Late Quaternary Sr-Nd-Pb isotope composition of the siliciclastic sediment fraction of the marine sediment core PS72/287-3 from Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

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The Sr-Nd-Pb isotope composition of siliciclastic sediments from the marine sediment core PS72/287-3 from Barrow Strait was analyzed to identify changing sediment provenances during the last deglaciation and the Holocene. Barrow Strait was blocked by the confluent Laurentide and Innuitian ice sheets during the last glacial period and is hence very interesting to study deglaciation processes in the Canadian Arctic. Varying Sr and Nd isotope ratios during the deglacial period suggest changing sediment sources probably related to ice sheet dynamics and sediment transport processes. After the deglacial period, radiogenic isotope ratios evolved less variable, indicating just slight changes in sediment provenance related to more stable environmental conditions during the Holocene. Sample preparation and radiogenic isotope analysis were conducted in the laboratories of the Isotope Geochemistry Group at MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany. Sediment samples were leached using a NaOH-buffered solution of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and 15% acetic acid in order to separate the siliciclastic sediment fraction (adapted from Gutjahr et al. 2007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.021). Using a Thermo-Fisher Scientific TRITON Plus thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS), the isotope ratios were determined after the elements had been separated by column chemistry.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.962323
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108101
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Creator Hingst, Johanna ORCID logo; Stein, Ruediger ORCID logo; Kasemann, Simone A ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference German Research Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 221211316 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/221211316 GRK/IRTG 1904: ArcTrain - Processes and impacts of climate change in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 192 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-90.985 LON, 74.266 LAT); Northwestern Passages