Coring Data from Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

This data set includes measurements and observations taken from drained thaw-lake basin (DTLB) cores retrieved from Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska in April and August of 2001 through 2003. Investigators selected young, medium, old, and ancient DTLBs to collect data from by surveying their vegetation. DTLBs become sites for the accumulation of organic carbon as peat deposits. With this research, investigators aimed to estimate the amount of carbon sequestered in drained basins, supplement current knowledge of the basic processes governing these important elements of the northern Alaskan landscape, and provide new information on landscape-scale response to climate change. Data files are in Microsoft Excel format and documentation are in Microsoft Word format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2001-04-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2003-08-31T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2001-04-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2003-08-31T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 76.43790
Bounding Box South Lat 70.43250
Bounding Box West Long -156.98040
Bounding Box East Long -153.83150
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Documentation #1 : ARCSS143.html

Documentation #2 : readme.txt
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Resource Format ZIP: PKZIP (application/zip)
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Asset Size 1 MB
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Author James G. Bockheim
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Publication Date 2009-04-29T15:01:34
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.ARCSS143
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:06Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.ARCSS143
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation James G. Bockheim. (2009). Coring Data from Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS143. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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