Age determination and stable isotope record of sediment cores at 9°S in the Indian Ocean

• Main Authors: Broecker, Wallace S, Clark, Elizabeth, Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean, Beck, Warren, Stott, Lowell D, Hajdas, Irena, Bonani, Georges
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Indian; Pacific; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.855323; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.855323

A continuous 10-m-long section consisting of roughly two thirds Ethmodiscus rex (a diatom) and one third mixed planktonic foraminifera was identified in a core from 3800 m depth at 9°S on the Indian Ocean's 90°E Ridge. Radiocarbon dates place the onset of deposition of this layer at >30,000...