Multi-proxy dataset from a snow petrel stomach-oil deposit 1401MUM1 of the Theron Mountains, Weddell Sea

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We present a multi-proxy dataset from a snow petrel stomach-oil deposit, 1401MUM1, from the Theron Mountains (-79.049, -28.329), eastern Weddell Sea region. 1401MUM1 was collected as part of a NERC-funded expedition (2015) from the Theron Mountains, a mountain range in Coats Land. The aim of the analysis is to investigate snow petrel diet during the last 2 ka (late Holocene) and in turn to infer changing sea-ice conditions in the eastern Weddell Sea sector of the Southern Ocean (Penny et al. Antarctic Science, submitted). The data includes results from lipid biomarker analysis (fatty acids, sterols and fatty alcohols), bulk stable isotope compositions (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) (Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, U.K) and non-destructive XRF trace element concentrations (GeoTek Core Scanner, Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, U.K). The age-depth model is constrained by eight new radiocarbon dates (SUERC - Centre for the Isotope Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K; University of California-Irvine, California, U.S.A).

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995091
Related Identifier IsSupplementTo https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102026100662
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Creator Penny, Claire ORCID logo; Bentley, Michael J ORCID logo; Hodgson, Dominic A; Gröcke, Darren R ORCID logo; Graham, Alice; McClymont, Erin L ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 864637 doi:10.3030/864637 ANTarctic Sea Ice Evolution from a novel biological archive (ANTSIE); Leverhulme Trust https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000275 Crossref Funder ID RL-2019-023 https://antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/ Unlocking evidence for Antarctic sea-ice evolution from a novel biological archive, Web: , Award: Philip Leverhulme Research Leadership Award,; Natural Environment Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270 Crossref Funder ID NE/K003674/1 https://gotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_full.asp?pcode=NE%2FK003674%2F1 Reducing the uncertainty in estimates of the sea level contribution from the westernmost part of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 6 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-28.262 LON, -79.039 LAT)