Vertical sediment profile

Please read and follow our Authors Guides when preparing your data submission. We recommend to use the topic specific templates and to follow the instructions here. The following defines frequent data types and summarizes how to prepare geological, paleontological, geochemical and mineralogical data collected in the field for submission to PANGAEA.

Coring/Drilling
This data type describes measurements in sediment and rock cores. These two data publications can serve as an example:

''Hättig, Katrin; Varma, Devika; van der Meer, Marcel T J; Schouten, Stefan (2023): Hydrogen isotopic composition of alkenones and oxygen isotopes of benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 202-1235. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.958880''

''Biskaborn, Boris K; Pfalz, Gregor; Wieczorek, Mareike; Heim, Birgit; Meyer, Hanno; Pestryakova, Luidmila A; Herzschuh, Ulrike; Diekmann, Bernhard (2023): Standardized diatom data of sediment core PG2201 from Lake Malaya Chabyda (Yakutia, Russia). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956860''

This [[Media:PANGAEA Template Sed Core.xlsx|Template for sediment/rock cores]] might help you for your Data submission. Drillings are described with a number of metadata. These are listed below and each corresponds to a data sheet in the template.

Metadate Campaign
Please fill up the Campaign sheet with:
 * Cruise/expedition label
 * Start and End date (in ISO 8601)
 * Basis = ship or research platform
 * Chief Scientist

Metadata Event
Please fill up the Event sheet with:
 * Event label, name of the core. You can also specify an optional event label
 * Device/Method with which the sediment core was taken
 * Latitude, Longitude, in decimal degree
 * Elevation, negativ if below sea level
 * Date/Time of sampling (in ISO 8601 )
 * Campaign of sampling
 * registry.awi link (formaly know as sensor.awi)
 * International Generic Sample Number ISGN link/handle
 * Information about penetration and/or recovery
 * Location of drilling/coring

Metadata Parameter
Please fill up the Parameter sheet with:
 * Give all parameters as full names, no abbreviations
 * Full name applies especially to species names. If possible, check the species names via WoRMS or another taxonomic database.
 * Unit, SI units are preferred
 * Principle Investigator (PI) for the parameters. The Principle investigator (PI) is the person being responsible for the scientific quality of a data series
 * method of measurement for each parameter

Data
Please see the Data sheet and use it as a guide to ﻿﻿structure your data table:
 * First column: Event label
 * First line: full parameter names including the unit, given in square brackets
 * Give the depth below seafloor (or mcd, rmcd) or the depth below earth surface in meter = DEPTH, sediment/rock, see Geocode description.
 * For depth intervals please specify three columns with average depth, minimum and maximum depth
 * In addition geological data benefit from an age scale. Please give the age in [ka] as additional column, if available
 * In addition, provide sample labels and IGSN, if available

Outcrop/Geological Sections
This data type describes measurements in sediment and rock sampled in outcrops and geological profils and sections. This data publication can serve as an example:

''Martínez-Braceras, Naroa; Franceschetti, Gloria; Payros, Aitor; Monechi, Simonetta; Dinarès-Turell, Jaume (2022): Calcareous nannofossil from the hemipelagic lower Ypresian Arnakatxa section (Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943590''

This '''[[Media:PANGAEA Template Outcrop.xlsx|Template for Outcrop/Geological Section]] ''' might help you for your Data submission. Outcrops and profiles are described with a number of metadata. These are listed below and each corresponds to a data sheet in the template.

Metadate Campaign
Please fill up the Campaign sheet with:
 * Expedition label
 * Start and End date (in ISO 8601)
 * Basis = Research platform, if available
 * Chief Scientist

Metadata Event
Please fill up the Event sheet with:
 * Event label, name of the outcrop/section. You can also specify an optional event label
 * Latitude, Longitude, in decimal degree. If start and end are very different in position, please specify both latitudes/longitudes
 * Elevation
 * Date/Time of sampling (in ISO 8601)
 * Campaign of sampling
 * registry.awi link (formaly know as sensor.awi)
 * International Generic Sample Number ISGN link/handle
 * Location of outcrop/section

Metadata Parameter
Please fill up the Parameter sheet with:
 * Give all parameters as full names, no abbreviations
 * Full name applies especially to species names. If possible, check the species names via WoRMS or another taxonomic database.
 * Unit, SI units are preferred
 * Principle Investigator (PI) for the parameters. The Principle investigator (PI) is the person being responsible for the scientific quality of a data series
 * method of measurement for each parameter

Data
Please see the Data sheet and use it as a guide to ﻿﻿structure your data table:
 * First column: Event label
 * First line: full parameter names including the unit, given in square brackets
 * Give the SECTION Hight in [m]. This is the hight from outcrop/section base or from a specific defined marker horizon, see Geocode description.
 * For SECTION height intervals please specify three columns with average height, minimum and maximum height
 * In addition geological data benefit from an age scale. Please give the age in [ka] as additional column, if available
 * In addition, provide sample labels and IGSN, if available

Surface Sediment Samples/Time Slices
This data type describes measurements of surface sediment samples. These samples can be taken by divers gears such as MUC, GKG or Grabs. The data type can also be applied to time slices in different sediment cores. Multiple short cores can also be represented in this data type. These two data publications can serve as an example:

''Przibilla, Anna; Sanders, Tina; Neumann, Andreas; Nantke, Carla (2023): Pore water nutrient concentrations from sediments sampled during RV Alkor cruise AL557. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.956878''

''de Haas, Henk (2022): Dry bulk density, organic carbon and organic nitrogen in surface sediments of the North Sea sampled in 1994/1995. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942428''

This [[Media:PANGAEA Template surface.xlsx| Template for Surface Sediment Samples]] might help you for your Data submission. The template is designed for sediment surface samples and also for comparison of time slices in diverse sediment cores. This type of datasets needs a number of metadata. These are listed below and each corresponds to a data sheet in the template.

Metadate Campaign
Please fill up the Campaign sheet with:
 * Cruise/expedition label, please list all cruises/expeditions of your study
 * Start and End date (in ISO 8601)
 * Basis = ship or research platform
 * Chief Scientist

Metadata Event
Please fill up the Event sheet with:
 * Event label, name of the core or grab. You can also specify an optional event label
 * Device/Method with which the sediment core was taken
 * Latitude, Longitude, in decimal degree
 * Elevation
 * Date/Time of sampling (in ISO 8601)
 * Campaign of sampling
 * registry.awi link (formaly know as sensor.awi)
 * International Generic Sample Number ISGN link/handle
 * Location of drilling/coring

Metadata Parameter
Please fill up the Parameter sheet with:
 * Give all parameters as full names, no abbreviations
 * Full name applies especially to species names. If possible, check the species names via WoRMS or another taxonomic database.
 * Unit, SI units are preferred
 * Principle Investigator (PI) for the parameters. The Principle investigator (PI) is the person being responsible for the scientific quality of a data series
 * method of measurement for each parameter

Data
Please see the Data sheet and use it as a guide to ﻿﻿structure your data table:
 * First column: Event label
 * First line: full parameter names including the unit, given in square brackets
 * Give columns with latitude, longitude and elevation for each sample
 * Give the depth below seafloor (or mcd, rmcd) or the depth below earth surface in meter = DEPTH, sediment/rock, see Geocode description. For surface sediments please use the value “0”.
 * For depth intervals please specify three columns with average depth, minimum and maximum depth
 * In addition geological data benefit from an age scale. Please give the age in [ka] as additional column, if you do not have Recent samples, but geological time slices
 * In addition, provide sample labels and IGSN, if available

Rock Samples/Mineralogy/Petrology
Geochemistry and age determinations on rocks or individual minerals are described with this data type. This data publication can serve as an example:

''Breitfeld, H Tim (2023): Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of (Plio-)Pleistocene sediments in West Sarawak. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959520''

This [[Media:PANGAEA Template Rock Min.xlsx| Template for Rock Samples/Mineralogy/Petrology]] might help you for your Data submission. The template is designed for rock samples that focus on the chemical composition and age determinations of minerals and rocks. This type of datasets needs a number of metadata. These are listed below and each corresponds to a data sheet in the template.

Metadate Campaign
Please fill up the Campaign sheet with:
 * Cruise/expedition label
 * Start and End date (in ISO 8601)
 * Basis = ship or research platform
 * Chief Scientist

Metadata Event
Please fill up the Event sheet with:
 * Event label, name of sampling site. You can also specify an optional event label
 * Device/Method with which the sample was taken
 * Latitude, Longitude, in decimal degree
 * Elevation
 * Date/Time of sampling (in ISO 8601)
 * Campaign of sampling
 * registry.awi link (formaly know as sensor.awi)
 * International Generic Sample Number ISGN link/handle
 * Location of sampling

Metadata Parameter
Please fill up the Parameter sheet with:
 * Give all parameters as full names, no abbreviations
 * Please give the full parameter names, chemical elements may be abbreviated
 * Unit, SI units are preferred
 * Principle Investigator (PI) for the parameters. The Principle investigator (PI) is the person being responsible for the scientific quality of a data series
 * method of measurement for each parameter

Data
Please see the Data sheet and use it as a guide to ﻿﻿structure your data table:
 * First column: Event label
 * First line: full parameter names including the unit, given in square brackets
 * If you have two-dimensional samples, give columns with latitude, longitude and elevation for each sample
 * If you have samples from drilling, give the depth below seafloor (or mcd, rmcd) or the depth below earth surface in meter = DEPTH, sediment/rock, see Geocode description.
 * If you have samples from an outcrop/section, give the SECTION Hight in [m]. This is the hight from outcrop/section base or from a specific defined marker horizon, see Geocode description.
 * In addition geological data benefit from an age scale. Please give the age of the sample (not mineral) in [ka] as additional column. You may give additional the age in Ma.
 * In addition, provide sample labels and IGSN, if available