Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures for 27 Myr 
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               World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                     NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures for 27 Myr
LAST UPDATE: 5/2002 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo)

CONTRIBUTOR: Katharina Billups, University of Delaware

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-031

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Billups, K. and D.P. Schrag, 2002,
Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures for 27 Myr, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series # 2002-031.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:  Billups, K. and D.P. Schrag, 2002, 
Paleotemperatures and ice volume of the past 27 Myr revisited 
with paired Mg/Ca and 18O/16O measurements on benthic foraminifera,
Paleoceanography, V. 17, No. 2, February 2002.


GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global

PERIOD OF RECORD: 27 MMYrBP - present.

LIST OF FILES: 
Billups2002.xls (Microsoft Excel format),
Billups2002.txt (tab-delimited text format).


DESCRIPTION:
Billups and Schrag 2002 Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures 
for the past 27 Myr.  



DATA:



Age (Ma)	d18O	Mg/Ca	Temperature	d18Oseawater	comment
		(mmol/mol)		(Shackleton)	
0.075	2.618	1.17	1.3	-0.64	
0.122		1.5	2.32		
0.197	3.29	1.48	2.26	0.27	
0.243	4.39	1.45	2.17	1.34	
0.318	4.01	1.24	1.51	0.81	
0.374	3.64	1.88	3.5	0.93	
0.449	4.11	1.39	1.98	1.02	
0.655	4.15	1.68	2.88	1.29	
0.751	3.89	1.02	0.83	0.51	
0.925	3.49	1.54	2.44	0.51	
1.077	3.34	1.28	1.64	0.17	
1.25	3.95	1.12	1.14	0.65	
1.442	3.53	0.62	-0.41	-0.15	
1.644	3.62	0.96	0.65	0.2	
1.848	3.93	1.09	1.05	0.61	
2.145	3.61	1.01	0.8	0.22	
2.365	3.48	0.84	0.27	-0.04	
2.609	3.68	1.29	1.67	0.51	
2.857	3.15	1.28	1.64	-0.03	
3.118	2.88	1.12	1.14	-0.42	
3.378	3.16	1.07	0.99	-0.18	
3.757	2.77	1.76	3.13	-0.03	
4.026	2.85	1.66	2.82	-0.03	
4.301	3.1	1.57	2.54	0.15	
4.568	3.06	1.59	2.6	0.13	
4.862	3.05	1.98	3.81	0.41	
5.152	3.02	1.77	3.16	0.22	
7.585	2.77	1.81	3.28	0.01	
8.041	2.77	1.92	3.62	0.09	d18O interpolated
8.181	2.77	1.97	3.78	0.13	d18O interpolated
8.636	2.71	2.25	4.65	0.29	d18O interpolated
8.727	2.69	2.12	4.24	0.17	d18O interpolated
8.918	2.84	1.64	2.75	-0.06	d18O interpolated
9.22	2.55	2.11	4.21	0.02	d18O interpolated
9.316	2.62	1.79	3.22	-0.16	d18O interpolated
9.63	2.65	1.5	2.32	-0.36	d18O interpolated
9.932	2.53	1.61	2.66	-0.39	d18O interpolated
10.234	2.51	1.35	1.86	-0.61	
10.54	2.57	1.55	2.48	-0.4	
11.097	2.73	1.34	1.82	-0.39	
11.196	2.95	2.86	6.54	1	Mg/Ca outlier
11.471	2.8	2.15	4.34	0.3	d18O interpolated
11.766	2.73	2.21	4.52	0.28	
12.07	2.84	2.13	4.27	0.32	
12.367	2.52	1.48	2.26	-0.5	
12.651	2.84	1.61	2.66	-0.08	
12.958	2.8	1.76	3.13	0	
13.062	2.6	2.04	3.99	0.01	
13.343	2.11	0.98	0.71	-1.3	Mg/Ca outlier
13.651	2.27	2	3.87	-0.35	
13.909	2.1	2.23	4.58	-0.34	
14.173	1.96	2.41	5.14	-0.34	d18O interpolated
14.445	1.81	1.84	3.37	-0.94	
14.496	1.57	1.84	3.37	-1.18	
14.621	1.57	2.41	5.14	-0.73	
14.93	1.49	1.79	3.22	-1.29	d18O interpolated
15.268	1.4	2.36	4.99	-0.94	
15.583	1.48	2.07	4.09	-1.08	
15.91	1.59	1.97	3.78	-1.05	
16.215	1.77	1.84	3.37	-0.97	
16.374		1.79	3.22		
16.652	1.22	2.17	4.4	-1.27	
16.943	1.65	1.87	3.47	-1.07	
17.251	1.47	2.06	4.06	-1.1	d18O interpolated
17.57	1.41	2.02	3.93	-1.2	
17.851	1.7	1.96	3.75	-0.95	d18O interpolated
18.142	1.99	2.04	3.99	-0.6	
18.299	1.71	2.02	3.93	-0.89	
18.475	1.98	1.78	3.19	-0.81	
18.722	1.39	2.02	3.93	-1.21	
18.966	1.84	2.15	4.34	-0.66	
19.21	1.61	2.1	4.18	-0.93	
19.449	1.72	1.99	3.84	-0.91	d18O interpolated
19.694	1.83	1.87	3.47	-0.89	
19.836	1.87	2.12	4.24	-0.65	
20.01	1.97	2.55	5.58	-0.22	Mg/Ca outlier
20.254	1.88	2	3.87	-0.74	
20.493	2	3.1	7.28	0.24	Mg/Ca outlier
20.761	2.11	1.93	3.65	-0.56	
21.062	2.3	1.79	3.22	-0.48	
21.289	1.97	1.83	3.34	-0.78	
21.389		1.91	3.59		
21.594	1.71	2.03	3.96	-0.88	
21.863	2.1	1.77	3.16	-0.69	
22.147	2.32	1.78	3.19	-0.47	
22.394	2.16	1.91	3.59	-0.53	d18O interpolated
22.604	2	1.77	3.16	-0.79	
22.764	2.15	2	3.87	-0.47	
22.957	1.72	2	3.87	-0.9	
23.282	2.01	1.87	3.47	-0.71	
23.574	2.38	2.35	4.96	0.03	
24.044	1.54	2.19	4.46	-0.93	
25.283	1.87	2.54	5.54	-0.33	
25.662	1.7	2.1	4.18	-0.84	
25.856	1.74	2.43	5.2	-0.55	
26.206	1.78	2.51	5.45	-0.44	d18O interpolated
26.624	1.81	2.08	4.12	-0.75	
27.018	1.68	2.35	4.96	-0.66