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The data compilation includes the first occurrence of G. huxleyi and other species of Gephyrocapsa as revealed by Quaternary sediment samples from the world oceans. This new synthesis includes previously published data, all with rigorous relationships of their emergence events with marine isotope stages based on good quality oxygen isotope stratigraphy and/or astronomical tuning from each sediment core.
This project aims to characterize, map, analyze and date recently discovered loess-palaeosol sequences from NE Armenia. These sequences have proved to be especially rewarding because of their thickness (up to 45 m) and the presence of diagnostic tephra layers. The project seeks to derive a standard profile for NE Armenia and thus for the Lesser Caucasus. We will use luminescence technologies to date the loess sections, environmental magnetism to understand soil development, mineralogy to constrain provenance and weathering-potential, and terrestrial Mollusca and biomarkers to evaluate different vegetation formations.
This dataset provides geochemical data from from the Quaternary Chachimbiro Volcanic Complex (CVC), situated in the Western Cordillera of Ecuador, Northern Andes (0.468°N, 78.287°W). The CVC is subdivided into 4 eruptive stages (CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4) ranging in age between ~400 and ~4 ka ago (Bellver-Baca et al., 2020). The CH1 stage consists of andesitic flows erupted between 405.7 ± 20.0 and 298.6 ± 32.9 ka with collapse of the pre-existing cone at the end of the effusive period (File #1). The following CH2 stage (121.75 ± 23.2 -36.08 ± 2.8 ka) consists of andesitic to dacitic domes and pyroclastic rocks which also suffered a collapse event as shown by the scar and the uprooted domes in the hillside of the edifice (File #1). The CH3 unit (36.08 ± 0.28 – 22.73 ± 0.12 ka) consists of two main andesitic to dacitic domes (Hugá and Albují: H and A, respectively, in File #1) and effusive rocks. CH4 consists of a volumetrically small rhyodacitic pyroclastic unit which was produced by a lateral blast dated at 5.5-5.8 ky ago. A younger pyroclastic episode (<4.15 ka ago) has been related to the Pucará dome (Comida, 2012), but rocks of this event have not been investigated in the present study. The bulk rock and mineral data are used to reconstruct the plumbing system beneath the CVC during its ~400 ka long lifetime. Since the temporal geochemical evolution of CVC bulk rocks towards higher values of adakite-like indices (e.g., Sr/Y, La/Yb) bears strong similarities to that of magmatic systems associated with supergiant porphyry copper deposits, these data may serve to better understand how adakite-like signatures are acquired in fertile arc magmatic systems with metallogenic implications. Files included are: • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_Table-1_Sample-overview: sample overview table with coordinates of and type of analyses carried out on each sample (Table #1) • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_1_map: a geological map with location of investigated samples (File #1) • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_2_WholeRocks: geochemical and radiogenic isotope data on bulk rocks (File #2). • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_3_Pyroxene: contains microprobe and LA-ICP-MS major and trace element analyses of clino- and orthopyroxenes from the CVC and P-T conditions retrieved from clinopyroxene compositions (File #3) • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_4_Amphibole: contains microprobe and LA-ICP-MS major and trace element analyses of amphiboles from the CVC and P-T-H2Omelt, fO2 conditions retrieved from amphibole compositions (File #4). • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_5_Plagioclase: contains microprobe and LA-ICP-MS major and trace element analyses of plagioclases from the CVC (File #5). • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_6_Equilibrium tests: reports the calculations to retrieve pressure and temperature data from clinopyroxene-melt equilibrium and clinopyroxene-only composition (File #6). • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_7_CPX_Thermo_Barometry: reports the calculations to obtain P-T conditions from clinopyroxene-orthopyroxene equilibria in the same thin section (File #7). • 2024-018_Chiaradia-et-al_File_8_Cpx_Opx_Thermo_Barometry: reports the equilibrium tests between minerals (clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, amphibole) and host rock compositions and the P-T values retrieved by clinopyroxene and amphibole analyses that passed the test (File #8). Associated RStudio Scripts are available as https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2025.010 (Chiarada, 2025).
This dataset includes paleomagnetic and rock magnetic analyses from four sediment cores collected on continental slope of Storfjorden (EG-02, EG-03, SV-04) and Kveithola (GeoB17603-3) trough‐mouth fans and two cores collected at the crest of the Bellsund (GS191-01PC) and Isfjorden (GS191-02PC) sediment drifts (NW Barents Sea). The dataset gave the opportunity to reconstruct variation of past geomagnetic field at high latitude for the last 22 kya and define the path of the virtual geomagnetic pole (VGP). Data are presented as two metadata table: one with definitions of the column heads and one with the core details; six tables with the data on the measured rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters and 3 tables with the results of data analyses and elaboration. In order to define high-resolution correlation between the cores the along-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters (Sagnotti et al., 2011; Caricchi et al., 2018; Caricchi et al., 2019) have been integrated with the distribution of characteristic lithofacies (Lucchi et al., 2013), and the available age constraints (Sagnotti et al., 2011; Caricchi et al., 2018, Caricchi et al., 2019; Caricchi et al., 2020). Core to core correlation has been reconstructed by means of the StratFit software (Sagnotti and Caricchi, 2018), which is based on the Excel forecast function and linear regression between subsequent couples of selected tie-points. The data are presented as one Excel sheet with eleven tables and in tab-delimited ASCII format in the zip folder: 2022-028_Caricchi-et-al_data-txt.zip.
The Quaternary Drilling at the Rehhag under the supervision of members of the Institut für Geologie (QDR-RE-IfG) was interested in the unconsolidated sediment infill of a bedrock trough in the Northern Alpine Foreland (NAF). Such bedrock troughs, now hidden beneath their sediment infill and/or in lakes, occur in formerly and currently glaciated areas, and are linked to increased glacial erosion. The base of these bedrock troughs is located beneath today's base level, which puts them beyond fluvial erosion, and this is why they are referred to as over-deepenings. Such overdeepenings can be found in the vicinity of the Alps which includes the NAF. After the formation or re-occupation of such overdeepenings by glacier ice these troughs provide accommodation space for the deposition of sediments. Hence, overdeepenings are likely to preserve sediments through glacial-interglacial cycles. As erosive agents, glaciers re-shape landscapes, and excavate and re-use sediments of previous glaciations which makes the preservation of intact sedimentary sequences through multiple glacial cycles unlikely. These repeated cut-and-fill cycles limit the Quaternary sedimentary record and make the investigation of the number and chronology of Quaternary glacial-interglacial cycles difficult. Overdeepenings, however, can preserve fractionated and probably intact sedimentary sequences throughout multiple glaciations. Hence, accessing the sediment infill of overdeepened bedrock troughs through core drillings provides insight into phases of the Quaternary at locations where formerly little information was available. To gain new insight into the Mid- to Late-Pleistocene sedimentary record in the Bern area (Switzerland) the drilling QDR-RE-IfG was conducted in Bern-Bümpliz, where a minor branch of the Aare Valley overdeepening is located in which Quaternary sediments at least 150 ka in age were expected. In Bern-Bümpliz, at the Rehhag, the uppermost 30 m of the sedimentary succession are accessible in an abandoned clay pit. The drilling reached 211.5 m driller's depth, recovering 208.5 m of unconsolidated sediment and, below a sharp contact, 3 m of Miocene Molasse bedrock. The recovery of intact core from unconsolidated sediment is challenging. Nevertheless, 92.3% of the core material was recovered in 1 m-long plastic liners in pristine condition. As the drilling reached the bedrock it is the first scientific drilling that recovered the full sedimentary suite in a part of the Aare Valley overdeepening. Within the sedimentary succession two sequences (A = lower, B = upper) were identified. Each of the sequences is initiated by the deposition of glacial till that is overlain by lacustrine or glacio-lacustrine sediments. First luminescence ages indicate a depositional age between 250 and 340 ka for sequence B. The drill core was transported from the drill site to the Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, where it was analyzed and sampled. The first step in the analysis was scanning the whole core contained in the liners on a Multi Sensor Core Logger (MSCL; Geotek Ltd.) which provided measurements of the core (γ-)density, p-wave velocity and magnetic susceptibility. The liners were then opened under light sensitive conditions, the cores split in half to allow their macroscopic description, and one half was sealed from light and other alterating influences. After the description, the core was documented with a digital line scanner on the MSCL. After the documentation, a vane meter was used to determine the shear strength of the material and samples for pollen analysis, analysis of the carbon content, provenance analysis, and the measurement of cosmogenic nuclides 10Be and 26Al were extracted. This report provides limited information about the drilling operation, describes the available datasets form scanning and sample analysis, and the results of the first data processing as well as the tools used in the data analysis.
The datasets include grain-size, color, and geochemical results of sediment samples from one loess-paleosol sequence (LPS) located in southwestern Germany. The Attenfeld profile (48° 46'39.828 N; 11° 11'43.188 E; 424 m asl) is situated in a former quarry (Tertiary sands) that is used as a landfill. It is located around 4 km north of the Danube River and about 25 km west of Ingolstadt within the Franconian Jura's southern extent. In 2015, sediment samples were taken consciously in a 5-cm resolution for further laboratory analyses from the surface to a depth of 3 m. We analyzed the grain-size distribution of the <2000 µm fraction with a laser diffraction particle size analyzer (LS13320, Beckman Coulter and conducted color measurements using a spectrophotometer (Konica Minolta CM-5). The element concentration of the <63 µm fraction was determined with an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometer (SPECTRO XEPOS, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH) in a helium surrounding. The total carbon (TC) contents were quantified by thermal conductivity using a CHNS-Analyzer (HECAtech EuroEA3000). The carbonate content as an equivalent to calcium carbonate was volumetrically measured using a calcimeter on bulk samples (air-dried, homogenized, and sieved at 2000 µm) and expressed as CaCO3. Organic carbon (Corg) was calculated by Corg = TC – (CaCO3*0.12). The dataset covers the last interglacial-glacial cycle and was analyzed under the aspects of the environmental dynamics, paleosol developments, wind intensities, and the role of geomorphological settings on the preservation of LPS.
Two loess-paleosol sequences from the Heilbronn Basin in southwestern Germany, Frankenbach and Talheim, have been investigated to gain information about environmental conditions during the last interglacial-glacial cycle. Since paleoenvironmental research on terrestrial archives is crucial for understanding past climatic and environmental conditions, the profiles were studied using a multi-proxy approach. Applied methods include the analyses of grain-size distribution, element concentrations, color data, and rock magnetism. The data reveal that the two profiles show large variations in conservation due to their different geomorphologic positions. Moreover, the results imply a subarctic climate with stable conditions during the Middle Pleniglacial (MIS 3) in-situ soil formation phase. At the same time, the Lower Pleniglacial (MIS 4) was characterized by erosion and reworking of Eemian and Early Glacial (MIS 5) material but also by the accumulation of aeolian material during the late Lower Pleniglacial (MIS 4) in Frankenbach. The results further suggest that the Rhine River floodplain has been a major source for the accumulated material in the two profiles, which indicates westerly wind directions during the time of accumulation. The low GSI and U-Ratio of Upper Pleniglacial (MIS 2) sediments, supported by the overall high content of fine material, imply a larger distance to the source area. We give an overview of loess in the Heilbronn Basin and place it in a wider context of loess in Western Europe.
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