Alkane, fatty acid, total (organic) carbon and nitrogen distribution in ancient permafrost deposits at the Batagay Megaslump, East Siberia

• Main Authors: Jongejans, Loeka Laura, Mangelsdorf, Kai, Karger, Cornelia, Strauss, Jens
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: alkanes; Arctic Siberia; AWI_Paleo; Biomarkers; carbon mobilization; fatty acids; frozen ground; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI; thaw slump; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere; Thermokarst; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.950124; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.950124

These datasets describe sediment samples taken from the Batagay megaslump, located in Yana Uplands in northeastern Siberia. Most sediment samples were taken from the slump headwall (B19-P1) by rapelling down on a rope from the slump surface and taking samples with a hole saw (diameter 55 mm, 40 mm d...