ODP1241 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: ODP1241 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.  
ODP1241 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unpublished data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 ODP1241: 
5°50.570'N, 86°26.670'W, 2027m 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)
1241A-8-7          0         4     69.95      8.64      1.63
1241A-8-7          0         4     69.95      8.77      1.74
1241A-8-7         60        64     70.55      8.11      1.18
1241A-9-1         30        34     70.70      8.61      1.60
1241A-9-2         30        34     72.21      7.76      0.87
1241A-9-2         30        34     72.21      6.83      0.08
1241A-9-2        120       124     73.11      8.08      1.15
1241A-9-2        120       124     73.11      7.10      0.31
1241A-9-3          0         4     73.41      7.44      0.60
1241A-9-3          0         4     73.41      7.76      0.88
1241A-9-3         93        97     74.34      9.63      2.47
1241A-9-3        123       127     74.34      6.51     -0.19
1241A-9-3        123       127     74.34      6.33     -0.35
1241A-9-4         33        37     75.24      8.60      1.60
1241A-9-4         33        37     75.24      5.38     -1.15
1241A-9-4        123       127     76.14      9.25      2.15
1241A-9-4        123       127     76.14      8.52      1.53
1241A-9-4        123       127     76.14      8.37      1.40
1241A-9-5          3         7     76.44      8.08      1.15
1241A-9-5         63        67     77.04      7.12      0.33
1241A-9-5         63        67     77.04      6.81      0.07
1241A-9-5         93        97     77.34      9.65      2.49
1241A-9-6         33        37     77.34      8.96      1.90
1241A-9-6         93        97     78.85      8.89      1.84
1241A-9-6         93        97     78.85      7.09      0.31
1241A-9-6         93        97     78.85      6.40     -0.28
1241A-9-6         93        97     78.85      6.92      0.16