Catchment bulk geochemical analyses from Disko 1,2 & 4 lake catchments, Disko Island (West Greenland) collected in 2013 - arranged by broad sample material & species level catchment description

• Main Authors: Stevenson, Mark A, McGowan, Suzanne, Pearson, Emma J, Swann, George E A, Leng, Melanie J, Jones, Vivienne J, Bailey, Joseph J, Huang, Xianyu, Whiteford, Erika
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: Additional Funding; Arctic; Carbon/Nitrogen ratio; carbon isotope analysis; Disko_2_lake_catchment; Disko_4_lake_catchment; Disko Bay; Greenland; Disko Island; Element analyser CHN (ECS4010; Costech) coupled to a VG Triple Trap and a VG Optima dual-inlet mass spectrometer (MS); Event label; Hand trowel; Lake sediment; Organic Geochemistry; Sample comment; Sample material; TROW; δ13C; Kendrick; Arktis*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.927283

Plant, soil and algal rock scrape samples were taken in both April and August 2013 on Disko Island, West Greenland using a small trowel, placed into plastic bags, and subsequently transferred into glass vials for freeze drying, with samples powdered using a liquid nitrogen freezer mill and a pestle and mortar. Surface sediments were taken from the uppermost 0.5 cm interval of a HON-Kajak core from lakes Disko 1, 2, & 4. This dataset also includes core samples for comparison with catchment samples. Samples were analysed for carbon isotopes ( δ¹³C~org~) and C~org~/N ratios (including provision of TOC and N) using a Costech ECS4010 elemental analyser (EA) coupled to a VG Triple Trap and a VG Optima dual-inlet mass spectrometer (BGS, Keyworth). Analyses were completed as part of Mark A. Stevenson's PhD research while based at the University of Nottingham, UK (Stevenson, 2017, http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46579). Samples are arranged here by broad sample material and then species level catchment description (where relevant) for subsequent data exploration. Acknowledgements: Mark Stevenson gratefully acknowledges the receipt of a NERC/ESRC studentship (ES/J500100/1). We acknowledge grants IP-1393-1113 & IP-1516-1114 from the NERC Isotope Geosciences laboratory (NIGL) for the analysis of δ¹³Corg & C/N ratios on sediment, soil and plant samples. We thank Christopher Kendrick for technical support. Financial support for fieldwork was awarded via the INTERACT transnational access scheme (grant agreement No 262693) under the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme and UK RI NERC grant NE/K000276/1. Logistical support is acknowledged from University of Copenhagen Arktisk Station including Ole Stecher, Kjeld Mølgaard and Erik Wille.