# PARCS Data File # Site Name: Birch Lake # Location: USA - Alaska # Elevation: 260 # Latitude: 64.3 # Longitude: -146.67 # Site Code: BIRCHF # Entity Name: BLCoreF # Entity Type: Core # Age Model: # Depth Thickness Age Method # # Suggested Data Citation: # # IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2000-021 # Abbott, M.B., et al, 2000, Birch Lake, Alaska Sediment Core Data, IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #2000-021. NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. # # # References: # Barber, V. and Finney, B. Late Quaternary paleoclimate reconstructions for interior Alaska based on paleolake-level data and paleohydrologic models. Journal of Paleolimnology (in press). Edwards, M., Bigelow, N, Finney, B and Eisner, W. Records of aquatic pollen and sediment properties as indicators of late-Quaternary Alaskan lake levels. Journal of Paleolimnology (in press). Depth 753.5 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.13 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.32 760 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 13.1 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.39 770 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.07 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.3 780 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.63 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 0.76 790 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 13.08 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.3 800 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 11.78 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.06 810 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 13.8 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.04 820 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 11.75 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.03 830 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 14.99 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.26 840 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.85 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.06 860 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 13.07 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.31 870 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.56 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.32 880 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 13.29 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.22 890 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.71 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.46 900 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 11.66 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.13 910 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 11.51 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.35 920 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 12.04 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.32 930 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 9.78 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.2 940 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 8.48 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 4.07 947 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 10.83 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 3.84 953 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 8.89 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 3.42 960 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 10.01 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 2.89 970 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 10.29 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 3.19 980 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 9.34 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 4.19 990 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 5.57 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 6.03 1000 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 4.9 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 11.09 1010 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 3.3 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 3.02 1020 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 4.41 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 8.31 1030 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 3.15 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.83 1040 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 1.5 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.76 1055 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 0.41 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 2.1 1062 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 0.73 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 2.01 1072 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 0.52 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.75 1087 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 1.25 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 1.85 1095 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 1.51 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 2.27 1105 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 1.18 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 2.38 1113 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 500C): 1.36 Percent Organic Carbon (LOI - 850C): 2.19