Compound-specific oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in soils from South Africa and results of the coupled δ2H–δ18O paleohygrometer approach

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Here we present the data of the study by Strobel et al. (2020; doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137045), who analysed topsoil samples from South Africa for their compound-specific hydrogen isotopic composition of leaf wax-derived n-alkanes (δ2Hn-alkane) and oxygen isotopic composition of hemicellulose-derived sugars (δ18Osugar). Apparent fractionation, which is the difference between δ2Hn-alkane and the isotopic signature of growing season precipitation δ2Hp (εapp 2H) and δ18Osugar and δ18Op (εapp 18O), was calculated. Coupling both δ2Hn-alkane and δ18O sugar using a 'paleohygrometer' approach enables the calculation of the plants-source water and relative humidity. For more details see Strobel et al. (2020; doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137045).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935599
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137045
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Creator Strobel, Paul ORCID logo; Haberzettl, Torsten ORCID logo; Bliedtner, Marcel ORCID logo; Struck, Julian ORCID logo; Glaser, Bruno; Zech, Michael ORCID logo; Zech, Roland
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2021
Funding Reference German Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 434918595 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/434918595 Late Quaternary climate and environmental reconstruction based on lake and peat sediments from South Africa
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 791 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (18.418W, -34.809S, 24.264E, -32.278N); South Africa