n-Alkane composition from the Loess Paleosol Sequence Möhlin, Switzerland

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We have measured leaf wax n-Alkanes from a Loess Paleosol Sequence (location: 47.56819 / 7.88053) ranging back to MIS 4. The data set contains n-Alkane patterns, Deuterium and Radiocarbon.We also present some calculations, derived from the Patterns:Average chain length gives a hint whether trees/shrubs or grasses were the dominant vegetation. The higher the value, the higher the contribution of grasses.ACL=(27 x nC_27+29 x nC_29+31 x nC_31+33 x nC_33)/(nC_27+nC_29+nC_31+nC_33 )OEP is a marker for degradation. The higher the values, the less degraded are the n-alkanes.OEP=(nC_27+nC_29+nC_31+nC_33)/(nC_26+nC_28+nC_30+nC_32 )For more information, further calculations and discussion see the related manuscript.

Supplement to: Wüthrich, Lorenz; Bliedtner, Marcel; Schäfer, Imke Kathrin; Zech, Jana; Shajari, Fatemeh; Gaar, Dorian; Preusser, Frank; Salazar, Gary; Szidat, Sönke; Zech, Roland (2017): Late Quaternary climate and environmental reconstruction based on leaf wax analyses in the loess sequence of Möhlin, Switzerland. E&G - Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart - Quaternary Science Journal, 66(2), 91-100

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.884114
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-66-91-2017
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.884114
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Creator Wüthrich, Lorenz ORCID logo; Bliedtner, Marcel ORCID logo; Schäfer, Imke Kathrin; Zech, Jana; Shajari, Fatemeh; Gaar, Dorian; Preusser, Frank ORCID logo; Salazar, Gary ORCID logo; Szidat, Sönke ORCID logo; Zech, Roland
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2017
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 673 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (7.881 LON, 47.568 LAT); Switzerland