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Data tables for carbon in global Palaeoproterozoic black shales

Dataset title Data tables for carbon in global Palaeoproterozoic black shales
Dataset creators John Parnell, University of Aberdeen
Connor Brolly, University of Glasgow
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

4 tables, and accompanying references, from paper entitled ‘Increased biomass and carbon burial 2 billion years ago triggered mountain building’.

Tables record orogen depositional ages, deformation ages, Total Organic Carbon contents and organic carbon isotope compositions, for 20 orogens of Palaeoproterozoic age.

Dataset content dates 01/07/2017 - 31/05/2020
Dataset spatial coverage Global
Dataset supply format pdf
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre
Dataset publication date 04/11/2021
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/d10a1c96-55ff-4a35-be6b-92a4eb766b38
Dataset citation text Parnell, J., Brolly, C. (2021). Data tables for carbon in global Palaeoproterozoic black shales. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/d10a1c96-55ff-4a35-be6b-92a4eb766b38
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item169192
Further Information Associated Article:
Parnell, J., Brolly, C. Increased biomass and carbon burial 2 billion years ago triggered mountain building. Commun Earth Environ 2, 238 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00313-5