Coring Data from Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

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Data Contributors BOCKHEIM, JAMES G. Parameters FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE > ICE CONTENT SOILS > CARBON > CARBON DENSITY SOILS > CARBON > TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON SOILS > CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY SOILS > NITROGEN > TOTAL ORGANIC NITROGEN SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER > ORGANIC LAYER THICKNESS SOILS > SOIL BULK DENSITY SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY > ALUMINUM SATURATION SOILS > SOIL CHEMISTRY > BASE SATURATION SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION SOILS > SOIL COLOR > MUNSELL SOIL COLOR SOILS > SOIL DEPTH SOILS > SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT SOILS > SOIL PH SOILS > SOIL TEXTURE > TEXTURAL CLASS VEGETATION > POLLEN VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER Instruments MASS SPECTROMETERS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

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This data set includes measurements and observations taken from drained thaw-lake basin (DTLB) cores retrieved from Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska in April and August of 2001 through 2003. Investigators selected young, medium, old, and ancient DTLBs to collect data from by surveying their vegetation. DTLBs become sites for the accumulation of organic carbon as peat deposits. With this research, investigators aimed to estimate the amount of carbon sequestered in drained basins, supplement current knowledge of the basic processes governing these important elements of the northern Alaskan landscape, and provide new information on landscape-scale response to climate change.

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James G. Bockheim. 2006. Coring Data from Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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