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Late Quaternary SW Pacific Foraminifer Data

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Weaver, P.P.E., L. Carter, and H.L. Neil. 1998. Response of surface water masses and circulation to late Quaternary climate change east of New Zealand. Paleoceanography 13(1):70-83.
Data Coverage North: -40.4 * South: -49.7
West: -178.5 * East: 179.5
Altitude: -4354 m

Start Year: 170000 14C yr BP * End Year: 0 14C yr BP

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
 weaver1998
  chat1k-tab.txt
  dsdp594w-tab.txt
  q200-tab.txt
   q585-tab.txt
  r657-tab.txt
  s794-tab.txt
  u938-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:

Upwelling foraminifer assemblage; Globorotalia hirsuta; Globorotalia truncatulinoides (right coiling); Unidentified planktonic foraminifers; Globigerinoides ruber (pink); Globigerinoides sacculifer (no sac); Globigerina quinquiloba; Fragments percent; Polar foraminifer assemblage; Gyre margin foraminifer assemblage; Sea Surface Temperature (C, February); Globorotalia cavernula; Globigerinita glutinata; Globigerinoides tenellus; Globigerina rubescens; Globoquadrina dutertrei; Foraminifers Fragments; delta C13 PDB (Globigerina bulloides); delta O18 PDB (Planktonic Foraminifers); Globorotalia tumida; Globigerina calida; Globigerina pachyderma (left coiling); Globorotalia inflata; Planktonic foraminifers; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (right coiling); delta C13 PDB (Planktonic Foraminifers); Sea Surface Temperature (C, August); Subpolar foraminifer assemblage; Globorotalia menardii; Globigerina pachyderma (right coiling); Globigerinoides ruber (white); Globorotalia truncatulinoides (left coiling); delta C13 PDB (Uvigerina sp.); Globorotalia crassula; delta O18 PDB (Benthic Foraminifers); Communality; Globorotalia scitula; Globigerinoides conglobatus; Transitional foraminifer assemblage; Sphaeroidinella dehiscens; Globigerina pachyderma x Globoquadrina dutertrei intergrade; Globigerinoides sacculifer (with sac); Pulleniatina obliquiloculata; Globigerina falconensis; Globigerina digitata; Globigerinella aequilateralis; delta O18 PDB (Uvigerina sp.); Globorotalia crassaformis; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (left coiling); Neogloboquadrina dutertrei; delta C13 PDB (Benthic Foraminifers); Orbulina universa; radiocarbon years before 1950AD; Tropical/Subtropical foraminifer assemblage; Globigerina bulloides; Benthic Foraminifers; delta O18 PDB (Globigerina bulloides); Calcium Carbonate percent

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noaa-ocean-2577  (Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )

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