Alkenone unsaturation index and alkenones in ODP Hole 161-977A, supplement to: Martrat, Belén (2007): Studies of sedimentary organic matter to infer rapid climatic changes at the Barents and Iberian continental margins on centennial time resolution over the past four climate cycles of the Quaternary (ca. 420,000 years). Ph. D. Thesis, UPC, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

• Main Author: Martrat, Belén
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2007
• Subjects: Sample code/label; AGE; Alkenone, unsaturation index UK'37; Alkenone, C372Me+C373Me; Sea surface temperature, annual mean; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Calculated from UK'37 Müller et al, 1998; Leg161; Joides Resolution; Ocean Drilling Program ODP; Bjørnøya; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.819829; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819829

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