# NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Paleocean Site Data
# 12pc51_ssts-tab.txt
# SST data only
# File Created: 19-Jan-2005
#
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# Please cite the contributor and the original publications when using these data
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# Missing Values indicated by '-999'
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# PI:             Elisabeth L. Sikes
# Core/Site:      12PC51
# Latitude:       0.00.15N	( 0.00417)
# Longitude:      22.59.53W	( -22.99806)
# Water Depth(m): 3870
#
# Publications:
#   Sikes, E.L., and L.D. Keigwin. 1994. Equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature
#     for the last 30 kyr: A comparison of Uk37, delO18 and foraminiferal assemblage
#     temperature estimates. Paleoceanography 9(1):31-45.
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# Description & Notes:
#   Equatorial Atlantic SST Data.
#   Age picks 13cm=14.8ky, 33cm=24.1ky, 87cm=54ky. Bug Size >150 microns. G. sacc.
#   Isotope sigma = 0.10 per mil. Temperature estimated using SST = (U'k37 - 0.043)/0.033
#   (Prahl and Wakeham, 1987). Uk'37 SST sigma = 0.5°C
#
# CHRONOLOGY CONTROL POINTS
# 
#  yrBP       radiocarbon years B.P. (Libby half-life; B.P. = 1950)
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#             Depth         yrBP          error+        error-
#              13            14800        -999          -999          
#              33            24100        -999          -999          
#              87            54000        -999          -999          
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# Variables:
#             depth         Depth (cm)
#             yrBP          radiocarbon years B.P. (Libby half-life; B.P. = 1950)
#             sst           Sea Surface Temperature (C)
#             sst-uk37      Sea Surface Temperature from Uk'37
#
# CORE: 12PC51
depth	yrBP 	sst	sst-uk37	
1	7190	30.2	27.5	
2	7840	-999	27.9	
3	8500	28.5	27.2	
5	9800	32.4	27.6	
7	11110	28.8	-999	
9	12420	26.1	27.5	
11	13720	28.5	28.3	
13	14800	22.8	25.8	
15	15710	26.3	27.1	
17	16600	23.4	26.7	
19	17500	23.6	25.3	
21	18400	25.6	24.8	
23	19350	24.8	26.2	
25	20260	26.7	26.8	
27	21170	24.2	25.4	
29	22080	25.4	-999	
31	22990	25.3	25.3	
33	24180	26	-999	
35	25460	24.6	-999	
37	26740	23.8	26.8	
43	30590	24.8	25.6	
47	33150	26.1	-999