Arctic Glacier Foreland Soil Biomarkers and Properties from a 130-Year Chronosequence

23.4 KB of soil property and biomarker data from Ny-Ålesund supports the manuscript 'Divergent accumulation of plant- and microbial-derived carbon along a 130-year soil chronosequence in glacier forelands of High Arctic'. The dataset, authored by Xihai Tu and last updated on 2026-05-25, is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil organic carbon accumulation over time based on the 130-year chronosequence.
• Analyzing the relationship between lignin phenol biomarkers and plant-derived carbon inputs.
• Investigating microbial-derived carbon dynamics using amino sugar biomarker data.
• Correlating soil physical and chemical properties with biomarker concentrations.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a specific, peer-reviewed scientific manuscript.
• The dataset covers a 130-year soil chronosequence, providing a temporal gradient for analysis.
• It includes specific biomarker classes (lignin phenols and amino sugars) for tracking carbon sources.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (23.4 KB), indicating limited scope and likely a small number of samples.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

Xihai Tu

Collection Method

Likely collected during the 40th Arctic expedition in Ny-Ålesund.

Time Range

Covers a soil chronosequence spanning 130 years.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 11:15:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, in the High Arctic.