A postglacial paleoenvironmental dataset from New England

W. Wyatt Oswald; David R. Foster; Bryan N. Shuman; Brian R. Hall

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108414

A postglacial paleoenvironmental dataset from New England

W. Wyatt Oswald, David R. Foster, Bryan N. Shuman, Brian R. Hall

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This paleoenvironmental database features postglacial lake-sediment records from 31 study sites located across New England. The study sites span an environmental gradient from the cooler, northern and inland part of the region to the warmer, southern and coastal areas of New England. Sediment-core chronologies were determined using ¹⁴C dating, ²¹⁰Pb analysis, and pollen evidence. Detailed analyses of sediment lithology, pollen, and charcoal were used to reconstruct changes in climate, vegetation, and fire at centennial temporal scales and subregional spatial scales for the last 14,000 years. Analyses of paleoenvironmental data provide insights into the rates, patterns, and drivers of ecosystem change, helping us anticipate future ecosystem dynamics and guiding present-day conservation strategies and land management.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	108414
Journal	Data in Brief
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108414
State	Published - Aug 2022

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Funding: This research was supported by National Science Foundation grant numbers DBI‐0452254, DBI‐1003938, DBI‐1459519, DEB‐0620443, DEB‐0815036, DEB-0816731, DEB‐0952792, DEB‐1146207, DEB-1146286, DEB‐1146297 and DEB‐1237491.

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Charcoal
eastern North America
fire
forest ecology
lake sediments
paleoclimate
paleoecology
pollen

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