Published September 21, 2021 | Version v1
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Microfossildataset "Alpine glacier reveals ecosystem impacts of Europe's prosperity and peril over the last millennium"

Creators

  • 1. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland; Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada 89502, USA
  • 2. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland; Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
  • 3. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
  • 4. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Institute of History, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
  • 5. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Physics Institute, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
  • 6. Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
  • 7. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
  • 8. U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA

Description

Full palynological dataset from Colle Gnifetti glacier in the Monte Rosa Massif (Swiss Alps; 45°55'45.7'' N, 7°52'30.5'' E; 4450m a.s.l.)

The dataset contains raw counts for pollen, ferns, NPP (Non-pollen palynomorphs), microscopic charcoal concentrations.

Ice core depths are given as m weq = meters waterequivalent.

Chronology is based on Jenk et al. (2009) and Sigl et al. (2018). "yr. BP" indicates "years before present" with "present" defined as 1950 CE.

Further information on the dataset is given in the paper "Alpine glacier reveals ecosystem impacts of Europe’s prosperity and peril over the last millennium" by Brugger et al. published in Geophysical Research Letters.

 

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Funding

Paleo fires from high-alpine ice cores CRSII2_154450
Swiss National Science Foundation

References

  • Article DOI: 10.1029/2021GL095039