Lipid biomarker palaeothermometry and carbon isotope data for eleven lignites spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in North America

The dataset consists of eleven spreadsheet tabs, each tab containing lipid biomarker palaeothermometry (air temperature reconstructions) and bulk organic carbon isotope data from individual lignites that are known to stratigraphically span the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary. Uncalibrated, raw biomarker distributions (glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers; GDGTs) are provided, as well as the calculated calibration outputs. Site coordinates are: West Bijou, Colorado (39°34'14'N, 104°18'09'W), Sussex, Wyoming (43°39'40"N, 106°19'06"W), Pyramid Butte, North Dakota (46°25'03'N, 103°58'33'W), Hell Creek Road, Montana (47°31'35"N, 106°56'23"W), Rock Creek West, Saskatchewan (49°02'20"N, 106°34'00"W), Wood Mountain Creek, Saskatchewan (49°25'20"N, 106°19'50"W), Frenchman Valley, Saskatchewan (49°20’56"N, 108°25’05"W), Knudesn’s Coulee, Alberta (51°54’27"N, 113°02’57"W) Griffith’s Farm, Alberta (51°54’47"N, 112°57’51"W), Coal Valley Cores (GSC CV-42-2, Cores 1 and 2), Alberta (53°05’02"N, 116°47’ 40"W) Police Island, Northwest Territories (64°52'42"N, 125°12'33"W).

Date (Creation): 2024-01-13

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608174

Originator

University of Manchester - Rhodri Jerrett

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Originator

University of Manchester - Lauren O’Connor

Originator

University of Plymouth - Sabine Lengger

Originator

University of Manchester - Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood

Originator

University of Plymouth - Gregory Price

Originator

University of Manchester - Bart van Dongen

Originator

University of Plymouth - Marc Davies

Distributor

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Geology

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Lignite
Palaeogene
Biomarkers
Citable Data
Carbon cycle
Cretaceous
Paleocene
NGDC Deposited Data
Climate change
Coal
Organic geochemistry
Stratigraphy
Carbon isotopes
Temperature

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Keywords

NERC_DDC

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2011-07-01

End date: 2023-12-31

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Distribution format

Microsoft Excel (XLSX) ()

Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries

OnLine resource: Data ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

OnLine resource: Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
Jerrett, R., O’Connor, L., Lengger, S., Dearing Crampton-Flood, E., Price, G., van Dongen, B., Davies, M. (2024). Lipid biomarker palaeothermometry and carbon isotope data for eleven lignites spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in North America. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/bfe2a9be-768b-4fdc-bc73-93f9b166fb44

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Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Pass: No

Statement: Methods for the production of this data are reported in O’Connor et al. (2023). Data for all sites (except Wood Mountain Creek) were generated using the same method as for Rock Creek West (O’Connor et al., 2023). The method for the production of data at Wood Mountain Creek are also outlined in O’Connor et al. (2023). Reference: O’Connor et al., 2023, Geology, 51, 486 (10.1130/G50588.1).