# NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Paleocean Site Data # w8709a8p-fwc.txt # Complete Data # File Created: 21-Jun-2011 # #********************************************************************************* # Please cite the contributor and the original publications when using these data #********************************************************************************* # # Missing Values indicated by '-999' # # PI: Fredrick G. Prahl # Core/Site: W8709A-8PC # Latitude: 42.32.30N ( 42.54167) # Longitude: 127.40.42W ( -127.6783) # Water Depth(m): 3111 # # Publications: # Prahl, F.G., N.G. Pisias, M.A. Sparrow, and A. Sabin. 1995. Assessment of sea-surface # temperature at 42 degrees north in the California current over the last 30,000 # years. Paleoceanography 10:763-773. #------------------ # # Description & Notes: # Sea-surface temperature in the California Current over the past 30,000 years. # # # Variables: # depth Depth (cm) # calyrBP calendar years B.P. (B.P. = 1950) # sst-uk37 Sea Surface Temperature from Uk'37 (C) # uk37 Alkenone saturation index # um36 Ume36 # # CORE: W8709A-8PC depth calyrBP sst-uk37 uk37 um36 159.5 16600 6.8 0.271 0.61 178.5 18500 8.4 0.323 0.7 199.5 20500 6.2 0.249 0.66 219.5 22200 6.6 0.265 0.6 239.5 23700 5.5 0.226 0.54 259.5 25100 5.5 0.227 0.56 259.5 25100 5.8 0.235 0.57 279.5 26500 7.5 0.294 0.74 299.5 28000 6.2 0.249 0.56 319.5 29400 8 0.311 0.53