Granulometry and bulk geochemistry of nearshore sediments, Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada ...

• Main Authors: Radosavljevic, Boris, Lantuit, Hugues, Plessen, Birgit, Knoblauch, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Latitude of event; Longitude of event; UTM Northing, Universal Transverse Mercator; UTM Easting, Universal Transverse Mercator; Date/Time of event; Event label; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Transect; Area/locality; Comment; Distance; Description; Nitrogen, total; Carbon, total; Sulfur, total; Carbon, organic, total; δ13C, organic carbon; Sample type; Texture; Sediment type; Grain size, mean; Sorting; Skewness; Kurtosis; Grain size description; Sorting description; Skewness description; Kurtosis description; Mode, grain size; Percentile 10; Percentile 50; Percentile 90; Ratio; Difference; Gravel; Sand; Size fraction < 0.063 mm, mud, silt+clay; Size fraction 64-32 mm, very coarse gravel, pebble; Size fraction 30-10 mm, coarse gravel, pebble; Size fraction 16-8 mm, medium gravel; Size fraction 8.0-4.0 mm, fine gravel; Size fraction 4.0-2.0 mm, very fine gravel, granule; Size fraction 2.000-1.000 mm, -1.0-0.0 phi, very coarse sand; Size fraction 1.000-0.500 mm, 0.0-1.0 phi, coarse sand; Size fraction 0.500-0.250 mm, 1.0-2.0 phi, medium sand; Size fraction 0.250-0.125 mm, 2.0-3.0 phi, fine sand; Size fraction 0.125-0.063 mm, 3.0-4.0 phi, very fine sand; Size fraction 0.063-0.032 mm, 4.0-5.0 phi, very coarse silt; Size fraction 0.032-0.016 mm, 5.0-6.0 phi, coarse silt; Size fraction 0.016-0.008 mm, 6.0-7.0 phi, medium silt; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Coulter; Van Veen; Pauline Cove; Workboat Passage; Herschel
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.859116; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.859116

This dataset contains the results of granulometric and bulk geochemical analyses of Van Veen surface samples obtained by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in the course of the 2012 and 2013 summer field seasons.The sampling was performed along transects in depths generally <13 m, to a distance of about <5 km off Herschel Island. In 2012, 75 samples in Pauline Cove and in the vicinity of Simpson Point were obtained. Sample collection was expanded in 2013, on transects established the previous year, with additional locations in Tetris Bay and Workboat Passage. Samples consisted of approximately 100 g of the top 3-6 cm of sediment, and were frozen in the field and freeze dried at the AWI before undergoing analytical procedures. Sample locations were recorded with the onboard global positioning system (GPS) unit.Grain size distributions in our study were obtained using laser diffractometry at the AWI (Beckman Coulter LS200) on the <1 mm fraction of samples oxidized with 30% H2O2 until effervescence ... : This work was funded by the Helmholtz Association (grant no. VH-NG-801 to Hugues Lantuit). ...