Taphonomic signature of benthic foraminifera linked to methane release in the Barents Sea

This dataset contains raw taphonomic data from the study "Taphonomic signature of benthic foraminifera linked to methane release in the Barents Sea", which focuses on foraminiferal test material collected from Arctic cold seep environments. The data were obtained from sediment core HH1141, collected during the oceanographic cruise CAGE 18-4 aboard R/V Helmer Hanssen along the Barents Sea in 2018. The dataset includes:– Taphonomic data related to foraminiferal test preservation (Type A: excellent; Type B: good; Type C: fair/poor; Type D: very poor/replacement; Type E: very poor/cortication)– GDGTs data: Isoprenoid and branched GDGTs, and GDGT-based proxies– Age model based on ²¹⁰Pb geochronology Data Availability:All raw data supporting the results of this study are publicly available in this Zenodo repository under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.This is Version 1.0 of the dataset.For questions or further information, please contact the corresponding author: Gabriella M. Boretto ([e-mail]) Note: This dataset is associated with a manuscript currently under review in Marine Geology.