ODP1237 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: ODP1237 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.  
ODP1237 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unpublished data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 ODP1237: 
16°0.420'S, 76°22.680'W, 3212m 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)
1237C-6-2         90       94      49.71       9.70       2.53
1237C-6-2         90       94      49.71       9.51       2.37
1237C-6-2         90       94      49.71       6.95       0.18
1237C-6-4         93       97      52.76       7.97       1.06
1237C-6-4         93       97      52.76       8.01       1.09
1237C-6-7         60       64      56.96       7.96       1.04
1237C-6-7         60       64      56.96       7.91       1.01
1237C-6-7         60       64      56.96       7.71       0.84