TEX86 sea surface temperature compilation for the Eocene epoch, 56 to 34 million years ago (NERC grant NE/I005714/1)

TEX86 sea surface temperature compilation for the Eocene epoch (56 to 34 million years ago). Also included are other GDGT-based indices which are used to flag potentially problematic SST estimates. The data accompanies Inglis et al. (2015; Palaeoceanography, v.30, p. 1000-1020) DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002723 Sheet 1: The fractional abundance of isoprenoidal GDGTs, TEX86 values and other related indices for new and published Oligocene and Eocene sediments (n.b. the fractional abundance of isoprenoidal GDGTs was unavailable for IODP Site 1356). Values with yellow shading are excluded from the TEX86 compilation used in Fig. 7-9. Values with red text are those with a Red Sea-type GDGT distribution (i.e. GDGTRS >30 %) and may overestimate SST. Sheet 2: Each TEX86H time-series was grouped into low- (<30 degrees) or high-latitude (>55 degrees) bins and translated into a relative temperature (Δ SST) by comparison to the warmest temperature in that time series and fitted with a non-parametric LOESS regression. Sheet 3: Sequential removal of one data series at a time (jackknifing) within the low-latitude compilation. Sheet 4: Same as above but within the high-latitude compilation. Samples were collected from a range of globally-distributed marine sediments. Either collected via DSDP, ODP, IODP or personal sampling expeditions.

Date (Creation): 2014

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607034

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University of Bristol - Dr Gordon Inglis ( School of Chemistry )

Bristol , BS8 1TS ,

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Geology

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Eocene
NGDC Deposited Data

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NGDC Deposited Data

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NERC_DDC

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Date (Creation): 1979

End date: 2014-03 Before

Supplemental Information: NERC lead grant NE/I005595/1, child grants NE/I00551X/1, NE/I005714/1 and NE/I005870/1

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OnLine resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014PA002723

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Date (Publication): 2011

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Statement: Lineage information may be available in the associated paper, Inglis, G. N., A. Farnsworth, D. Lunt, G. L. Foster, C. J. Hollis, M. Pagani, P. E. Jardine, P. N. Pearson, P. Markwick, A. M. J. Galsworthy, et al. (2015), Descent toward the Icehouse: Eocene sea surface cooling inferred from GDGT distributions, Paleoceanography, 30, 1000–1020, doi:10.1002/2014PA002723.