Description: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site 303-U1308 (49° 53'N, 24° 14'W; water depth 3871 m) provides a record of magnetization directions, relative paleointensity (RPI), susceptibility and benthic stable isotope stratigraphy back to 3.2 Ma. The record since 1.5 Ma has been published (Channell et al., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274, 59-71, 2008). This paper deals with the interval from 1.3 Ma to 3.2 Ma (Early Pleistocene-Late Pliocene). The benthic oxygen isotope record in this interval can be correlated to marine isotope stages (MIS) 51 to KM2, with an apparent hiatus that removed MIS G1-G2, immediately below the Gauss-Matuyama boundary. The mean sedimentation rate for the 1.5-3.2 Ma period is 8.5 cm/kyr. The age model was built by correlation of the oxygen isotope record to the LR04 stack. Carbon isotope data imply the influence of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) during interglacials with influence of southern source waters during glacials throughout the period, but with more muted δ¹³C variations in the Gauss Chron. Apart from the expected polarity reversals, three magnetic excursions are recorded: Punaruu in MIS 31/32 at 1092 ka, Gilsa in MIS 54 at 1584 ka, and a newly recognized excursion labeled Porcupine (after the nearby Porcupine abyssal plane) in MIS G7 at 2737 ka. The ages of reversals at Site 303-U1308, on the LR04 time scale, are consistent with the current geomagnetic polarity timescale (GPTS) with the exception of the base of the Olduvai Subchron in MIS 73 at 1925 ka, 26 kyr younger than in the current GPTS. The RPI record at Site 303-U1308 is calibrated using the oxygen isotope age model, and combined with four other North Atlantic records to obtain a North Atlantic RPI stack for 1.2-2.2 Ma (NARPI-2200). For 2.2-3.2 Ma, no Atlantic RPI records other than Site 303-U1308 exist. The NARPI-2200 stack is compared with published RPI stacks: Epapis, Sint-2000 and PADM2M. The mean sedimentation rates of the North Atlantic sites in NARPI-2200 are greater (by about an order of magnitude) than most of the records incorporated in other stacks. The comparison of Pacific Epapis and NARPI-2200 yields an apparent lag for NARPI-2200 relative to Epapis, attributed the Epapis age model constructed by correlation of magnetic concentration parameters (a proxy for carbonate percentage) to a calibrated oxygen isotope record. The long RPI record from Site 303-U1308 yields a very similar mean value for the Brunhes and Matuyama virtual axial dipole moments (7.5 x 1022 A m²), implying no polarity bias for RPI as in Sint-2000 and PADM2M. The results strengthen the case that RPI can be used to improve global stratigraphic correlation, especially for sites with mean sedimentation rates up to several decimeters/kyr.

Description: The data comprise meters composite depth (mcd) versus volume susceptibility (x10-3 SI) and anhysteretic susceptibility from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1306 drilled on the crest of the Eirik Drift (SW Greenland) in 2272 m water depth. The anhysteretic magnetization (ARM) was measured on a pass-through u-channel magnetometer and the volume susceptibilities were measured on a pass-through (u-channel) susceptibility bridge (see Channell et al., 2014). Planktic oxygen isotope (δ18O) and relative paleointensity (RPI) data are used in tandem to generate an age model for the last 1 Myr from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1306 drilled on the crest of the Eirik Drift (SW Greenland) in 2272 m water depth. For the 1-1.5 Ma interval, the age model is based on RPI alone due to insufficient foraminifera for isotope analyses. Utilizing RPI and δ18O in tandem allows recognition of low-δ18O "events" prior to glacial Terminations I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X, that are independently supported by radiocarbon dates through the last deglaciation, and are attributed to local or regional surface-water effects. At Site U1306, Quaternary sedimentation rates (mean ~15 cm/kyr) are elevated during peak glacials and glacial onsets, and are reduced during interglacials, in contrast to the pattern at Site U1305 in 3460 m water depth at the distal toe of the drift, 191 km SW of Site U1306. The contrasting sedimentation-rate pattern appears to hold for the entire ~1.5 Myr record. The slackening and/or shoaling (due to lowered salinity) of the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) during glacial intervals coincided with greater sediment supply to Site U1306 whereas the deepening, and possibly increased vigor, of the DWBC during interglacial intervals boosted sediment supply to Site U1305.

Description: The data comprise meters composite depth (mcd) versus a relative paleointensity (RPI) proxy from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1306 drilled on the crest of the Eirik Drift (SW Greenland) in 2272 m water depth. The RPI proxy is natural remanent magnetization (NRM) normalized by anhysteretic remanent magnetization (ARM). The NRM/ARM paleointensity proxy was calculated as a slope over the 20-60 mT peak field demagnetization range. Also listed are the correlation coefficients (r) representing the definition of the slopes. NRM and ARM were measured on a pass-through u-channel magnetometer (see Channell et al., 2014). Planktic oxygen isotope (δ18O) and RPI data are used in tandem to generate an age model for the last 1 Myr from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1306 drilled on the crest of the Eirik Drift (SW Greenland) in 2272 m water depth. For the 1-1.5 Ma interval, the age model is based on RPI alone due to insufficient foraminifera for isotope analyses. Utilizing RPI and δ18O in tandem allows recognition of low-δ18O "events" prior to glacial Terminations I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X, that are independently supported by radiocarbon dates through the last deglaciation, and are attributed to local or regional surface-water effects. At Site U1306, Quaternary sedimentation rates (mean ~15 cm/kyr) are elevated during peak glacials and glacial onsets, and are reduced during interglacials, in contrast to the pattern at Site U1305 in 3460 m water depth at the distal toe of the drift, 191 km SW of Site U1306. The contrasting sedimentation-rate pattern appears to hold for the entire ~1.5 Myr record. The slackening and/or shoaling (due to lowered salinity) of the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) during glacial intervals coincided with greater sediment supply to Site U1306 whereas the deepening, and possibly increased vigor, of the DWBC during interglacial intervals boosted sediment supply to Site U1305.

Description: The data comprise meters composite depth (mcd) versus component declination, inclination and maximum angular deviation (MAD) values for natural remanent magnetization (NRM) from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1306 drilled on the crest of the Eirik Drift (SW Greenland) in 2272 m water depth. The component magnetizations were determined from stepwise alternating field demagnetization of NRM and measured on a pass-through u-channel magnetometer (see Channell et al., 2014). Planktic oxygen isotope (δ18O) and relative paleointensity (RPI) data are used in tandem to generate an age model for the last 1 Myr. For the 1-1.5 Ma interval, the age model is based on RPI alone due to insufficient foraminifera for isotope analyses. Utilizing RPI and δ18O in tandem allows recognition of low-δ18O "events" prior to glacial Terminations I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X, that are independently supported by radiocarbon dates through the last deglaciation, and are attributed to local or regional surface-water effects. At Site U1306, Quaternary sedimentation rates (mean ~15 cm/kyr) are elevated during peak glacials and glacial onsets, and are reduced during interglacials, in contrast to the pattern at Site U1305 in 3460 m water depth at the distal toe of the drift, 191 km SW of Site U1306. The contrasting sedimentation-rate pattern appears to hold for the entire ~1.5 Myr record. The slackening and/or shoaling (due to lowered salinity) of the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) during glacial intervals coincided with greater sediment supply to Site U1306 whereas the deepening, and possibly increased vigor, of the DWBC during interglacial intervals boosted sediment supply to Site U1305.

Description: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 303 to the North Atlantic provided 16 records of the Matuyama-Brunhes polarity transition (MBT), based on u-channel and discrete samples, from holes drilled at three sites (Sites U1304, U1305 and U1306) that have mean Brunhes sedimentation rates of 16-18 cm/kyr. The MBT occurs during the transition from marine isotope stage (MIS) 19c to MIS 18e, with mid-point at ~773 ka, and a transition duration of ~8 kyr. Combining the new MBT records, including one new record for the top Jaramillo, with previously published North Atlantic MBT records (ODP Sites 983, 984 and 1063) yields a total of more than 20 high-sedimentation-rate polarity transition records. The MBT yields a repetitive pattern of transitional field states as virtual geomagnetic poles (VGPs) move from high southern latitudes to loop over the Pacific, group in NE Asia, and transit into the mid-latitude South Atlantic before reaching high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. The VGPs for the top Jaramillo transition feature a loop over the Pacific, then a NE Asia group before transit over the Indian Ocean to high southerly latitudes. The North Atlantic MBT records described here contrast with longitudinally-constrained VGP paths for the MBT, indicating that relatively low sedimentation rate (~4 cm/kyr) records of the MBT are heavily smoothed by the remanence acquisition process and do not adequately represent the MBT field. The VGPs at the MBT and top Jaramillo, as measured in the North Atlantic, have similarities with excursion (Iceland Basin) VGP paths, and were apparently guided by maxima in downward vertical flux similar to those seen in the modern non-dipole (ND) field, implying longevity in ND features through time.

Description: The data comprise meters composite depth (mcd) versus oxygen isotope measurements on Neogloboquadrina pachyderma from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U130 using a Fisons Optima mass spectrometer at Rutgers University (see Channell et al., 2014). Planktic oxygen isotope (δ18O) and relative paleointensity (RPI) data are used in tandem to generate an age model for the last 1 Myr from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1306 drilled on the crest of the Eirik Drift (SW Greenland) in 2272 m water depth. For the 1-1.5 Ma interval, the age model is based on RPI alone due to insufficient foraminifera for isotope analyses. Utilizing RPI and δ18O in tandem allows recognition of low-δ18O "events" prior to glacial Terminations I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X, that are independently supported by radiocarbon dates through the last deglaciation, and are attributed to local or regional surface-water effects. At Site U1306, Quaternary sedimentation rates (mean ~15 cm/kyr) are elevated during peak glacials and glacial onsets, and are reduced during interglacials, in contrast to the pattern at Site U1305 in 3460 m water depth at the distal toe of the drift, 191 km SW of Site U1306. The contrasting sedimentation-rate pattern appears to hold for the entire ~1.5 Myr record. The slackening and/or shoaling (due to lowered salinity) of the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) during glacial intervals coincided with greater sediment supply to Site U1306 whereas the deepening, and possibly increased vigor, of the DWBC during interglacial intervals boosted sediment supply to Site U1305.

Description: Here we present relative paleointensity (RPI) proxies for the 100-248 meters composite depth (1.3-3.2 Ma) interval from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site U1308 (49° 53'N, 24° 14'W; water depth 3871 m). Methods are described in Channell et al. (2016) (Quaternary Science Reviews, 131, 1-19, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.011). The magnetic records for 0-1.3 Ma at Site U1308 were published in Channell et al. 2008 (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 274, 59-71, 2008, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.005) and have been archived at: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808942, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808945, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.808946. Benthic oxygen isotope stratigraphy for the 0- 3.2 Ma interval are archived at (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.871936) and are the basis for the age model. The mean sedimentation rate for the 1.3-3.2 Ma interval is 8.5 cm/kyr.