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PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

Southern Indian Ocean circulation during the late Quaternary

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Howard, W.R., and W.L. Prell. 1992. Late Quaternary surface circulation of the southern Indian Ocean and its relationship to orbital variations. Paleoceanography 7:79-118.
Data Coverage North: -42.18 * South: -48.28
West: 90.17 * East: 106.52
Altitude: -3863 m

Start Year: 481000 14C yr BP * End Year: 0 14C yr BP

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  howard1992
  e45-29-tab.txt
  e49-17-tab.txt
  e49-18-tab.txt
  e49-21-tab.txt
  e49-23-tab.txt

Summary:

Records of past climate and ocean circulation derived from marine sediments. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
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Parameters:

Coarse fraction percent (>150 micron); Globigerina calida percent; Globigerina quinquiloba percent; Globigerina pachyderma x Globoquadrina dutertrei intergrade percent; Orbulina universa percent; Globigerina digitata percent; Globigerina falconensis percent; Globorotalia sp. percent; Globorotalia hirsuta percent; Foraminifers Fragments; Sea Surface Temperature (C, February); Globorotalia scitula percent; Globorotalia inflata percent; Globorotalia truncatulinoides (left coiling) percent; Globigerinoides tenellus percent; Globigerinoides ruber percent; Globigerina rubescens percent; Globorotalia crassaformis percent; Planktonic foraminifers; Globorotalia truncatulinoides (right coiling) percent; Benthic Foraminifers percent; Dry sediment weight (g); Sea Surface Temperature (C, August); Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (left coiling) percent; Squared-chord distance; Globigerinoides sacculifer percent; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata percent; delta O18 PDB; Globigerinella aequilateralis percent; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (right coiling) percent; Globoquadrina dutertrei percent; Globigerina humilis percent; Radiolarians; Foraminifers per gram; Globigerina bulloides percent; Radiolarians percent; delta C13 PDB; Foraminifers percent; Globigerinita glutinata percent; Benthic Foraminifers; radiocarbon years before 1950AD; Calcium Carbonate percent; Split

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noaa-ocean-2507  (Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )

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