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geoscientificInformation

Other Subject Keywords

Lake Tanganyika, East African Rift, sediment geochemistry, isotopes, Tanzania

Place Keywords

Lake Tanganyika, East African Rift, Tanzania

Geochemical and spectroscopic data on core samples from Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania

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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Author(s) Justin E Birdwell orcid, Geoffrey S Ellis orcid
Publication Date 2024-02-14
Beginning Date of Data 2017
Ending Date of Data 2017
Data Contact
Justin E Birdwell
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P1GYSKBS
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.
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Christa D Chavez
Metadata Date 2024-02-14
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