Geochemical, pollen and bulk geochemistry record of MIS11-1 from Lake Petén Itzá (Sites PI-6, PI-1 and PI-7) Guatemala

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We present data on bulk density, inorganic geochemistry (Ti, Ca, Al, Mn, and Fe), pollen (Quercus, Moraceae, Pinus, tropicality index), and sediment geochemistry (TOC, TN, TOC/TN) from Lake Petén Itzá. In 2006, Lake Petén Itzá was drilled by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), obtaining seven lacustrine sediment records: PI-01, PI-02, PI-03, PI-04, PI-06, PI-07, and PI-09. Here, we present data from Sites PI-6 (17.00027°N, -89.78478°W), PI-1 (16.99951°N, -89.79566°W), and PI-7 (16.99539°N, -89.79474°W), located in the northern part of the lake. At the Continental Scientific Drilling Facility at the University of Minnesota, bulk density was analyzed using a GEOTEK multi-sensor core logger with gamma-ray attenuation, with measurements taken every 0.5 cm. Inorganic geochemistry data were obtained using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) with a Cox Analytical Itrax Core Scanner. Cores from PI-1 and PI-7 were measured with a Cr-tube at 30 kV, 55 mA, 15-second exposure, at 1-cm resolution. PI-6 sediments were measured with a Mo-tube at 30 kV, 20 mA, 30-second exposure, at 0.5-cm resolution. XRF data are presented in counts per second (cps). Subsequently, data were transformed to centered log-ratio (CLR). CLR values were obtained by dividing each element's concentration by the geometric mean of the elements measured at the same depth, then taking the natural logarithm of the ratio. CLR results have no units. Pollen data include a dataset of 39 samples from Site PI-6, previously published by Correa-Metrio et al. (2012), as well as new data from Sites PI-1 (189 samples) and PI-7 (47 samples) presented by Martínez-Abarca et al. (2024). For each sample, pollen abundances were converted into percentages of the pollen sum. A "tropicality index" was calculated as ln(Moraceae% + 1) / ln(Quercus% + Pinus% + 1). Bulk organic geochemistry includes measurements of total carbon (TC) and total nitrogen (TN) using a Carlo Erba NA1500 CNS analyzer. Total inorganic carbon (TIC) was measured coulometrically using a UIC (Coulometrics) 5014 CO2 coulometer coupled with an AutoMate Carbonate Preparation Device, with approximately 15 mg of sample used for analysis. Total organic carbon (TOC) was calculated by subtracting TIC from TC. TOC/TN ratios were calculated on a molar basis. Depth data correspond to the "Core composite depth below lake floor (CCLF)" or "Master composite depth (MCD)", which accounts for core recovery gaps and depth inconsistencies, while age data are based on the age-depth models presented by Martínez-Abarca et al. (2024).

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974166
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Creator Martínez-Abarca, Rodrigo ORCID logo; Bauersachs, Thorsten ORCID logo; Schenk, Frederik ORCID logo; Kutterolf, Steffen ORCID logo; Brenner, Mark (ORCID: 0000-0001-9837-012X); Guilderson, Thomas P ORCID logo; Correa-Metrio, Alexander ORCID logo; Anselmetti, Flavio S ORCID logo; Brown, Robert; Ariztegui, Daniel ORCID logo; Macario-González, Laura Anahí ORCID logo; Cruz-Silva, Esmeralda; Beltran-Martinez, Juan Carlos; Bush, Mark B ORCID logo; Stockhecke, Mona ORCID logo; Curtis, Jason H; Schwalb, Antje ORCID logo
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Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 235297191 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/235297191 Effects of Abrupt Climate Change on Ice Age Ecosystem of Lake Petén Itzá and on Distribution Patterns of Ostracodes across the Yucatán Peninsula; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 252760755 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/252760755 Tephrochronologie von lakustrinen Aschelagen in Sedimenten des Petén Itzá See: Implikationen für regionale Vulkanologie und das zentralamerikanische Paläoklima; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 439719305 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/439719305 Ursachen und Folgen von Klimaschwankung und hydrologischem Wandel in den nördlichen Neotropen während des letzten Glazial-/Interglazialzykluses; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 5448462 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/5448462 Paleoclimate and paleoecology of the northern lowland Neotropics, Phase I and II: Limnological survey of modern aquatic environments and paleoclimate reconstructions from fossil species assemblages recovered by the Lago Petén Itzá Scientific Drilling Proj; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID BA 3841/9-1 ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID KU2685/3-1 ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID SCHW671/16-1 ; National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Crossref Funder ID 0502030 https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0502030 Collaborative Research: Lake Peten-Itza Drilling Project, Guatemala: A Terrestrial Archive of Northern Neotropical Climate and Environmental Change for the Last Climate Cycle; Swedish Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004359 Crossref Funder ID 2020-01000 ; Swedish Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004359 Crossref Funder ID 2023-01631 ; Swiss National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001711 Crossref Funder ID 620066113
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Spatial Coverage (-89.796W, 16.995S, -89.785E, 17.000N)