noaa-coral-1839 Espiritu Santo Island - Stable Isotope Data Quinn, T.M.; Crowley, T.J.; Taylor, F.W. Espiritu Santo Island - Stable Isotope Data 1994-08-01 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files Pending https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1839 Investigator T.M. Quinn Investigator T.J. Crowley Investigator F.W. Taylor earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges age,null,null,year Common Era,null,corals and sclerosponges,null,null,N,null earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges delta 13C,Platygyra lamellina,null,per mil PDB,annual,corals and sclerosponges,averaged,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,average of 4 samples earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges delta 13C,Platygyra lamellina,null,per mil PDB,annual,corals and sclerosponges,averaged,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,average of 2 samples earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges delta 18O,Platygyra lamellina,null,per mil PDB,annual,corals and sclerosponges,averaged,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,average of 4 samples earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges delta 18O,Platygyra lamellina,null,per mil PDB,annual,corals and sclerosponges,averaged,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,average of 2 samples earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges oxygen isotopes earth science paleoclimate corals and sclerosponges carbon isotopes geoscientificInformation PAGES 2k Network PAGES Australasia 2k 1806 AD 1980 AD 144 cal yr BP -30 cal yr BP Complete -15 -15 167 167 Ocean Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean Melanesia Vanuatu Espiritu Santo Island>LATITUDE -15>LONGITUDE 167 None Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site. English DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data DATA Center Contact Bruce Bauer bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov paleo@noaa.gov 303-497-6280 303-497-6513

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Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA online ASCII Quinn, T.M.; Crowley, T.J.; Taylor, F.W 1996 Geophysical Research Letters 23 Quinn, T.M.; Crowley, T.J.; Taylor, F.W 1993 Quaternary Science Reviews 12

Long coral records provide valuable information on pentadal-decadal scale climate variability. Proviously we have reported on a preliminary analysis of a 173-year record (1806-1978) from the island of Espriritu Santo, Republic of Vanuatu. Although this record contained information in the pentada-decadal band, low sampling resolution raised questions about the validity of the results. Herein we report new data from the Santo reord, in which the sampling resolution has been doubled and the validation database expanded. Variations in coral delta 18O at Santo record the combined effects of variations in SST and rainfal-induced salinity changes. The most prominent spectral peaks in the time series are at the annual cycle and 13-15 and 7.4 years. The robust occurrence of the 14-15 year peak provides additional support to the importance of this oscillation as a cause of decadal-scale climate variability. Overall, our new results provide greater credibility to the conclusions raised in the earlier study and indicate the the Santo record can more confidently be incorporated into the still-small network of multicentury coral records of climate change.

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