T. M. Quinn T.J. Crowley F.W. Taylor C. Henin P. Joannot Y. Join 1999/01 World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series 1999-003 Boulder World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Bathymetry: coral collected live in ~3m of water in September of 1992. Coral species: Porites lutea. Variable names: The Excel File contains 4 worksheets labelled Raw Data, 92-52 mo., 1951-1657 qtr., and Published 1992-1657 Qtr. The last worksheet contains age, delta18O and delta 13C used in Quinn et al. (1998). These data have been interpolated at 4 samples/year using AnalySeries (Paillard et al., 1996). Path refers to sampling pathway; values range from 1 to 30. Sample id refers to numbering scheme used in sampling. Cells with more than 1 value reflect offset and overlapping sequences. Stable isotope data for these cells are averages of overlapped samples. Sample # refers to sequential numbering of all data from top to bottom. Overlapped samples counted as one sample. Raw delta 18O, delta 13C isotopic values as they were determined on the mass spectrometer. Year: calendar year assignments based on integrated use of density-bands and observed SST measurements. Post-AS delta 18O, delta 13C refers to data that have been interpolated at equal age increments using the software program AnalySeries (Paillard et al., 1996). Conversion from depth to age was accomplished using the age model feature of AnalySeries. Variable unit: per mil relative to VPDB. Data precision: Precision (±2) was monitored by daily analyses of a powdered calcite standard (NBS-20) and was better than 0.08 per mil for both oxygen and carbon. The average standard deviation of forty-six replicate analyses of coral samples is 0.10 per mil for oxygen and 0.07 per mil carbon. Data format: Values are reported in standard notation relative to VPDB after correction for the 17O contribution. Sampling information: We sampled the coral at two levels of sampling density. The upper 40 years of the coral was sampled at 12 samples/density-band couplet (dbc). The remainder of the coral was sampled at 4 samples/dbc. Paleoclimatic Research G2088 National Geophysical Data Center http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/corals.html 1 1657 1992 Publication Date Complete None Planned 166.45 166.45 -22.48 -22.48 CoRIS Theme Keywords Version 1.0 EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > delta 18O EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > delta 13C EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > density Numeric Data Sets > Paleoclimatology CoRIS Place Keywords Version 1.0 COUNTRY/TERRITORY > French Overseas Territory > New Caledonia > New Caledonia > Parc Territorial du Lagon Sud: Amedee Islet (22S166E0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Parc Territorial du Lagon Sud: Amedee Islet > Parc Territorial du Lagon Sud: Amedee Islet (22S166E0003) CoRIS Temporal Keywords Version 1.0 Holocene, Modern None Please cite original reference when using this data. Quinn, T.M., T.J. Crowley, F.W. Taylor, C. Henin, P. Joannot, and Y. Join, 1998, A multicentury stable isotope record from a New Caledonia coral: Interannual and decadal SST variability in the southwest Pacific since 1657; Paleoceanography, 13, 4, 412-426. coral variable coral variable coral variable del13C delta 13C (per mil) Craig, H., 1957. Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140; Fairbanks, R.G., and R.E. Dodge, Annual periodicity of the O-18/O-16 and C-13/C-12 ratios in the coral Montastrea annularis, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 43, 1979. unknown unknown per mil 0.01 del18O delta 18O (per mil) relative to PDB Craig, H., 1957. Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140 unknown unknown per mil 0.01 NOAA Paleoclimatology Program Bruce Bauer Data Manager Mailing Address

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