Grain size and paleomagnetic data of sediment cores from Lake Lucerne, Switzerland

Flor Vermassen, Maarten Van Daele, Nore Praet, Veerle Cnudde, Catherine Kissel, Flavio S. Anselmetti

The dataset contains grain-size and natural remanent magnetization data from sediment cores obtained from Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. The sediment cores were collected in 2014 using the vessel Thallasa.

Various grain-size parameters are presented (mean, mode, sand percentage, silt percentage, clay percentage) for the two cores LU14-12 and LU14-28. Natural remanent magnetization data is presented for core LU14-12 (inclination, declination, and mean angular deviation).

The grain-size data and natural remanent magnetization data deliver information on the deposition of a megaturbidite that occurred in the year 1601, as a result of a nearby earthquake.

Citation

Flor Vermassen, Maarten Van Daele, Nore Praet, Veerle Cnudde, Catherine Kissel, Flavio S. Anselmetti (2023) Grain size and paleomagnetic data of sediment cores from Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/vermassen-2023-lake-lucerne-1

References

Vermassen F, Van Daele M, Praet N, Cnudde V, Kissel C, Anselmetti FS (2023) Unravelling megaturbidite deposition: Evidence for turbidite stacking/amalgamation and seiche influence during the 1601 CE earthquake at Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Sedimentology. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13094

Data description

The data are provided in three commma-separated values (csv) files.

Grain size

Two files contain the grain size data (LU14-12 and LU14-28), with the following variables:

• Core name
• Depth (cm)
• Mean (µm)
• Mode (µm)
• % Sand
• % Silt
• % Clay

Natural remanent magnetization

One file contains the natural remanent magnetization data (LU14-12), with the following variables:

• Core name
• Depth (cm)
• Declination (°)
• Inclination (°)
• Mean angular deviation (°)

Comments

The coordinates of the sediment cores are:

• LU14-28: 47° 0’ 32.43” N, 8° 26’ 23.78” E
• LU14-12: 47° 0’ 30.01” N, 8° 26’ 12.68” E

Please cite the article by Vermassen et al. (2023) when using this dataset.