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Data Publication

Lipid biomarker palaeothermometry and carbon isotope data for eleven lignites spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in North America

Jerrett, Rhodri | O’Connor, Lauren | Lengger, Sabine | Dearing Crampton-Flood, Emily | Price, Gregory | van Dongen, Bart | Davies, Marc

British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)

(2024)

The dataset consists of eleven spreadsheet tabs, each tab containing lipid biomarker palaeothermometry (air temperature reconstructions) and bulk organic carbon isotope data from individual lignites that are known to stratigraphically span the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary. Uncalibrated, raw biomarker distributions (glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers; GDGTs) are provided, as well as the calculated calibration outputs. Site coordinates are: West Bijou, Colorado (39°34'14''N, 104°18'09''W), Sussex, Wyoming (43°39'40"N, 106°19'06"W), Pyramid Butte, North Dakota (46°25'03''N, 103°58'33''W), Hell Creek Road, Montana (47°31'35"N, 106°56'23"W), Rock Creek West, Saskatchewan (49°02'20"N, 106°34'00"W), Wood Mountain Creek, Saskatchewan (49°25'20"N, 106°19'50"W), Frenchman Valley, Saskatchewan (49°20’56"N, 108°25’05"W), Knudesn’s Coulee, Alberta (51°54’27"N, 113°02’57"W) Griffith’s Farm, Alberta (51°54’47"N, 112°57’51"W), Coal Valley Cores (GSC CV-42-2, Cores 1 and 2), Alberta (53°05’02"N, 116°47’ 40"W) Police Island, Northwest Territories (64°52'42"N, 125°12'33"W).

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Cretaceous
Palaeogene
Maastrichtian
Paleocene
Danian
CretaceousPaleogene
mass extinction
coal
lignite
climate change
temperature
carbon cycle
stratigraphy
organic geochemistry
lipid biomarkers
branched GDGT
carbon isotopes
carbon13

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
Cretaceous
Maastrichtian
Paleocene
Danian
coal
lignite

MSL enriched keywords
Phanerozoic
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Upper/LateCretaceous
Maastrichtian
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Paleocene
Danian
sedimentary rock
coal
lignite
minerals
chemical elements
carbon
measured property
carbon (C)
organic carbon

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry


Source publisher

British Geological Survey - National Geoscience Data Centre (UKRI/NERC)


DOI

10.5285/bfe2a9be-768b-4fdc-bc73-93f9b166fb44


Authors

Jerrett, Rhodri

University of Manchester;

O’Connor, Lauren

University of Manchester;

Lengger, Sabine

Dearing Crampton-Flood, Emily

University of Manchester;

Price, Gregory

University of Plymouth;

van Dongen, Bart

University of Manchester;

Davies, Marc

University of Plymouth;


Citiation

Jerrett, R., O’Connor, L., Lengger, S., Dearing Crampton-Flood, E., Price, G., van Dongen, B., & Davies, M. (2024). Lipid biomarker palaeothermometry and carbon isotope data for eleven lignites spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in North America [Data set]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/BFE2A9BE-768B-4FDC-BC73-93F9B166FB44


Geo location(s)

West Bijou, Colorado

Sussex, Wyoming

Pyramid Butte, North Dakota

Hell Creek Road, Montana

Rock Creek West, Saskatchewan

Wood Mountain Creek, Saskatchewan

Frenchman Valley, Saskatchewan

Knudesn’s Coulee, Alberta

Coal Valley, Alberta

Griffith’s Farm, Alberta

Police Island, Northwest Territories