and carbon isotope data for eleven lignites spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in North America [Data set]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/BFE2A9BE-768B-4FDC-BC73-93F9B166FB44


Dates

Available:

2024-01-17

Issued:

2024


Funding References

Funder name: Natural Environment Research Council

Funder identifier: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270

Funder identifier type: Crossref Funder ID

Award number: NE/S002324/1

Award uri: https://gotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_full.asp?pcode=NE%2FS002324%2F1

Award title: RECONSTRUCTING LATITUDINAL TERRESTRIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS AT THE CRETACEOUS-PALAEOGENE BOUNDARY: TESTING THE "EQUABLE EARTH" HYPOTHESIS


Geo location(s)

West Bijou, Colorado

Sussex, Wyoming

Pyramid Butte, North Dakota

Hell Creek Road, Montana

Rock Creek West, Saskatchewan

Wood Mountain Creek, Saskatchewan

Frenchman Valley, Saskatchewan

Knudesn’s Coulee, Alberta

Coal Valley, Alberta

Griffith’s Farm, Alberta

Police Island, Northwest Territories


Spatial coordinates