Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea Fossil and Living Coral Isotope (delta 18O) Data for 130,000 years BP to Present

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Alexander W. Tudhope

Publication_Date: 200110

Title:

Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea Fossil and Living Coral Isotope (delta 18O) Data for 130,000 years BP to Present

Series_Information:

Series_Name: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series

Issue_Identification: 2001-073

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder

Publisher: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder

Description:

Abstract:

Results of analysis of cores collected from 'fossil' massive Porites corals exposed in the raised reefs of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea (see below for age estimate), and living corals. The cores were collected vertically down the axis of maximum growth of the colony. Cores were subsampled into 1mm growth increments, resulting in an average of 12 samples/annual growth increment. These samples were analysed for d18O, then the data interpolated to seasonal resolution (presented here). In this region, seasonal and interannual variations in skeletal d18O are due to the combined effects of changes in precipitation/evaporation balance and temperature; see Tudhope et al., 1995, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 136, 575, and Tudhope et al., 2001, Science, 291, 1511-1517 for further discussion of climatic interpretation.

Purpose: Paleoclimatic Research

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: cc128000

Ending_Date: Present

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 147.6

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 147.6

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -6.08

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -6.08

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Delta 18O

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Temperature

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Precipitation

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Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Theme_Keyword: 004

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Huon Gulf > Huon Gulf (06S147E0003)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Papua New Guinea > Morobe Province > Huon Gulf (06S147E0003)

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Temporal Thesaurus

Temporal_Keyword: Modern

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA

Data_Set_Credit:

Tudhope, A.W., C.P. Chilcott, M.T. McCulloch, E.R. Cook, J. Chappell, R.M. Ellam, D.W. Lea, J.M Lough, and G.B. Shimmield, 2001, Variability in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation through a glacial-interglacial cycle. Science, v.291 (5508), pp. 1511-1517, February 23, 2001.

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Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: coral variable

Entity_Type_Definition: coral variable

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: coral variable

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: del18O

Attribute_Definition: delta 18O (per mil) relative to PDB

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Craig, H., 1957. Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140

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Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: unknown

Range_Domain_Maximum: unknown

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: per mil

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

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ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/papua_new_guinea/huon_2001.txt

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20200329

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110401

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Address: 325 Broadway, Code E/CC23

City: Boulder

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Postal_Code: 80305-3328

Country: U.S.A.

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CoRIS:

CoRIS_ID: 20020403083342

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CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 00010101

CoRIS_Ending_Date: 99991231

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https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/paleoclimatology_huon_2001.html

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