Sea surface temperature calculation based on alkenones in sediments off northwest Africa

• Main Authors: Zhao, Meixun, Beveridge, N, Shackleton, Nicholas J, Sarnthein, Michael, Eglinton, Geoffrey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1995
• Subjects: 108-658C; Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study; BOFS; BOFS31/1K; BOFS31#1; Canarias Sea; CD53; Charles Darwin; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; KAL; Kasten corer; Leg108; Northeast Atlantic; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.729952; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.729952

The molecular stratigraphy of Biogeochemical Oceanic Flux Study core 31K (19°N, 20°10'W) and Ocean Drilling Program Hole 658C (20°45'N, 18°35'W) has been studied for C37 alkenone abundances over the past 80 ka at high resolution (~circa 200-500 years). The derived Uk 37' sea surf...