Gulf of Guinea Coral Isotope, Luminescence and Density Data ----------------------------------------------------------------------- World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder and NOAA Paleoclimatology Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: Gulf of Guinea Coral Isotope, Luminescence and Density Data LAST UPDATE: 2/2005 (Original receipt by WDC Paleo) CONTRIBUTOR: Peter Swart, University of Miami IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2005-017 SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Swart, P.K., et al. 2005. Gulf of Guinea Coral Isotope, Luminescence and Density Data. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 2005-017. NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. ORIGINAL REFERENCES: Swart, P.K., K.S. White, D. Enfield, R.E. Dodge, and P. Milne. 1998. Stable oxygen isotopic composition of corals from the Gulf of Guinea as indicators of periods of extreme precipitation conditions in the sub-Sahara. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 103 , No. C12 , p. 27,885 (98JC02404). White, K.S. 1995. Proxy indicators of climate in coral skeletons used to identify correlations between climate variations in the Gulf of Guinea and Subsaharan drought. Marine Geology and Geophysics. University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL (77) GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Gulf of Guinea, Eastern Atlantic PERIOD OF RECORD: 1928 - 1993 A.D. DESCRIPTION: Corals from the Gulf of Guinea - Sao Tome and Principe Collected in 1993 by the University of Miami, RSMAS. Analyzed at the University of Miami, RSMAS, Stable Isotope Lab Sampled sub-annually; reported as annual averages Site: Ponta Banana, north coast of Principe. 1 40'N, 7 35'E, 4m. water depth. Siderastrea spp. Coral P-2 collected August 1993. DATA: 1. Stable Isotopes Year d18O d13C 1939 -3.57 -0.77 1940 -3.56 -0.60 1941 -4.09 -0.60 1942 -3.75 -1.00 1943 -3.11 -1.26 1944 -2.97 -0.77 1945 -2.97 -0.53 1946 -3.04 -0.33 1947 -3.02 -0.72 1948 -3.12 -0.77 1949 -3.35 -0.88 1950 -3.40 -0.47 1951 -3.72 -0.54 1952 -3.90 -0.73 1953 -3.87 -0.79 1954 -4.04 -0.67 1955 -3.96 -0.69 1956 -4.14 -0.84 1957 -4.11 -1.03 1958 -3.77 -1.02 1959 -3.66 -1.46 1960 -4.25 -1.09 1961 -3.76 -1.14 1962 -3.89 -1.13 1963 -3.56 -1.05 1964 -3.88 -1.19 1965 -3.74 -1.15 1966 -3.67 -1.10 1967 -3.59 -0.94 1968 -3.71 -1.29 1969 -3.74 -1.21 1970 -3.64 -1.36 1971 -3.34 -0.74 1972 -3.19 -0.73 1973 -3.18 -0.96 1974 -2.91 -0.71 1975 -3.12 -0.58 1976 -3.22 -0.70 1977 -3.48 -0.79 1978 -3.34 -0.74 1979 -3.13 -0.76 1980 -3.12 -0.76 1981 -3.70 -0.78 1982 -3.48 -0.55 1983 -3.48 -0.41 1984 -3.26 -0.45 1985 -3.29 -0.10 1986 -3.49 0.26 1987 -3.71 -0.18 1988 -3.52 -0.48 1989 -3.18 -1.02 1990 -3.34 -0.46 1991 -3.28 -0.61 1992 -3.34 -0.73 2. Luminescence (relative units) Year Luminescence 1928 -5.679358865 1929 -1.877249587 1930 0.256191782 1931 0.958830249 1932 1.27766519 1933 1.694476815 1934 3.345497342 1935 1.370064469 1936 2.083899708 1937 2.928356699 1938 2.034275106 1939 1.332330437 1940 1.37916427 1941 -0.093836097 1942 0.135789128 1943 0.829698296 1944 0.098169378 1945 1.205247454 1946 2.020538858 1947 1.544413936 1948 1.144538931 1949 2.667164218 1950 2.206751239 1951 2.037045053 1952 1.211789024 1953 1.129914017 1954 1.222745629 1955 0.461787434 1956 1.267616482 1957 0.593386225 1958 1.913457127 1959 2.971824062 1960 2.153446726 1961 1.28286192 1962 1.027909648 1963 -0.948146769 1964 -0.712669957 1965 -0.178135344 1966 -1.348528811 1967 -0.638335971 1968 -1.68186723 1969 -0.847536195 1970 -2.688466974 1971 -3.981060295 1972 -2.923419106 1973 -3.61617266 1974 -2.927579669 1975 -0.499275315 1976 -0.449270197 1977 -1.082950223 1978 0.290454598 1979 -2.749290733 1980 -3.215997168 1981 -1.489419091 1982 -1.139336853 1983 -0.610261548 1984 -0.202015349 1985 -0.01770984 1986 -0.401752738 1987 0.020059478 1988 -1.516687024 1989 -2.246036478 1990 -1.699563611 1991 -2.406752694 1992 2.255053095 1993 1.807768078 3. Skeletal Density (g/cm3) Year Skeletal Density 1945 1.615 1946 1.579 1947 1.561 1948 1.532 1949 1.543 1950 1.561 1951 1.566 1952 1.634 1953 1.655 1954 1.688 1955 1.644 1956 1.583 1957 1.542 1958 1.645 1959 1.666 1960 1.557 1961 1.512 1962 1.548 1963 1.513 1964 1.449 1965 1.557 1966 1.607 1967 1.639 1968 1.632 1969 1.666 1970 1.677 1971 1.651 1972 1.596 1973 1.647 1974 1.752 1975 1.753 1976 1.670 1977 1.697 1978 1.747 1979 1.744 1980 1.802 1981 1.825 1982 1.805 1983 1.762 1984 1.778 1985 1.872 1986 1.835 1987 1.793 1988 1.774 1989 1.765 1990 1.763 1991 1.722 1992 1.673