Mid-Pliocene deep-sea bottom water temperatures based on ostracode Mg/Ca ratios

• Main Authors: Cronin, Thomas M, Dowsett, Harry J, Dwyer, Gary S, Baker, Paul A, Chandler, Mark A
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2005
• Subjects: 108-658A; 108-659A; 108-661A; 114-704; 68-502C; 81-552A; 90-588; 94-607; 94-610A; Canarias Sea; Caribbean Sea/RIDGE; COMPCORE; Composite Core; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Glomar Challenger; Joides Resolution; Leg108; Leg114; Leg68; Leg81; Leg90; Leg94; North Atlantic/FLANK; North Atlantic/PLATEAU; North Atlantic/RIDGE; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Atlantic Ocean; South Pacific/Tasman Sea/CONT RISE; Southern Ocean; Pacific; Dwyer; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.684703; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.684703

We studied magnesium:calcium (Mg/Ca) ratios in shells of the deep-sea ostracode genus Krithe from a short interval in the middle Pliocene between 3.29 and 2.97 Ma using deep-sea drilling sites in the North and South Atlantic in order to estimate bottom water temperatures (BWT) during a period of cli...