Uk'37, derived sea surface temperatures and coccolith abundances in North Atlantic sediment cores

• Main Authors: Rosell-Melé, Antoni, Balestra, Barbara, Kornilova, Oksana, McClymont, Erin L, Russell, M, Monechi, Simonetta, Troelstra, Simon, Ziveri, Patrizia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Reykjanes; International Polar Year; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.819384; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819384

The UK37' index has proven to be a robust proxy to estimate past sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over a range of time scales, but like any other proxy, it has uncertainties. For instance, in reconstructions of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the northern North Atlantic, UK37' indicates h...