Geochemical and spectroscopic data on core samples from Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania
Dates
Publication Date
2024-02-14
Time Period
2017
Citation
Birdwell, J.E., and Ellis, G.S., 2024, Geochemical and spectroscopic data on core samples from Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1GYSKBS.
Summary
This data release contains geochemical and spectroscopic laboratory results associated with the journal article "Middle-Late Holocene paleolimnological changes in central Lake Tanganyika: Integrated evidence from the Kavala Island Ridge (Tanzania)". Data include bulk organic geochemistry, organic stable carbon isotope, and infrared spectroscopic analyses. Location for LT-TANG17-9B-1U-1: latitude: -5.952900, longitude: 29.639700. Coring site is located ~ 14 km offshore in ~ 420 m of water.
Summary
This data release contains geochemical and spectroscopic laboratory results associated with the journal article "Middle-Late Holocene paleolimnological changes in central Lake Tanganyika: Integrated evidence from the Kavala Island Ridge (Tanzania)". Data include bulk organic geochemistry, organic stable carbon isotope, and infrared spectroscopic analyses. Location for LT-TANG17-9B-1U-1: latitude: -5.952900, longitude: 29.639700. Coring site is located ~ 14 km offshore in ~ 420 m of water.
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Purpose
The data were used in an integrated geochemical, geochronological, and mineralogical study Lake Tanganyika at the Kavala Island Ridge in Tanzania. Samples were taken from a drill core with the goal of evaluating the response of the East African Rift Valley’s largest lake to the termination of the African Humid Period and other Holocene environmental shifts in the region.
