# NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Paleocean Site Data # u939-tab.txt # Complete Data # File Created: 17-Apr-2006 # #********************************************************************************* # Please cite the contributor and the original publications when using these data #********************************************************************************* # # Missing Values indicated by '-999' # # PI: Elisabeth L. Sikes # Core/Site: U939 # Latitude: 44.32.00S ( -44.53333) # Longitude: 179.30.00E ( 179.5) # Water Depth(m): 1300 # # Publications: # Sikes, E.L., W.R. Howard, H.L. Neil, and J.K. Volkman. 2002. Glacial-interglacial # sea surface temperature changes across the subtropical front east of New Zealand # based on alkenone unsaturation ratios and foraminiferal assemblages. Paleoceanography, # 17(2). #------------------ # # Description & Notes: # Chatham Rise Alkenone and Foraminiferal SST Estimates. # Uk37 SST warm season calculated using Sikes and Volkman [1993] calibration 9Uk'37= # 0.0414T-0.156). Subsurface Uk37 SST calculated using Prahl and Wakeham [1998] # (Uk'37 = 0.034T+0.039). One sigma =1.0°C Antarctic CRC/CSIRO Oceanography. Foraminiferal # SST's determined with Modern Analog Technique (MAT) using Southern Ocean core-top # set, Data 1997, one sigma = 2 °C Antarctic CRC. # # Variables: # depth Depth (cm) # yrBP radiocarbon years B.P. (Libby half-life; B.P. = 1950) # sst-sub.uk37 Subsurface Sea Temperature from Uk'37 # sst-warm.uk37 Sea Surface Temperature from Uk'37 (warm season) # uk37 Alkenone saturation index # # CORE: U939 depth yrBP sst-sub.uk37 sst-warm.uk37 uk37 1 1000 11.024 13.764 0.414 6 2379.7 10.997 13.741 0.413 11 3759.4 11.13 13.851 0.417 21 6518.8 10.831 13.605 0.407 26 7898.4 10.712 13.508 0.403 31 9278.1 10.576 13.396 0.399 36 11265.6 11.141 13.859 0.418 41 13060 11.065 13.797 0.415 46 13673.3 10.144 13.041 0.384 51 14440 8.948 12.059 0.343 56 15206.7 7.382 10.772 0.29 61 15973.3 6.824 10.314 0.271 71 17506.7 7.312 10.716 0.288 86 24110 7.894 11.194 0.307 96 29264.8 7.365 10.759 0.289 106 34419.6 6.811 10.303 0.271 116 39574.3 7.068 10.515 0.279 126 44729.1 7.376 10.768 0.29 136 49883.9 7.896 11.195 0.307 146 55038.7 8.829 11.961 0.339 156 60034.5 9.375 12.41 0.358 166 64659.7 8.65 11.814 0.333 176 69284.8 10.532 13.359 0.397 186 73910 9.151 12.225 0.35 196 80901.2 8.226 11.466 0.319 206 87892.5 10.33 13.194 0.39 216 94883.8 10.201 13.087 0.386 226 101875 11.548 14.194 0.432 236 108866.2 12.729 15.164 0.472 246 115857.5 14.268 16.427 0.524 266 129840 13.139 15.5 0.486 286 143822.5 8 11.28 0.311 306 157805 8.935 12.048 0.343