Coral Sea Data Set: Readme File
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

CONTRIBUTOR: David Anderson, WDCA for Paleo
IGBP PAGES/WDCA Data Contribution Series #: 95-032
NAME OF DATA SET: Coral Sea Data Set 
LAST UPDATE: 12/95   
GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Coral Sea 
PERIOD OF RECORD: 18KYrBP
LIST OF FILES: DEL18.XLS, C12113.WKS, V24157.WKS, V24184.WKS,
CORAL.TXT, RC10131.WKS,V24161.WKS, CORALTOP.TXT,
RC12109.WKS, SST.XLS, V24170.WKS.   


DESCRIPTION:
The *.txt files contain raw counts of foraminifer abundance.  
They are in the standard climap format- do not import into excel.

The alldel18.xls file contains a del18 only, for a few cores that 
are not contained in del18.xls in the more complete listing. 

The file sst.xls contains modern analog estimates of sea surface temperature.

The *.wks files contain calcium carbonate percentages.


ORIGINAL REFERENCE:
Anderson, D.W. W.L. Prell, and N.J. Barratt, 1989,  Estimates of 
sea surface temperature in the Coral Sea at the last glacial maximum,
Paleoceanography 4, no. 6, pp 615-627.

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION:
Anderson, D., 1995, Coral Sea Data Set.  IGBP PAGES/World Data Center-A for
Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 95-032.  NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology 
Program, Boulder CO, USA.