Palynology and palaeothermometry data from Eocene sediments recovered by IODP Expedition 318. (NERC grant NE/I00646X/2)

The datasets consist of a spreadsheets containing sporomorph and biomarker data for 145 samples from Eocene sediments recovered by Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme Expedition 318. We studied palynology (pollen and dinocysts) and palaeothermometry based on Glycerol Dialkyal Glycerol Tetraethers (GDGTs) to a sedimentary record from the Wilkes Land margin, East Antarctica, recovered by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP Expedition 318 Site U1356). These data sets provide the framework for a terrestrial climate reconstruction for the early Eocene of Antarctica. Further details of the data and their interpretation may be found in Pross et al. (2012), doi:10.1038/nature11300 and Bijl et al. (2013), PNAS, doi/10.1073/pnas.1220872110 The associated NERC grant is NE/I00646X/1 and NE/I00646X/2.

Date (Publication): 2013-05

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607079

Point of contact

University of Utrecht - Dr Peter Bijl ( Faculty of Geosciences )

Heidelberglaan 2, Room 507 , Utrecht ,

Point of contact

University of Heidelberg - Prof. Dr. Jörg Pross ( Institute of Earth Sciences )

, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234 , Heidelberg ,

Point of contact

University of Birmingham - Dr James Bendle ( School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences )

Edgbaston , Birmingham , B15 2TT ,

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Geology

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Climatology
Palaeontology
Palynology
Organic geochemistry
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Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

WILKES LAND [id=897700]

Date (Creation): 1979

End date: 2013-05 Before

Supplemental Information: The associated NERC grant is NE/I00646X/1 and NE/I00646X/2. Pross et al., 2012:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7409/abs/nature11300.html#supplementary-information Bijl et al., 2013: http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2013/05/29/1220872110.DCSupplemental/pnas.201220872SI.pdf#nameddest=STXT

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

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OnLine resource: http://www.pnas.org/content/110/24/9645.short

OnLine resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11300

OnLine resource: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item72149

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Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass: No

Statement: Palynology: standard palynological and organic geochemical procedures of the Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology of Utrecht University, the G-MOL Laboratory (Glasgow University) and Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ were used to process samples for palynology and organic geochemistry. See the supplementaries of Pross et al (2012) and Bijl et al (2013) for extensive details on the sample work up, analytical methods and data processing.