Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS089
Summary
This data set contains measurements taken from 78 drained thaw-lake basins on the Arctic Coastal Plain between Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska. Investigators collected and analyzed sediment cores to determine soil and vegation composition, and used Landsat 7+ imagery and degree of basin polygonization to determine the relative age of the basins. Analysis of the cores included pollen, radiocarbon, and organic carbon subsampling.
This project was part of an effort to determine the amount of carbon sequestered in drained basins, to determine changes in carbon accumulation rates over time, and to understand the influence of climate on the geomorphological evolution of lake basins on the Arctic Coastal Plain.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 71.3136°
S: 70.9055°
E: -155.5474°
W: -157.1418°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Wendy R. Eisner
Dataset Title: Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
Dataset Release Date: 2003-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss089.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-08-01
Stop Date: 2001-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALASKA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
Science Keywords
- Biosphere Vegetation Carbon
- Biosphere Vegetation Pollen
- Biosphere Vegetation Vegetation Species
- Cryosphere Frozen Ground Active Layer
- Cryosphere Frozen Ground Permafrost
- Land Surface Frozen Ground Active Layer
- Land Surface Frozen Ground Permafrost
- Land Surface Soils Carbon
- Land Surface Soils Organic Matter Dry Organic Depth
- Land Surface Soils Organic Matter Organic Depth
- Land Surface Soils Organic Matter Wet Organic Depth
- Land Surface Soils Soil Chemistry
- Land Surface Soils Soil Depth Peat Depth
- Land Surface Soils Soil Depth
- Paleoclimate Land Records Pollen
- Paleoclimate Ocean/Lake Records Microfossils
- Paleoclimate Ocean/Lake Records Radiocarbon
- Paleoclimate Ocean/Lake Records Sediments Peat
- Paleoclimate Ocean/Lake Records Stratigraphic Sequence
- Solid Earth Rocks/Minerals Age Determinations
Ancillary Keywords
- ADCC
- ARCSS089
- Arctic Coastal Plain
- Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
- Atqasuk, AK
- Barrow, AK
- Basin age
- Bason polygonization
- Carbon accumulation
- Drained thaw-lake
- Drained thaw-lake basins
- National Science Foundation
- NSF
- NSIDC
- OPP9911122
- OPP-9911122
- Radiocarbon dating
- Tundra
- Vegetation composition
Platform
- HELICOPTER
- SATELLITES
- SV Snow Vehicle
Instrument
- CORING DEVICES
- GPR Ground Penetrating Radar
Project
- ARCSS/LAII Arctic System Science/Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interaction
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 6 - 160 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 6 - 160 KB
Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel
Personnel
Wendy R. Eisner
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 513 556-3926
Fax: 1 513 556-3370
Email: wendy.eisner@uc.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Cincinnati
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geography, ML 131
- University of Cincinnati
- 2624 Clifton Avenue
City: Cincinnati
Province or State: OH
Postal Code: 45221
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-25
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