Biogeochemistry analysis of sediment core Co1412 in the Yana Highlands

Abstract

The sediment succession of Lake Emanda in the Yana Highlands was investigated to reconstruct the regional late Quaternary climate and environmental history. Hydro-acoustic data obtained during a field campaign in 2017 show laminated sediments in the north-western and deepest (up to ~15 m) part of the lake, where a ~6-m-long sediment core (Co1412, latitude 65°17.6490N, longitude 135°45.5540E) was retrieved. The sediment core was studied with a multi-proxy approach including sedimentological and geochemical analyses. The chronology of Co1412 is based on 14C AMS dating on plant fragments from the upper 4.65 m and by extrapolation, suggesting a basal age of c. 57 cal. ka BP.Biogeochemistry analysis of sediment Co1412: TOC=total organic carbon (%), TN=total nitrogen (%), TOC/TN (atomic), TS=total sulphur (%), TIC=total inorganic carbon (%) data of sediment Co1412 against composite depth (cm) and age (cal. a BP)

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