Laing Island, Papua New Guinea Fossil and Living Coral Isotope (delta 18O) Data for 130,000 years BP to Present
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Summary
Abstract: Results of analysis of a core collected from a living massive Porites coral
on a reef immediately north of Laing Island, Papua New Guinea. The core was
collected vertically down the axis of maximum growth of the colony.
This core was subsampled into 1mm growth increments, resulting in an average
of 9 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.
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  N: -4.15   S: -4.15   E: 144.88   W: 144.88

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Alexander W. Tudhope, et al.
Dataset Title: Laing Island, Papua New Guinea Fossil and Living Coral Isotope (delta 18O) Data for 130,000 years BP to Present
Dataset Series Name: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series
Dataset Release Date: 2001/10
Dataset Release Place: Boulder
Dataset Publisher: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
Issue Identification: 2001-073
Online Resource: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/west_pacific/papua_new...
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_PNGCORAL
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1884-01-01
Stop Date: 1993-12-31
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World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

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Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER
Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160
Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
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Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
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Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Format: text
Fees: On-line data are available free of charge.
Personnel
ALEXANDER W. TUDHOPE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: sandy.tudhope at ed.ac.uk
Contact Address:
Department of Geology & Geophysics
Edinburgh University
City: Edinburgh
Postal Code: EH9 3JW
Country: United Kingdom
Publications/References
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.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-09-10
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-02-06

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