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Description: Site U1456 (location: 16°37.28′N, 68°50.33′E; length: 1109.4 m) was drilled at a water depth of 3640 m within the Laxmi Basin in the eastern Arabian Sea duirng International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 355. We here focus on the upper 82.02 m core composite depth below seafloor (CCSF) at Site U1456, deposited since ~700 ka. Sr-Nd isotopic compositions of the clay-sized detrital sediment fractions (12 samples) and concentrations of the total organic carbon (TOC, 101 samples), total nitrogen (TN, 101 samples), and biogenic silica (BSi, 101 samples) were analyzed using a thermal ionization mass spectrometer (Phoenix), a Carlo Erba Elemental Analyzer (1108), a CO2 Coulometer (CM5014), and a wet alkaline extraction method.

Description: The data presented is a unique ten+ year data record obtained from in-situ measurements in steep bedrock permafrost in an Alpine environment on the Matterhorn Hörnligrat, Zermatt, Switzerland at 3500 m a.s.l. during the time period 2008-2018 by the PermaSense project. This data set constitutes the longest, densest and most diverse data record in the history of mountain permafrost research worldwide with 17 different sensor types used at 29 distinct sensor locations consisting of over 114.5 million data points captured over the past decade. By documenting and sharing this data in this form we contribute to making our past research reproducible and facilitate future research based on this data e.g. in the area of analysis methodology, comparative studies, assessment of change in the environment, natural hazard warning and the development of process models (code for generating, processing and validating this data set is published on Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2542715, 2019). This data set provides primary data products as well as derived data products: GNSS raw data: GNSS observables in the form of daily RINEX 2.11 files GNSS derived data products: Daily positions computed using double-differencing GNSS processing Timelapse images: High-resolution visible light images Timeseries data raw: Per-year and location files or raw sampled data: Weather station, ground temperature, ground resistivity, fracture displacement and inclinometer data Timeseries derived data products: Cleaned and aggregated hourly values of the above Timeseries sanity plots: Standardized plots to obtain a visual overview and check data All data contained in this data set including updates to newer data can also be retrieved using the toolset available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2542715, 2019 from the online PermaSense data repository at http://data.permasense.ch.

Description: This file includes pollen content, Titatnium (XRF), and grain-size data from the STP18-03 core obtained from the Miryang region in the Korean Peninsula.

Description: Redox-sensitive trace metals (Mn, Fe, U, Mo, Re), nutrients and terminal metabolic products (NO3-, NH4+, PO43-, total alkalinity) were for the first time investigated in pore waters of Antarctic coastal sediments. The results of this study reveal a high spatial variability in redox conditions in surface sediments from Potter Cove, King George Island, western Antarctic Peninsula. Particularly in the shallower areas of the bay the significant correlation between sulphate depletion and total alkalinity, the inorganic product of terminal metabolism, indicates sulphate reduction to be the major pathway of organic matter mineralisation. In contrast, dissimilatory metal oxide reduction seems to be prevailing in the newly ice-free areas and the deeper troughs, where concentrations of dissolved iron of up to 700 µM were found. We suggest that the increased accumulation of fine-grained material with high amounts of reducible metal oxides in combination with the reduced availability of metabolisable organic matter and enhanced physical and biological disturbance by bottom water currents, ice scouring and burrowing organisms favours metal oxide reduction over sulphate reduction in these areas. Based on modelled iron fluxes we calculate the contribution of the Antarctic shelf to the pool of potentially bioavailable iron (Feb) to be 6.9x10**3 to 790x10**3 t/yr. Consequently, these shelf sediments would provide an Feb flux of 0.35-39.5/mg/m**2/yr (median: 3.8 mg/m**2/yr) to the Southern Ocean. This contribution is in the same order of magnitude as the flux provided by icebergs and significantly higher than the input by aeolian dust. For this reason suboxic shelf sediments form a key source of iron for the high nutrient-low chlorophyll (HNLC) areas of the Southern Ocean. This source may become even more important in the future due to rising temperatures at the WAP accompanied by enhanced glacier retreat and the accumulation of melt water derived iron-rich material on the shelf.

Description: Computed Tomography DICOM images of core CE18011_VC2 acquired from the western Porcupine Bank (Latitude 51.9765, Longitude -15.037) on board the RV Celtic Explorer using the Holland 1 Remotely Operated Vehicle during the Cold-Water Coral Habitats in Submarine Canyons (CoCoHaCa) cruise campaign (cruise code - CE18011_VC2). Images acquired using a GE Revolution HD 64 slice computer tomography scanner at the Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland (11.09.2018). Data were acquired with an X-ray source voltage of 120 kV and a current of 600 mA. The acquired scans have a resolution of 0.35 x 0.35 x 0.625 mm3 (x, y, z direction). The core spans from the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene (35.8 to 9.8 ka BYP). The core has a unique Ice Rafted Debris Core, which further adds to the understanding of the deglaciation history of the British-Irish Ice Sheet.

Description: This dataset collates data of continuously acquired kinematic observations obtained through in-situ Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) instruments that have been designed and implemented in a large-scale multi field-site monitoring campaign across the whole Swiss Alps. The landforms covered include rock glaciers, high-alpine steep bedrock bedrock as well as landslide sites, most of which are situated in permafrost areas. The dataset was acquired at 54 different stations situated at locations from 2304 to 4003 meter a.s.l and comprises 209'948 daily positions derived through double-differential GNSS post-processing. Apart from these, the dataset contains down-sampled and cleaned time series of weather station and inclinometer data as well as the full set of GNSS observables in RINEX format. Furthermore the dataset is accompanied by tools for processing and data management in order to facilitate reuse, open alternate usage opportunities and support the life-long living data process with updates.