Identification

Title

Soil dates using radiocarbon in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada

Abstract

This dataset consists of soil dates determined using radiocarbon in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. Depth-specific soil core samples were dated using radiocarbon. Soil cores were sampled during early summer in 2013 and 2014. Each year soil cores were sampled from a peatland plateau, thawing features of the peatland plateau, unburnt and burnt black spruce forests, and additional sites in Yukon and Northwest Territories. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fe17ac3b-9a26-48ec-aadd-a3e806f9b5f5

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/fe17ac3b-9a26-48ec-aadd-a3e806f9b5f5

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/fe17ac3b-9a26-48ec-aadd-a3e806f9b5f5.zip

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function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

1438614686808

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-137

East bounding longitude

-112

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-06-15

End position

2014-09-15

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-02-05

date type

creation

effective date

2016-01-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Plant macrofossils were identified from the bulk soil using a microscope and picked for radiocarbon analysis. Samples were sent to the NERC Radiocarbon Facility in East Kilbride (UK) where they were analysed and given a publication code. Values of radiocarbon enrichment are expressed in percent modern carbon. Ages are reported as conventional radiocarbon age with years BP (before present, where present is defined as AD 1950).

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: 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 radiocarbon in profiles from permafrost in subarctic Canada. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/fe17ac3b-9a26-48ec-aadd-a3e806f9b5f5