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Data Publication
Chronological and biomarker reconstructed mean summer air temperatures (MSAT) for the past 6,000 years from lake sediments on Annenkov Island (near South Georgia) and the South Shetland Islands
Roberts, Stephen | Pearson, Emma | Foster, Louise | Juggins, Steven
British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)
(2019)
The dataset contains chronological and biomarker compound and brGDGT (branched Glyceryl Dialkyl Glyceryl Tetraether) mean summer temperature (MSAT) data for the last c. 6,000 years from sediments extracted from Fan Lake on Annenkov Island (near South Georgia) and Yanou Lake, King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Temperature was reconstructed using the Pearson et al. (2011) global calibration and the Foster et al. (2016) Antarctic calibration. For the latter, we studied 32 lakes from Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic Islands and Southern Chile to: 1) quantify their GDGT composition and investigate the environmental controls on GDGT composition; and 2) develop a GDGT-temperature calibration model for inferring past temperatures from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic lakes. The downcore temperature reconstruction data produced using the new Antarctic brGDGT-temperature calibration were tested on Fan Lake and Yanou Lake to provide a proof of concept for the new calibration model in the Southern Hemisphere. This study is an output of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Science Program, and was funded by NERC Studentship NE/J500173/1 to LF (BAS and Newcastle University) with additional support from: the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme through the Action - IMCONet (FP7 IRSES, action No.319718 and the ESF-funded IMCOAST project AP6 to SJR, both coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany). Additional funding from the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC-CASS), and the German Research Foundation (DFG project no. BR 775/25-1). Logistic support from the NERC-British Antarctic Survey (BAS), HMS Endurance and 892 Naval Air Squadron, the Alfred Wegner Institute (AWI) and the Instituto Antartico Argentino (IAA).
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British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)
DOI
10.5285/df50e30a-0672-461a-928e-aafafb45fd55
Authors
Roberts, Stephen
0000-0003-3407-9127
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
Pearson, Emma
0000-0002-5990-1343
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University;
Foster, Louise
0000-0002-6455-7639
University College Dublin, School of Earth Sciences, Dublin, Ireland;
Juggins, Steven
0000-0003-4466-424X
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University;
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British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
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0000-0003-3407-9127
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
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0000-0002-5990-1343
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University;
Researcher
0000-0002-5990-1343
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University;
ContactPerson
0000-0002-6455-7639
University College Dublin, School of Earth Sciences, Dublin, Ireland;
Researcher
0000-0002-6455-7639
University College Dublin, School of Earth Sciences, Dublin, Ireland;
ContactPerson
0000-0003-4466-424X
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University;
Researcher
0000-0003-4466-424X
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University;
Researcher
0000-0003-1426-2960
Ghent University, Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Krijgslaan, Gent, Belgium;
Researcher
0000-0002-6800-2630
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, Australia;
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0000-0002-3841-3746
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
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Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
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Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
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Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
References
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Foster, L. C., Pearson, E. J., Juggins, S., Hodgson, D. A., Saunders, K. M., Verleyen, E., & Roberts, S. J. (2016). Development of a regional glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT)–temperature calibration for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic lakes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 433, 370–379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.018
10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.018
References
Watcham, E. P., Bentley, M. J., Hodgson, D. A., Roberts, S. J., Fretwell, P. T., Lloyd, J. M., Larter, R. D., Whitehouse, P. L., Leng, M. J., Monien, P., & Moreton, S. G. (2011). A new Holocene relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21–22), 3152–3170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.021
10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.021
References
Roberts, S. J., Monien, P., Foster, L. C., Loftfield, J., Hocking, E. P., Schnetger, B., Pearson, E. J., Juggins, S., Fretwell, P., Ireland, L., Ochyra, R., Haworth, A. R., Allen, C. S., Moreton, S. G., Davies, S. J., Brumsack, H.-J., Bentley, M. J., & Hodgson, D. A. (2017). Past penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism on the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14914
10.1038/ncomms14914
References
Strother, S. L., Salzmann, U., Roberts, S. J., Hodgson, D. A., Woodward, J., Van Nieuwenhuyze, W., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., & Moreton, S. G. (2014). Changes in Holocene climate and the intensity of Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds based on a high-resolution palynological record from sub-Antarctic South Georgia. The Holocene, 25(2), 263–279. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683614557576
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References
Pearson, E. J., Juggins, S., Talbot, H. M., Weckström, J., Rosén, P., Ryves, D. B., Roberts, S. J., & Schmidt, R. (2011). A lacustrine GDGT-temperature calibration from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctic: Renewed potential for the application of GDGT-paleothermometry in lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(20), 6225–6238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.042
10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.042
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UK Polar Data Centre
Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
UK Polar Data Centre
Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
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Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
UK Polar Data Centre
Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation;
Citiation
Roberts, S., Pearson, E., Foster, L., & Juggins, S. (2019). Chronological and biomarker reconstructed mean summer air temperatures (MSAT) for the past 6,000 years from lake sediments on Annenkov Island (near South Georgia) and the South Shetland Islands (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/DF50E30A-0672-461A-928E-AAFAFB45FD55
Collection Period
2007-01-01 - 2016-01-01
Geo location(s)
Fan Lake, Annenkov Island Antarctica
Yanou Lake, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island Antarctica