Kienast, Markus; MacIntyre, G; Dubois, Nathalie; Higginson, S; Normandeau, Claire; Chazen, S; Herbert, Timothy D (2012): (Table 1) Sea surface temperature reconstruction for eastern equatorial Pacific surface sediment samples [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.827244, Supplement to: Kienast, M et al. (2012): Alkenone unsaturation in surface sediments from the eastern equatorial Pacific: Implications for SST reconstructions. Paleoceanography, 27(1), PA1210, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011PA002254
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Abstract:
Significant uncertainties persist in the reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific, especially regarding the amplitude of the glacial cooling and the details of the post-glacial warming. Here we present the first regional calibration of alkenone unsaturation in surface sediments versus mean annual sea surface temperatures (maSST). Based on 81 new and 48 previously published data points, it is shown that open ocean samples conform to established global regressions of Uk'37 versus maSST and that there is no systematic bias from seasonality in the production or export of alkenones, or from surface ocean nutrient concentrations or salinity. The flattening of the regression at the highest maSSTs is found to be statistically insignificant. For the near-coastal Peru upwelling zone between 11-15°S and 76-79°W, however, we corroborate earlier observations that Uk'37 SST estimates significantly over-estimate maSSTs at many sites. We posit that this is caused either by uncertainties in the determination of maSSTs in this highly dynamic environment, or by biasing of the alkenone paleothermometer toward El Niño events as postulated by Rein et al. (2005).
Further details:
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Rein, Bert; Lückge, Andreas; Reinhardt, Lutz; Sirocko, Frank; Wolf, Anja; Dullo, Wolf-Christian (2005): El Niño variability off Peru during the last 20,000 years. Paleoceanography, 20(4), PA4003, https://doi.org/10.1029/2004PA001099
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -4.377511 * Median Longitude: -87.907354 * South-bound Latitude: -18.085000 * West-bound Longitude: -135.080000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.710000 * East-bound Longitude: -72.700000
Date/Time Start: 1963-04-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2009-04-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0 m
Event(s):
54-2-PG9 * Latitude: -8.100000 * Longitude: -104.300000 * Location: Eastern Equatorial Pacific * Method/Device: Piston corer (PC)
138-846 * Latitude: -3.095000 * Longitude: -90.818330 * Date/Time Start: 1991-05-21T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-26T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3296.0 m * Penetration: 871.5 m * Recovery: 821.61 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg138 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 92 cores; 865.5 m cored; 0 m drilled; 94.9 % recovery
201-1228 * Latitude: -11.064267 * Longitude: -78.077800 * Date/Time: 2002-03-03T00:00:00 * Elevation: -261.8 m * Penetration: 298.6 m * Recovery: 221.5 m * Location: South Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg201 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 36 cores; 294.6 m cored; 4 m drilled; 75.2 % recovery
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Kienast, Markus | |||
| 2 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Kienast, Markus | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Kienast, Markus | |||
| 4 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Kienast, Markus | Geocode | |
| 5 | Alkenone, unsaturation index UK'37 | UK'37 | Kienast, Markus | |||
| 6 | Sea surface temperature, annual mean | SST (1-12) | °C | Kienast, Markus | interpolated | WOA09 |
| 7 | Sea surface temperature, annual mean | SST (1-12) | °C | Kienast, Markus | Calculated from UK'37 (Prahl et al., 1988) | |
| 8 | Temperature, difference | delta T | °C | Kienast, Markus | ||
| 9 | Reference/source | Reference | Kienast, Markus |
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