Storminess proxy data for the last 6670 years from Laphroaig Peat Bog, Islay, Scotland

Malin Kylander, Jenny Söderlindh, Frederik Schenk, Richard Gyllencreutz, Johan Rydberg, Richard Bindler, Antonio Martínez-Cortizas, Alsadair S. L. Skelton

This dataset comprises peat parameters (bulk density, age, accumulation rates, ash content) and elemental concentration and grain size data from a peat sequence collected from the Laphroaig peat bog on Islay in southwestern Scotland.

These data detail past changes in sea level as revealed by shifts in the source of the mineral material archived at the site. In addition, periods of increased storminess (intensity and frequency) over the last 6700 cal yr BP are identified through an increase in the amount of mineral material reaching the site as well as a change in the chemistry and increased grain size of this material.

The cores were collected from the coastal Laphroaig peat bog using a Russian corer to collect ca 4 m of material in March 2016. This site is located approximately 600 m downwind from a dune system.

Citation

Malin Kylander, Jenny Söderlindh, Frederik Schenk, Richard Gyllencreutz, Johan Rydberg, Richard Bindler, Antonio Martínez-Cortizas, Alsadair S. L. Skelton (2019) Peat parameters, age model, elemental concentrations and grain size data from the Laphroaig Peat Bog, Islay, Southwestern Scotland. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.903893

References

Kylander ME, Söderlindh J, Schenk F, Gyllencreutz R, Rydberg J, Bindler R, Martínez Cortizas A, Skelton A (2019) It's in your glass: A history of sea level and storminess from the Laphroaig bog, Islay (southwestern Scotland). Boreas. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12409

Data description

Data are provided in three text (.tab) files. Each file starts with a number of header rows followed by data in tab separated columns.

Comments

The data was published by PANGAEA as a collection of three datasets.