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South China Sea Alkenone Deglacial SST Estimates
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Kienast, M., S. Steinke, K. Stattegger, and S.E. Calvert. 2001. Synchronous tropical South China Sea SST change and Greenland
warming during deglaciation. Science 291:2132-2134.
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North: 9.23 * South: 5.65 |
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West: 109.38 * East: 110.65 |
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Altitude: -1273 m |
Start Year: 13963 14C yr BP
* End Year: 2134 14C yr BP
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Summary: The tropical ocean plays a major role in global climate. It is therefore crucial to establish the precise phase between tropical
and high-latitude climate variability during past abrupt climate events in order to gain insight into the mechanisms of global
climate change. Here we present alkenone sea surface temperature (SST) records from the tropical South China Sea that show
an abrupt temperature increase of at least 1°C at the end of the last glacial period. Within the recognized dating uncertainties,
this SST increase is synchronous with the Bølling warming observed at 14.6 thousand years ago in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project
2 ice core.
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Parameters: delta O18 PDB (Globigerinoides ruber); calendar years before 1950AD; Sea Surface Temperature from Uk'37
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Complete XML Record: noaa-ocean-2569
(Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )
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