Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS089 Summary This data set contains Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska data. These data contain 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 vegetation 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. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.ARCSS089 * doi:10.5065/D67P8WHH https://doi.org/10.5065/D67P8WHH Versions 1.0 Citation Eisner, W., Eisner, W. 2009. Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Version 1.0 [PRELIMINARY]. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D67P8WHH Accessed 19 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: other * Language: English Grant Code 9911122 ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Active Layer/Permafrost * Arctic * Land Character * Paleoclimatology * Vegetation Platforms * Field Surveys Instruments * Sediment Corers GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT * EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > LAND RECORDS > ISOTOPES * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL BULK DENSITY * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE Documentation * documentation.txt [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41AB14E58D9/documentation.txt * readme.txt [5 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41AB14E52E6/readme.txt Related links * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D67P8WHH * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2000-08-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2001-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.3136 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.9055 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -157.1418 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -155.5474 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Wendy R. Eisner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/771 Additional contact information * originator: Wendy R. Eisner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/771 * author: Wendy R. Eisner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/771 * principalInvestigator: Wendy R. Eisner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/771 * principalInvestigator: Kenneth M. Hinkel https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/107 * principalInvestigator: Robert Frohn https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1704 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS089?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS089?format=isotc211