Equatorial Atlantic SST: readme file
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

CONTRIBUTORS: Elisabeth L. Sikes and Lloyd Keigwin, WHOI
IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER:  95-030
NAME OF DATA SET: Equatorial Atlantic SST 
LAST UPDATE: 12/95 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)  
GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
PERIOD OF RECORD: 0 - 30 KYRBP
LIST OF FILES: Microsoft Excel and comma-delimited text files
12pc-isotopes.*, 12pc-uk37.*, 12pc-bug.*, 12pc-caco3.*, Readme.


DESCRIPTION:
Comparison of SST estimates for the equatorial atlantic 
derived from foraminferal assemblages, stable isotopes, and 
alkenone unsaturation ratios from core 12PC51 (0.25'N, 22 59.89'W,
3870M depth).

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:
Sikes, E.L. and L. Keigwin, 1994, Equatorial Atlantic sea surface
temperature for the last 30 kyr: A comparison of Uk37, delO18 and 
foraminiferal assemblage temperature estimates, 
Paleoceanography 9(1), pp 31-45.

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION:
Sikes, E., 1995, Equatorial Atlantic SST Data.  IGBP PAGES/World Data Center-A for
Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 95-030.  NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program,
Boulder CO, USA.