ODP959 mid-Pliocene Ostracode Mg/Ca Data ----------------------------------------------------------------------- World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder and NOAA Paleoclimatology Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: ODP959 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. ODP959 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 ORIGINAL REFERENCE: unpublished data RELATED REFERENCES: Dwyer, G.S. and M.A. Chandler. 2009.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: Atlantic Ocean PERIOD OF RECORD: Mid-Pliocene, ~3.0 to 3.3 Ma FUNDING SOURCES: DESCRIPTION: Atlantic deep-sea ostracode magnesium/calcium (Mg/Ca) data and Mg/Ca-based bottom-water temperatures. Data from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) site 959: 3°37.659'N, 2°44.112'W, 2091m 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 HoleCoreSec Top Bot. Depth Mg/Ca BWT°C 959C-5-1 3 5 30.83 11.72 4.26 959C-5-1 3 5 30.83 7.68 0.80 959C-5-3 5 7 33.85 8.07 1.14 959C-5-3 5 7 33.85 7.78 0.90 959C-5-3 80 82 34.6 8.77 1.74 959C-5-5 80 82 34.6 7.69 0.82 959C-6-1 5 7 40.35 7.86 0.96 959C-6-2 80 82 42.6 7.74 0.86 959C-5-1 35 37 31.15 10.57 3.28 959C-5-1 65 67 31.45 9.28 2.17 959C-5-1 65 67 31.45 8.82 1.78 959C-5-1 65 67 31.45 10.44 3.17 959C-5-1 140 142 32.2 9.58 2.44 959C-5-2 65 67 32.95 10.33 3.07 959C-5-2 65 67 32.95 9.62 2.46 959C-5-2 65 67 32.95 10.31 3.06 959C-5-2 65 67 32.95 9.88 2.69 959C-5-2 65 67 32.95 10.62 3.32 959C-5-3 35 37 34.15 8.44 1.46 959C-5-3 65 67 34.45 9.83 2.65 959C-5-3 110 112 34.9 12.00 4.50 959C-5-3 140 142 35.2 11.55 4.11 959C-5-4 20 22 35.5 8.00 1.08 959C-5-4 20 22 35.5 7.54 0.69 959C-5-5 35 37 37.15 8.92 1.86 959C-5-5 35 37 37.15 9.13 2.05 959C-5-5 35 37 37.15 9.96 2.75 959C-5-5 65 67 37.45 8.12 1.19 959C-5-5 65 67 37.45 8.09 1.16 959C-5-6 65 67 38.95 8.13 1.20 959C-5-6 65 67 38.95 8.64 1.63 959C-5-6 140 142 39.7 8.91 1.86 959C-5-6 140 142 39.7 7.93 1.03 959C-6-2 110 112 42.9 8.93 1.87 959C-6-2 140 142 43.2 9.74 2.56 959C-6-2 140 142 43.2 9.74 2.57