Ancient plant DNA, geochemical, macro- and microfossil studies of the lake sediments from the High Arctic lake Tenndammen, Svalbard

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These are data on multiproxy landscape and vegetation history of the high-Arctic lake Tenndammen and the valley Colesdalen, Svalbard. About 700-year detailed reconstruction of the vegetation dynamics and environmental changes inferred. Multi-proxy environmental indicators were studied, e.g. the sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA), pollen, spores, non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP), plant macrofossil remains, lithology, sediment luminescence and biogeochemistry. Age control was performed with thirteen 14C dates, 9 of those were reversed. Taking into account sediment structure that shows clear layers without notable turbation or lamination, and using data on spheroidal carbonaceous particles (SCP), portable quartz optically stimulated luminescence (pOSL) and feldspar infrared stimulated luminescence (pIRSL), history of 15 lake floods and 8 drying events was described. In total, 156 plant taxa (91 high plants and 65 bryophyts) were registered in the past palaeofloras. Overall, sedaDNA, pollen and macrofossil analysis provided very well corresponding data, those potentially can contribute to improve the overall knowledge about past floras and environmental dynamics in Svalbard and show positive perspectives for multi-proxy approach in the Arctic palaeoecology.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.942324
Related Identifier https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941940
Related Identifier https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941952
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Creator Poliakova, Anastasia ORCID logo; Håkansson, Lena M; Schomacker, Anders; Brown, Anthony G; Pastor, S G; Elvebakk, Arve; Kjellman, Sofia Elisabeth ORCID logo; Alsos, Inger Greve ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference The Research Council of Norway https://doi.org/10.13039/501100005416 Crossref Funder ID Grants (213692/F20, 230617/E10, and 296987/E50) https://www.fate-biodivscen.org Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethnoecology, contemporary ecology and ancient DNA
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 4 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (15.034 LON, 78.102 LAT)