Distribution of planktic foraminifera in surface sediments of the Atlantic Ocean ...

• Main Authors: Pflaumann, Uwe, Duprat, Josette M, Pujol, Claude, Labeyrie, Laurent D
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1996
• Subjects: Barcelona Coast; Cork Harbour; Danube Delta; Danube Delta Coast; Guadiana Estuary; Gulf of Riga; Himmerfjarden; Limfjorden; Oder Estuary; Pertuis Charentais; Scheldt Delta Estuary; Taranto Mare Piccolo; Thau Lagoon; Thermaikos Gulf; Event label; Date/Time of event; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Elevation of event; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Globigerinella aequilateralis; Globigerina bulloides; Globigerinella calida; Globigerinoides conglobatus; Globorotalia crassaformis; Sphaeroidinella dehiscens; Globigerina digitata; Globoquadrina dutertrei; Globigerina falconensis; Globigerinita glutinata; Globorotalia hirsuta; Globorotalia inflata; Pulleniatina obliquiloculata; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma dextral and dutertrei integrade; Globigerina quinqueloba; Globigerinoides ruber pink; Globigerinoides ruber white; Globoturborotalita rubescens; Globigerinoides trilobus trilobus; Globigerinoides trilobus sacculifer; Globorotalia cultrata; Globorotalia scitula; Globigerinoides tenellus; Globorotalia truncatulinoides sinistral; Orbulina universa; Foraminifera, planktic; Sample code/label; Comment; Piston corer; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.51621; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.51621

We present a data set of 738 planktonic foraminiferal species counts from sediment surface samples of the eastern North Atlantic and the South Atlantic between 87°N and 40°S, 35°E and 60°W including published Climate: Long-Range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction (CLIMAP) data. These species counts are linked to Levitus's [1982] modern water temperature data for the four caloric seasons, four depth ranges (0, 30, 50, and 75 m), and the combined means of those depth ranges. The relation between planktonic foraminiferal assemblages and sea surface temperature (SST) data is estimated using the newly developed SIMMAX technique, which is an acronym for a modern analog technique (MAT) with a similarity index, based on (1) the scalar product of the normalized faunal percentages and (2) a weighting procedure of the modern analog's SSTs according to the inverse geographical distances of the most similar samples. Compared to the classical CLIMAP transfer technique and conventional MAT techniques, SIMMAX provides a ... : Supplement to: Pflaumann, Uwe; Duprat, Josette M; Pujol, Claude; Labeyrie, Laurent D (1996): SIMMAX: A modern analog technique to deduce Atlantic sea surface temperatures from planktonic foraminifera in deep-sea sediments. Paleoceanography, 11(1), 15-36 ...