ODP1236 mid-Pliocene Ostracode Mg/Ca Data 
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               World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                     NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!


NAME OF DATA SET: ODP1236 mid-Pliocene Ostracode Mg/Ca Data 
LAST UPDATE: 3/2009 (Original receipt by WDC Paleo) 
CONTRIBUTOR: Gary S. Dwyer, Duke University
IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2009-011 


WDC PALEO CONTRIBUTION SERIES CITATION: 
Dwyer, G.S. 2009.  
ODP1236 mid-Pliocene Ostracode Mg/Ca Data.  
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series # 2009-011.    
NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.


ORIGINAL REFERENCE: 
unpublished data


RELATED REFERENCES:
Dwyer, G.S. and M.A. Chandler. 2009. 
Mid-Pliocene sea level and continental ice volume based on 
coupled benthic Mg/Ca palaeotemperatures and oxygen isotopes.
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A, Vol. 367, 
pp. 157–168. doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0222.

Cronin, T.M., H.J. Dowsett, G.S. Dwyer, P.A. Baker, and 
M.A. Chandler.  2005.
Mid-Pliocene deep-sea bottom-water temperatures based on 
ostracode Mg/Ca ratios. 
Marine Micropaleontology, Vol. 54, pp. 249-261.


Dwyer, G.S., T.M. Cronin, P.A. Baker, M.E. Raymo, J.S. Buzas, 
and T. Corrège. 1995.  
North Atlantic Deepwater Temperature Change During Late Pliocene 
and Late Quaternary Climatic Cycles. 
Science, Vol. 270, No. 5240, pp. 1347-1351, Nov. 24, 1995. 


GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Pacific Ocean
PERIOD OF RECORD: Mid-Pliocene, ~3.0 to 3.3 Ma

FUNDING SOURCES: 


DESCRIPTION: 
Pacific deep-sea ostracode magnesium/calcium (Mg/Ca) data 
and Mg/Ca-based bottom-water temperatures. 
 
Data from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) site ODP1236: 
21°21.539'S, 81°26.160'W, 1323m depth.  




DATA:

Column 1: Core
Column 2: Top (cm)
Column 3: Bottom (cm)
Column 4: Depth (MBSF)
Column 5: Mg/Ca (mmol/mol) 
Column 6: Bottom Water Temperature (°C) based on ostracode Mg/Ca

Core           Top      Bot.    MBSF    Mg/Ca     T(°C)
1236B-2-3      115      120    12.97     7.28     0.46
1236B-2-3      115      120    12.97     7.77     0.89
1236B-2-3      115      120    12.97     8.47     1.48
1236B-2-3      115      120    12.97     7.63     0.77
1236B-2-3      115      120    12.97     7.78     0.89
1236B-2-4       75       80    14.08     7.33     0.51
1236B-2-4       75       80    14.08     7.35     0.53
1236B-2-4       75       80    14.08     7.79     0.91
1236B-2-4       75       80    14.08     8.06     1.13
1236B-2-4       75       80    14.08     6.87     0.12
1236B-2-4      135      140    14.68     7.73     0.86
1236B-2-4      135      140    14.68     8.15     1.21
1236B-2-4      135      140    14.68     7.66     0.79
1236B-2-4      135      140    14.68     7.61     0.75
1236B-2-4      135      140    14.68     7.76     0.88
1236B-2-5       45       50    15.28     8.16     1.22
1236B-2-5       45       50    15.28     8.37     1.39
1236B-2-5       45       50    15.28     7.76     0.88
1236B-2-5       45       50    15.28     7.85     0.96
1236B-2-5       45       50    15.28     8.17     1.23
1236B-2-5      105      108    15.88     8.14     1.20
1236B-2-6       15       18    16.48     8.01     1.09
1236B-2-6       15       18    16.48     7.50     0.65
1236B-2-6       15       18    16.48     7.89     0.99
1236B-2-6       15       18    16.48     8.32     1.35
1236B-2-6       15       18    16.48     8.30     1.33
1236B-2-6       75       78    17.08     7.61     0.75
1236B-2-6       75       78    17.08     8.17     1.23
1236B-2-6       75       78    17.08     7.90     0.99
1236B-2-6       75       78    17.08     8.03     1.10
1236B-2-6       75       78    17.08     8.14     1.20
1236B-2-6      120      123    17.53     8.44     1.45
1236B-2-6      120      123    17.53     7.44     0.60
1236B-2-6      120      123    17.53     7.14     0.35