Litho-, bio- and chrono-stratigraphy of tidal marsh sediments from south-central Chile (NERC grant NE/K000446/1)

Stratigraphic and ecological data from tidal marsh sites in south-central Chile. Includes stratigraphy, diatom assemblages and radiocarbon dates from fossil cores and diatom assemblages from modern tidal marsh samples. Data were collected to provide evidence for multiple great earthquakes in south-central Chile, and enable the reconstruction of vertical land-level changes associated with these earthquakes. Data are from tidal marsh sites within the 1960 earthquake rupture area along the Chilean subduction zone (37.5 - 46 degrees South).

Citation proposal
. Litho-, bio- and chrono-stratigraphy of tidal marsh sediments from south-central Chile (NERC grant NE/K000446/1). https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/3f5d93c7-378b-2fb2-e054-002128a47908

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Date ( Creation ): 2015

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607023

Point of contact

Northumbria University - Dr Emma Hocking (Geography Department )

Newcastle NE1 8ST United Kingdom

Point of contact

University of Durham - Dr Ed Garrett (Department of Geography )

Department of Geography Durham DH1 3LE United Kingdom

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes

Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Carbon dating , Diatoms , Carbon isotopes , Stratigraphy , Tidal flats

Keywords

NERC_DDC

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Metadata language: English English

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

CHILE [id=877000]

Date ( Creation ): 1979

Geographic identifier

CHL

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Geographic identifier

Date ( Revision ): 2009

Supplemental Information: NERC grant NE/K000446/1

Reference system identifier

OGP / GEOG

Date ( Revision ): 2005

Distribution format

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Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2011

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-12-08

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Statement: Marsh front exposures, pits, gouge and Russian cores provided stratigraphic evidence for past earthquakes. We employed transects of cores to assess lateral continuity of stratigraphy. In order to obtain a training set of modern diatom assemblages, we sampled at low tide the top ~1 cm of sediment at regular vertical intervals along transects perpendicular to the direction of tidal inundation. Samples collected January 2013 and 2014. Samples were analysed for diatoms and plant macrofossils picked for radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon dates were provided by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility. A diatom-based transfer function was developed in C2.