This dataset includes paleomagnetic and rock magnetic analyses from four sediment cores collected on continental slope of Storfjorden and Kveithola trough‐mouth fans (western Spitsbergen margin, southern Svalbard archipelago). In detail, piston core SV-04 was collected during the Spanish SVAIS cruise on board the BIO Hespérides (Longyearbyen, July 29 – August 17, 2007); gravity cores EG-02 and EG-03 were collected during the EGLACOM cruise on board the RV OGS-Explora (Kristinsund, July 07 – August, 2008) and gravity core GeoB17603-3 was collected during the MSM30-CORIBAR cruise on board the RV Maria S. Merian (Tromsø, July 16 – August 15, 2013).The dataset gave the opportunity to reconstruct variation of past geomagnetic field at high latitude and to refine the age-calibrated Holocene PSV and relative paleointensity (RPI) stack curves derived from marine sedimentary cores retrieved in the Northwestern Barents Sea (NBS). Data are presented as one metadata table with definitions of the column heads and four tables with the data on the measured rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters and 3 tables with the results of data analyses and elaboration.List of tables is as follows:1) Metadata: definition of columns heads;2) GeoB17603-3: down-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters [k (10E-05 SI); ARM (A/m); MDF (mT); NRM (A/m); MAD (°); Incl PCA (°); Decl PCA (°)] for Core GeoB17603-3;3) EG02: down-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters [k (10E-05 SI); ARM (A/m); MDF (mT); NRM (A/m); MAD (°); Incl PCA (°); Decl PCA (°)] for Core EG02;4) EG03: down-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters [k (10E-05 SI); ARM (A/m); MDF (mT); NRM (A/m); MAD (°); Incl PCA (°); Decl PCA (°)] for Core EG03;5) SV04: down-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters [k (10E-05 SI); ARM (A/m); MDF (mT); NRM (A/m); MAD (°); Incl PCA (°); Decl PCA (°)] for Core SV04;6) Cores Correlation: GeoB17603-3 depth (cm) and ARM (A/m) down-core variations for core GeoB17603-3 (master core); EG02 depth (cm), EG02 depth transferred to GeoB17603-3 depth (cm), ARM (A/m) down-core for core EG02 and correlation tie points; EG03 depth (cm), EG03 depth transferred (cm), ARM (A/m) down-core and correlation tie points; SV04 depth (cm), SV04 transferred to GeoB17603-3 (cm), ARM (A/m) down-core for core SV04 and correlation tie points;7) Age model: age model for Core GeoB17603-3; EG02; EG03; SV04; 8) NBS stack: paleomagnetic inclination, declination and RPI variations for NBS stack. In order to define high-resolution correlation between the cores the along-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters (Sagnotti et al., 2011; Caricchi et al., 2018) have been integrated with the distribution of characteristic lithofacies (Lucchi et al., 2013), and the available age constraints (Sagnotti et al., 2011; Caricchi et al., 2018). Core to core correlation has been reconstructed by means of the StratFit software (Sagnotti and Caricchi, 2018), which is based on the Excel forecast function and linear regression between subsequent couples of selected tie-points.The data are presented as one Excel sheet with seven tables and in tab-delimited ASCII format in the zip folder: 2020-002_Caricchi-et-al_data-txt.zip.
This data publication includes the paleomagnetic and rock magnetic dataset from two Calypso giant piston cores collected at the crest of the Bellsund (GS191-01PC) and Isfjorden (GS191-02PC) sediment drifts during the Eurofleets-2 PREPARED cruise, on board the R/V G.O. Sars (Lucchi et al., 2014). These sediments drift are located on the eastern side of the Fram Strait (western Spitsbergen margin).The dataset gave the opportunity to define the behavior of past geomagnetic field at high latitude and to constrain the palaeoclimatic events that occurred in a time framework spanning Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 to Holocene (Caricchi et al., in press). The data are provided as raw data in .dat format and interpreted data in .xlx and tab-delimited text formats. The raw data files can be opened using a text-editor, MS Excel or equivalent software.The interpreted data are presented as a metadata table with definitions of the column heads and 5 individual tables with the content:- Metadata: definition of columns heads- Rock Magnetic-Paleomag Data 01: down-core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic parameters [k (10E-05 SI); ARM (A/m); ARM/k (A/m); MDF (mT); ΔGRM/ΔNRM; NRM (A/m); MAD (°); Incl PCA (°); Decl PCA (°)] for Core GS191-01PC- Rock Magnetic-Paleomag Data 02: down core variation of rock magnetic and paleomagnetic data [k (10E-05 SI); ARM (A/m); ARM/k (A/m); MDF (mT); ΔGRM/ΔNRM; NRM (A/m); MAD (°); Incl PCA (°) Decl PCA (°)] for Core GS191-02PC- Cores Correlation: Depth of Core GS191-02PC and depth of Core GS191-02PC correlated to Core GS191-01PC, NRM (A/m); ARM(A/m) and RPI down-core variations for core GS191-02PC; Depth of Core GS191-01PC NRM (A/m); ARM(A/m) and RPI down-core variations for core GS191-01PC; tie points values.- Age Model 01: age model for Core GS191-01PC- Age Model 02: age model for Core GS191-01PC