Southern Great Barrier Reef Coral Radiocarbon Data --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOAA Paleoclimatology Program and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: Southern Great Barrier Reef Coral Radiocarbon Data LAST UPDATE: 12/2004 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo) CONTRIBUTORS: Ellen Druffel and Sheila Griffin, University of California, Irvine IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2004-093 SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Druffel, E.R.M. and S. Griffin. 2004. Southern Great Barrier Reef Coral Radiocarbon Data. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #2004-093. NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. ORIGINAL REFERENCES: Druffel, E.R.M. and S. Griffin. 1999. Variability of surface ocean radiocarbon and stable isotopes in the southwestern Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research - Ocean v.104 (C10) pp. 23,607-613. Druffel, E.R.M. and S. Griffin. 1995. Regional variability of surface ocean radiocarbon from southern great barrier reef corals. Radiocarbon 37:517-524. Druffel, E.R.M. and S. Griffin. 1993. Large Variations of Surface Ocean Radiocarbon: Evidence of Circulation Changes in the Southwestern pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.98, NO.C11, pg20,249-20,259. GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Tropical Pacific Ocean PERIOD OF RECORD: 1635-1991 AD DESCRIPTION: Southern Great Barrier Reef Coral Radiocarbon Data Abraham Reef (22° 06'S, 153° 00'E) Porites austraiensis Abraham 1 Collected December 1985 by Peter Isdale Abraham 2 coll. May 1991 by Druffel DATA: avg ± 2.1 WH# YEAR 14C ± 14C midpoint of Abraham 1 Abraham 2 2 yr bands 1145 1635.3 -51.3 2.0 1199 1637.3 -56.1 2.6 703 1639.3 -46.9 2.1 1141 1641.3 -51.5 2.2 1197 1643.3 -48.0 1.9 702 1645.3 -42.4 3.6 1156 1647.3 -47.4 1.9 1206 1649.3 -49.8 2.2 692 1651.3 -46.8 2.3 1179 1653.3 -54.5 2.2 1194 1655.3 -41.1 2.3 706 1657.3 -43.7 2.2 1177 1659.3 -42.8 2.2 727 1663.3 -44.9 2.2 1143 1665.3 -53.2 2.3 1207 1667.3 -44.1 2.2 730 1669.3 -45.3 2.1 1160 1671.3 -49.8 1.9 1198 1673.3 -44.3 2.2 699 1675.3 -49.3 3.4 1070 1677.3 -33.2 2.3 1196 1679.3 -42.4 2.0 721 1681.3 -41.6 2.1 1132 1683.3 -45.3 2.1 1192 1685.3 -35.0 2.1 695 1687.3 -55.0 2.4 778 1689.3 -48.0 2.7 683 1691.3 -30.3 2.6 734 1693.3 -39.0 2.1 862 1695.3 -40.0 2.3 1191 1697.3 -38.1 2.7 696 1699.3 -47.0 2.3 859 1703.3 -50.6 4.1 691 1705.3 -48.3 2.4 857 1707.3 -38.4 2.3 1195 1709.3 -42.9 2.3 750 1711.3 -38.5 2.3 1242 1713.3 -40.7 2.1 780 1715.3 -40.5 2.2 865 1719.3 -36.6 2.2 1240 1721.3 -38.1 2.2 737 1723.3 -40.8 2.0 1071 1725.3 -45.3 2.2 1239 1727.3 -34.5 2.1 688 1729.3 -54.6 2.2 864 1731.3 -44.1 2.1 747 1735.3 -44.1 2.3 1130 1737.3 -46.1 2.1 760 1741.3 -41.1 2.2 1128 1743.3 -47.5 1.9 754 1747.3 -41.3 2.0 1072 1749.3 -53.7 2.0 1237 1751.3 -43.4 2.1 752 1753.3 -46.8 2.3 1088 1755.3 -48.1 1.9 1184 1757.3 -39.0 2.0 1314 1759.3 -40.1 2.2 1252 1761.3 -42.3 2.1 955 1763.3 -45.6 2.0 788 1767.3 -42.6 2.3 1254 1769.3 -56.0 2.0 999 1771.3 -37.7 2.2 956 1773.3 -44.6 2.8 1233 1775.3 -44.1 2.1 968 1777.3 -48.9 2.1 1078 1779.3 -46.7 2.3 969 1783.3 -46.5 2.0 1253 1785.3 -40.4 1.9 970 1787.3 -45.7 2.0 1142 1789.3 -42.2 2.0 1136 1791.3 -52.6 2.1 1046 1793.3 -43.4 2.2 1159 1795.3 -50.8 2.0 1174 1797.3 -53.4 2.0 1052 1799.3 -51.4 2.2 1146 1801.3 -50.6 2.1 1257 1803.3 -44.6 2.0 1063 1805.3 -50.8 2.7 1163 1807.3 -50.7 3.0 1213 1809.3 -47.9 2.1 1065 1811.3 -53.5 2.3 1168 1813.3 -49.3 2.0 1064 1815.3 -44.9 1066 1817.3 -51.8 2.0 1164 1819.3 -46.2 2.1 1217 1821.3 -45.9 2.0 1062 1823.3 -46.1 2.2 1162 1825.3 -41.9 2.1 1211 1827.3 -50.7 2.1 1068 1829.3 -47.9 2.4 1170 1831.3 -51.6 2.1 1180 1833.3 -45.4 2.3 1127 1835.3 -54.0 2.2 1167 1837.3 -47.1 2.5 1216 1839.3 -52.1 2.0 1069 1841.3 -44.2 2.2 1152 1843.3 -57.2 2.1 1190 1845.3 -38.3 2.1 1051 1847.3 -45.3 2.1 1169 1849.3 -46.7 2.0 1210 1851.3 -43.0 2.3 1073 1853.3 -51.1 2.0 1182 1855.3 -50.5 2.2 1147 1857.3 -50.3 2.1 1137 1861.3 -51.3 1.9 1126 1863.3 -45.2 2.0 1057 1865.3 -58.4 2.2 1172 1867.3 -49.6 2.2 1171 1869.3 -51.5 2.2 1126 1871.3 -52.5 2.0 1155 1873.3 -53.5 1.9 1176 1875.3 -51.0 2.2 1084 1877.3 -44.9 2.0 1151 1879.3 -49.4 2.2 1572 1881.3 -43.6 1087 1883.3 -51.3 2.1 1173 1885.3 -51.0 2.0 1223 1887.3 -49.0 2.1 786 1889.3 -49.0 2.1 1161 1891.3 -44.6 2.2 1374 1893.3 -43.7 1054 1895.3 -49.6 2.0 1148 1897.3 -48.0 2.1 1212 1899.3 -43.6 2.4 1049 1901.3 -46.2 2.4 1175 1903.3 -47.1 2.9 810 1905.3 -53.2 2.0 1228 1907.3 -46.8 2.0 1122 1909.3 -55.8 2.1 1140 1911.3 -52.0 2.0 1053 1913.3 -50.4 2.6 1241 1915.3 -51.5 2.1 1119 1917.3 -53.7 2.2 1243 1919.3 -46.6 2.2 1055 1921.3 -50.2 2.2 1234 1923.3 -46.4 2.1 797 1925.3 -53.3 2.1 1568 1927.3 -54.6 1047 1929.3 -52.0 2.2 1181 1931.3 -49.5 2.2 813 1933.3 -47.5 2.2 1144 1935.3 -50.4 2.1 1565 1937.3 -53.8 782 1939.3 -53.6 1.9 1189 1941.3 -44.1 2.1 1044 1943.3 -49.1 2.2 1566 1945.3 -54.1 812 1947.3 -48.7 2.2 1571 1948.3 -49.0 1093 1949.3 -48.2 2.2 811 1950.3 -52.2 2.1 1187 1951.3 -55.4 2.1 1570 1952.3 -56.3 1083 1953.3 -56.5 2.1 1188 1954.3 -52.1 2.2 1064 1955.3 -53.0 2.2 1567 1956.3 -52.5 1056 1957.3 -51.2 2.2 1183 1958.3 -44.2 2.1 1067 1959.3 -43.0 2.5 1178 1961.6 -13.7 2.0 1344 1962.6 -13.7 16.9 900 1963.6 21.0 3.0 824 1964.6 43.0 2.2 1367 1967.3 67.8 1375 1968.3 93.3 584 1968.6 81.7 3.4 1370 1970.3 101.5 1357 1972.3 112.5 1306 1973.3 105.3 1372 1974.3 123.1 1377 1975.3 124.6 1373 1976.3 136.1 1376 1977.3 124.0 1346 1978.3 122.2 2.2 1345 1979.3 136.7 2.1 1343 1980.3 131.7 2.2 899 1982.3 125.4 2.8 1339 1983.3 132.2 2.1 1365 1984.3 126.1 1359 1985.3 128.1 1374 1986.3 125.8 1369 1987.3 130.4 1368 1988.3 119.4 1371 1989.3 119.2 1358 1990.3 122.0 1366 1991.1 109.0