# Rouer Peatland, Luxembourg, 14,000 Year Geochemical, Stable Isotope, and Pollen Data #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 4.0 # Encoding: UTF-8 # NOTE: Please cite original publication, NOAA Landing Page URL, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, study title, NOAA Landing Page URL, and date accessed. # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # NOAA_Landing_Page: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/34092 # Landing_Page_Description: # # Study_Level_JSON_Metadata: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/json/noaa-lake-34092.json # Study_Level_JSON_Description: JSON metadata of this data file's parent study, which includes all study metadata. # # Data_Type: Paleolimnology # # Dataset_DOI: 10.25921/f5rx-9c64 # # Science_Keywords: #-------------------- # Resource_Links # # Data_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/europe/luxembourg/rouer2021pollen.txt # Data_Download_Description: # # Supplemental_Download_Resource: # Supplemental_Description: # # Related_Online_Resource: # Related_Online_Description: # # Original_Source_URL: # Original_Source_Description: #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2021-09-10 #-------------------- # File_Last_Modified_Date # Date: 2021-09-10 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Rouer Peatland, Luxembourg, 14,000 Year Geochemical, Stable Isotope, and Pollen Data #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Schittek, K.; Teichert, L.; Geiger, K.; Knorr, K.-H.; Schneider, S. #-------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: Geochemical (titanium, iron, carbon, and nitrogen concentrations), stable isotopes (d13C and d15N), and pollen data with charcoal from sediments collected in the Rouer peatland, Luxembourg, for the past 14,000 years. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Karsten Schittek, Lelaina Teichert, Katrin Geiger, Klaus-Holger Knorr, Simone Schneider # Published_Date_or_Year: 2021-06-01 # Published_Title: A 14,000 year peatland record of environmental change in the southern Gutland region, Luxembourg # Journal_Name: The Holocene # Volume: 31 # Edition: # Issue: 6 # Pages: 1005-1018 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1177/0959683621994645 # Publication_Place: # Publisher: # ISBN: # Online_Resource: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683621994645 # Other_Reference_Details: # Full_Citation: # Abstract: A Late Pleistocene/Holocene paleoenvironmental record was obtained from the Rouer peatland (5 54'E, 49 45'N; 270 m a.s.l.), located in the Gutland area of southern Luxembourg. A total of six sediment samples were AMS radiocarbon-dated to obtain an age-depth model. XRF analyses and analyses of geochemical proxies of organic matter (TOC, TN, d13C, d15N) were conducted to identify major paleoenvironmental changes in the record. Pollen analysis reveals insights into the vegetation history throughout the last 14,000 cal. yr BP. The record offers unique insights into the evolution of local organic sediment/peat accumulation, as well as into the environmental history of the Gutland region and beyond. The accumulation of organic sediment and peat started at about 13,800 cal. yr BP before present. Until about 6000 cal. yr BP, periods of apparently stable climatic conditions had been interrupted repeatedly by pronounced episodes with increased input of minerogenic matter into the peat matrix (12,700-11,800 cal. yr BP; 11,500-11,300 cal. yr BP; 11,100-10,800 cal. yr BP; 9300 cal. yr BP; 8200 cal. yr BP), indicated by sudden increases of Ti/coh values. After 6000 cal. yr BP, environmental conditions stabilized. Between 4200 and 2800 cal. yr BP, during the Bronze Age, changes in the pollen spectrum indicate an increasing clearance of woodlands. Since the Roman period, an ongoing intensification of grassland farming and agriculture is evidenced. Lowest tree species abundances are witnessed during the Middle Ages. The Modern Era is characterized by enhanced sediment input due to soil erosion. In short, this record complements the Late Pleistocene/Holocene climatic history of the Gutland area and demonstrates that fen peat deposits can be valuable high-resolution paleoclimate archives. #-------------------- # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: Naturschutzsyndikat SICONA # Grant: #-------------------- # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: municipality of Redange, Luxembourg # Grant: #-------------------- # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: Department for the Environment of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development (MECDD), Luxembourg # Grant: #-------------------- # Site_Information # Site_Name: Rouer Peatland # Location: Europe>Western Europe>Luxembourg # Northernmost_Latitude: 49.75 # Southernmost_Latitude: 49.75 # Easternmost_Longitude: 5.9 # Westernmost_Longitude: 5.9 # Elevation_m: 270 #-------------------- # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Rouer2021pollen # Earliest_Year: 13188 # Most_Recent_Year: 51 # Time_Unit: Cal. Year BP # Core_Length_m: 4 # Parameter_Keywords: geochemistry, population abundance # Notes: Core Ro1A #-------------------- # Chronology_Information # Chronology: # Chronology: see age table in paper (Table 1) # Lab# coreDepth(cm) measured 14C measured error (±) # Poz-104047 53.25 750 30 # Poz-104048 75.25 1120 30 # Poz-104049 183.5 2485 30 # Poz-104050 281 7580 50 # Poz-104051 337.5 10610 50 # #-------------------- # Variables # # PaST_Thesaurus_Download_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS/past-thesaurus-v1.0.rdf # PaST_Thesaurus_Download_Description: Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus terms, definitions, and relationships in SKOS format. # # Variables format: Short_name what,material,error,units,seasonality,data_type,detail,method,data_format,additional_information # ## Depth depth, , , centimeter, , paleolimnology; pollen; fire history, , ,N, ## Year age, , , calendar year before present, , paleolimnology; pollen; fire history, , ,N, ## Alnus% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Alnus (%); excluded from the pollen sum ## Salix% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Salix (%); excluded from the pollen sum ## Cyp% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Cyperaceae (%); excluded from the pollen sum ## Caltha% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Caltha (%); excluded from the pollen sum ## Lemna% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Lemna (%); excluded from the pollen sum ## Pinus% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Pinus (%) ## Betula% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Betula (%) ## Cory% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Corylus (%) ## Ulmus% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Ulmus (%) ## Tilia% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Tilia (%) ## Quercus% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Quercus (%) ## Fag% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Fagus (%) ## Carp% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Carpinus (%) ## Frax% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Fraxinus (%) ## Picea% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Picea (%) ## Castanea% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Castanea (%) ## Poa% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Poaceae (%) ## Apia% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Apiaceae (%) ## Arte% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Artemisia (%) ## A.Cicho% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Asteraceae Cichorium-type (%) ## A.Senecio% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Asteraceae Senecio-type (%) ## A.liguli% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Asteraceae liguliflorae (%) ## Brassica% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Brassicaceae (%) ## Caryo% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Caryophyllaceae (%) ## Cheno% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Chenopodiaceae (%) ## Galium% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Galium (%) ## Linum% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Linum (%) ## Ranun% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Ranunculaceae (%) ## Rubi% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Rubiaceae (%) ## Scro% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Scrophulariaceae (%) ## Sola% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Solanaceae (%) ## Planta% pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, Plantago, undiff. (%) ## other pollen, peat, , percent, ,paleolimnology; pollen, , ,N, other pollen types (%) ## CHAR charcoal, peat, , count per square centimeter per year, , paleolimnology; fire history, , ,N, charcoal accumulation rate (n/cm2/yr) # #-------------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing_Values: NA # Depth Year Alnus% Salix% Cyp% Caltha% Lemna% Pinus% Betula% Cory% Ulmus% Tilia% Quercus% Fag% Carp% Frax% Picea% Castanea% Poa% Apia% Arte% A.Cicho% A.Senecio% A.liguli% Brassica% Caryo% Cheno% Galium% Linum% Ranun% Rubi% Scro% Sola% Planta% other CHAR 15 51.41 1.92 5.69 23.91 0.84 0 13.7 3.13 1.44 0 0.24 10.1 0.48 1.44 1.44 1.68 0 28.37 1.44 0 18.51 2.88 2.88 4.57 0.24 0.48 0.24 1.44 0 0 0.96 0.48 0 1 2 19 121.21 1.38 2.8 36.41 0.16 0 4.42 2.76 7.18 0 0 7.18 0 0.55 2.21 0.55 0 35.64 2.76 0 13.81 4.42 3.04 7.73 1.1 0.55 0.55 0 0 0 2.76 0.55 0.66 0.82 3.4 23 190.69 1.28 1.55 18.21 0 0 7.28 1.28 1.71 0 0 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