[{"name":"kylander-2021-lesotho-1","title":"Multiproxy geochemical and pollen data from a Late Glacial sedimentary sequence, high Drakensberg, Lesotho","summary":"We present a multi-proxy geochemical dataset as well as pollen and age model data for a sedimentary sequence from a well-stratified infill occupying a lower slope basin in the high Drakensburg (Lesotho) which covers the Late Glacial.\r\n\r\nUnderstanding late Quaternary paleoclimatic change in southern Africa is hampered by a lack of available, reliably-dated records. This data works to fill this gap with the aim to reconstruct paleoclimatic variability in the high Drakensberg (Lesotho) during the Late Glacial, a period marked by considerable climatic fluctuation and bi-directional environmental change.\r\n\r\nIn 2016 samples were extracted from the lower section of an erosion gully side-wall using a stainless-steel knife from a freshly cleaned surface as well as a Russian corer (50 cm long, \u00d8 4.75 cm) at the gully base. The analyses made on this sequence  (SEK2016), covering 17,060 to 13,400 cal yr BP, include pollen, total organic carbon and nitrogen, \u03b413C, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR) spectral and elemental data made on contiguous samples with high temporal resolution (10 to 80 years per sample).","citations":"Kylander ME, Holm M, Fitchett J, Grab S, Martinez Cortizas A, Norstr\u00f6m E, Bindler R (2021) Late glacial (17,060-13,400 cal yr BP) sedimentary and paleoenvironmental evolution of the Sekhokong Range (Drakensberg), southern Africa. PLOSoNE (accepted).","comments":"Please, cite the article by Kylander et al. (2021) when using this dataset.","category":"Terrestrial","subcategory":"Sediment cores","keywords":"Late Glacial; Sediment; XRF; FTIR; Pollen; Lesotho","scientist":"Malin E. Kylander","firstname":"Malin ","lastname":"Kylander","address":"Department of Geological Sciences; Stockholm University","postalcode":"SE-106 91","city":"Stockholm","province":"","country":"Sweden","parameters":"Earth science > Climate indicators > Paleoclimate indicators > Paleoclimate reconstructions > Sediments","location":"Continent > Africa > Southern Africa > Lesotho","progress":"Completed","language":"English","project":"Reconstructing Past Mineral Dust Deposition and Effective Humidity Variations in Southern Africa, SSEESS Research Links Programme (Grant no. RL2015-0037).","publisher":"Bolin Centre Database","version":"1","constrains":"","access":""}]