Last Interglacial Temperature Synthesis ----------------------------------------------------------------------- World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder and NOAA Paleoclimatology Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: Last Interglacial Temperature Synthesis LAST UPDATE: 12/2009 (Original receipt by WDC Paleo) CONTRIBUTORS: Peter Clark and Peter Huybers IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2009-155 WDC PALEO CONTRIBUTION SERIES CITATION: Clark, P.U. and P. Huybers. 2009. Last Interglacial Temperature Synthesis. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 2009-155. NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Clark, P.U. and P. Huybers. 2009. Interglacial and future sea level. Nature, News and Views, Vol. 462, No. 7275, pp. 856-857, 17 December 2009. doi:10.1038/462856a ABSTRACT: A merger of data and modelling using a probabilistic approach indicates that sea level was much higher during the last interglacial than it is now, providing telling clues about future ice-sheet responses to warming. GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global PERIOD OF RECORD: 125-130 KYrBP DESCRIPTION: Compilation of published temperature reconstructions for the last interglacial period, ~125 - 130 KYrBP. DATA: core site latitude longitude proxy temp anomaly STD DEV reference comments Vostok -78.78 106.92 dD 1.3 1.1 Petit et al. (1999) average of 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka Dome Fuji -77.32 39.7 dD 2.3 1 Kawamura et al. (2007) average of 123.5-132.5 ka relative to 0-10 ka (LIG ages shifted to align warming with Dome C) Dome C -75.1 123.35 dD 2.65 1.1 Jouzel et al. (2007) average of 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka PS2603-3 -58.98 37.62 faunal 1.3 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e PS2305-6 -58.72 -33.03 faunal 0.5 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e PS1772-8 -55.46 1.17 faunal 2.7 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e PS2276-4 -54.64 -23.95 faunal 1.5 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e ODP site 1094 -53.18 5.13 faunal 1.7 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e PS2102-2 -53.07 -4.98 faunal 1.8 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e PS1768-8 -52.59 4.48 faunal 1.8 Bianchi and Gersonde (2002) estimated average of 5e TSP-2PC -48.13 146.87 alkenone 2.5 Ikehara et al. (1997) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka MD02-2488 -46.45 88.02 faunal (summer) 1.4 0.26 Govin et al. (2009) average 120-130 ka relative to modern SST (no Holocene record) MD88-770 -46.02 96.45 faunal (summer) 2.1 0.45 Govin et al. (2009) average 120-130 ka compared to modern (no Holocene record) MD97-2120 -45.52 174.93 alkenone 3 0.9 Pahnke and Sachs (2006) average 120-130 ka compared to 2.5-10 ka (no record 0-2 ka) DSDP site 594 -45.5 174.95 faunal 1.7 Barrows et al. (2007) estimated average 120-130 ka compared to 0-10 ka MD94-102 -43.5 79.83 faunal (summer) 0.3 0.8 Govin et al. (2009) average 120-130 ka relative to modern SST (no Holocene record) PS2489-2 -42.9 8.97 faunal (summer) 0.7 0.7 Becquey and Gersonde (2002) average 118-128 ka relative to 0-10 ka (LIG ages shifted to align warming with TN057-21-PC2 and Dome C) MD94-101 -42.5 79.42 faunal (summer) -0.5 0.9 Govin et al. (2009) average 120-130 ka relative to modern SST (no Holocene record) SO136-GC3 -42.3 169.88 alkenone 1.6 1.24 Pelejero et al. (2006) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka TN057-21-PC2 -41.13 7.82 alkenone 3 1.2 Pahnke and Sachs (2006) average 120-130 ka relative to 6-10 ka ODP1089/PS2821 -40.93 9.9 faunal 1.4 1.1 Cortese and Abelmann (2007) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka MD97-2121 -40.38 177.98 alkenone 0.9 1.4 Pahnke and Sachs (2006) average 120-130 ka compared to 3.3-10.5 ka (no record 0-3.3 ka) GeoB 1028-5 -20.1 9.18 alkenone 1.7 0.5 Schneider et al. (1995) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka GeoB 1016-3 -11.77 11.68 alkenone 1.2 0.4 Schneider et al. (1995) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka GeoB 1008-3 -6.58 10.32 alkenone 0.6 0.7 Schneider et al. (1995) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka MD9821-62 -4.68 117.9 Mg/Ca 1.1 0.8 Visser et al. (2003) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka ODP 846 -3.08 -90.82 alkenone 1.2 0.6 Liu and Herbert (2004) average 120-130 ka relative to 0-10 ka RC13-110 -0.1 -95.65 faunal 3.2 0.6 Feldberg and Mix (2003) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka ODP 806B 0.32 159.35 Mg/Ca 0.2 0.4 Lea et al. (2000) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka TR163-22 0.5 -92.4 Mg/Ca 2.3 0.6 Lea et al. (2006) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka TR163-19 2.25 -90.95 Mg/Ca 1.2 0.8 Lea et al. (2000), Lea (2004) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka MD03-2702 2.5 9.38 Mg/Ca 0.4 0.6 Weldleab et al. (2007) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka 17961-2 8.5 112.33 alkenone 0.8 0.6 Pelejero et al. (1999) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka MD97-2151 8.73 109.87 alkenone 0.65 0.84 Zhao et al. (2006) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 0-10 ka ODP 999A 12.75 -78.73 Mg/Ca 0.7 0.6 Schmidt et al. (2004) average of 120-130 ka compared to average 4-10 ka NIOP 929 13.7 53.23 Mg/Ca 1.5 0.6 Saher et al. (2009) average of 120-130 ka compared to modern calcification temp ODP 977a 36.03 -1.95 alkenone 2.1 2 Martrat et al. (2004) average of 118-128 ka compared to average 0-10 ka (128 ka ~ as 130 ka in Cheng 2009) MD952042 37.75 -10.17 alkenone 0.7 2.4 Pailler and Bard (2002) average of 118-128 ka compared to average 0-10 ka (128 ka ~ as 130 ka in Cheng 2009) MD01 2443 37.88 -10.18 alkenone 1.7 1.5 Martrat et al. (2007) average of 118-128 ka compared to average 0-10 ka (128 ka ~ as 130 ka in Cheng 2009) MD952040 40.58 -9.87 alkenone 1.5 1.5 Pailler and Bard (2002) average of 120-130 ka compared to 0-10 ka M23414-9 53.537 -20.28 faunal 0 2.2 Kandiano et al. (2004) average of 117.5-127.3 ka compared to average 0-10 ka (compared to Cheng (2009) chronology, 125.5 ka ~ 129 ka, and 127.3 ka ~ as 130 ka) Amarok Lake 66.27 -65.75 pollen 5.1 0.7 Frechette et al. 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