Sea surface temperature and age analysis from sediment core KT94-15_PC-9, XP98-PC-4 and XP98-PC-2

• Main Authors: Seki, Osamu, Kawamura, Kimitaka, Ikehara, Minoru, Nakatsuka, Takeshi, Oba, Tadamichi
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2004
• Subjects: Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.802171; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.802171

The Japan Sea experienced bottom water anoxia at the last glacial maximum (LGM) since it is surrounded by four shallow straits, the sill depths of which are close to, or shallower than, the drop in sea level (~120 m) that occurred then. A distinctive negative d18O excursion of planktonic foraminifer...