Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

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Data Contributors EISNER, WENDY R. Parameters FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST LAND RECORDS > POLLEN OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > MICROFOSSILS OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > RADIOCARBON OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS > PEAT OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE ROCKS/MINERALS > AGE DETERMINATIONS SOILS > CARBON SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER > DRY ORGANIC DEPTH SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER > ORGANIC DEPTH SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER > WET ORGANIC DEPTH SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY SOILS > SOIL DEPTH SOILS > SOIL DEPTH > PEAT DEPTH VEGETATION > CARBON VEGETATION > POLLEN VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES Instruments CORING DEVICES GPR : GROUND PENETRATING RADAR

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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.

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Wendy R. Eisner. 2003. Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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