Identification

Title

Palaeoecological proxies - FORSENS project (NERC grant NE/J018562/1)

Abstract

This dataset is the output of a NERC fellowship aimed to understand the long-term dynamics of tropical vegetation through palaeoecological analysis. For doing this, two sedimentary archives (Laguna Pindo and Laguna Baños) from Ecuador were radiocarbon dated and analysed for pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, charcoal, chironomids, stable isotopes and XRF of tephra deposits. Each proxy was analysed at different resolution. Laguna Pindo is a mid-elevation lake (1250 m asl) that spans the last 50,000 years. Laguna Baños is an Andean lake located at 3800 m asl and contains sediments representative of the last 6500 years. Both water bodies are very shallow. The data is presented mainly in excel spreadsheets as raw data (except for radiocarbon dating data, which are the PDF files provided by NRCF and are available in the NGDC), without any math treatment or conversion (unless specified). NERC fellowship is NE/J 018562/1.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item164605

name: Data

function: download

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1263-2016

name: Published Paper

function: download

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-017-0001-0

name: Published Paper

function: download

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00196

name: Published Paper

function: download

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item73130

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607737

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Charcoal

NGDC Deposited Data

Stable isotopes

Palaeoecology

Pollen analysis

Quaternary

Volcanic ejecta

Lacustrine sediments

X ray fluorescence spectroscopy

Insecta

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-78.1500

East bounding longitude

-78.0800

North bounding latitude

-0.3200

South bounding latitude

-1.4500

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

EC

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

ECU

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

ECUADOR [id=863000]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-10-12

End position

2015-10-09

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-04-15

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

Sedimentary sequences were collected using a Livingstone corer. Lab treatment for all the proxies were performed following standard protocols (for detailed information, please consult the papers published). Biological proxies analysis was undertook using light microscope (pollen and chironomids identification, charcoal counts) and low power stereoscope (chironomids picking)

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

MS Excel

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Liverpool

full postal address

Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Roxby building

Liverpool

L69 7ZT

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Liverpool

full postal address

Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Roxby building

Liverpool

L69 7ZT

email address

not available

responsible party role

principalInvestigator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-04-18

Metadata language