South China Sea Alkenone Deglacial SST Estimates: Readme file
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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: South China Sea Alkenone Deglacial SST Estimates
LAST UPDATE: 05/2002 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)  

CONTRIBUTORS: M. Kienast, S. Steinke, K. Stattegger, S.E. Calvert, 
University of British Columbia

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-034

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Kienast, M., et al., 2002, 
South China Sea Alkenone Deglacial SST Estimates, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center A for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series #2002-034. 
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. 

ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Kienast M., S. Steinke, K. Stattegger, and 
S.E. Calvert, 2001, Synchronous tropical South China Sea SST change 
and Greenland warming during deglaciation. Science, 291: 2132-2134 

FUNDING SOURCES:  NSERC Canada, grant to S.E. Calvert 
BMBF Germany, grant to K. Stattegger 


GEOGRAPHIC REGION: South China Sea 
PERIOD OF RECORD: 3-16 KYrBP

LIST OF FILES: Readme_Kienast2001c.txt (this file), 
kienast2001.xls (Microsoft Excel format),
kienast2001c.txt (tab-delimited ASCII format).


DESCRIPTION:
Alkenone (UK37') sea surface temperature estimates and planktonic 
foraminiferal (G.ruber) d18O data from the southern South China Sea.  
Data sets presented versus depth, and as the averaged SST estimates 
of both cores versus cal. age as published in Science 291. 

Core locations, Latitude/Longitude/Water depth:
core 18252-3: 9°14'N, 109°23'E, 1273 m water depth 
core 18287-3: 5°39'N, 110°39'E, 598 m water depth 

Variable names 
UK37' SST estimates in deg. C 
d18O (G.ruber) in permil vs. PDB