Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Cole, J. E. Publication_Date: 199508 Title: Tarawa Stable Isotope (delta 18O, delta 13C) and Mineralogy Data for 1959 to 1979 Series_Information: Series_name: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series Issue_Identification: 1993-014 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boulder Publisher: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Description: Abstract: Site: Tarawa Atoll, Republic of Kiribati (1 deg N, 172 deg E). Water depth: 2-4m. Coral species Hydnophora microconos. Time span: 1959-79 at monthly resolution. Files contains stable isotope data presented by Cole and Fairbanks (1990), Mn/Ca data presented by Shen et al. (1992b), and normalized d18O data presented by Cole, Fairbanks, and Shen (1993) for the years 1893-1959. Stable isotopes were measured on untreated coral samples at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory by J. Cole and R. Fairbanks, on a Finnigan MAT-251 mass spectrometer with automated Carousel-48 carbonate device. Values are in standard per mil notation relative to PDB. Isotopic data are given for two corals from the same site, LDGO-39 and LDGO-44. Measurement precisions are 0.08 for d18O and 0.04 for d13C. Mn/Ca measurements were performed at the University of Washington by G. Shen and L. Linn by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry; only coral LDGO-44 was analyzed for Mn/Ca. Sample treatment procedures are described in Shen et al. (1992b). Average departures from duplicate means are 1.6nmol Mn/mol Ca. Ages for all samples in this file were derived from annual variations in d13C, assumed to correspond with annual rainy seasons as described in Cole and Fairbanks (1990).Density banding confirms these ages for LDGO-44 samples, but coral LDGO-39 did not exhibit clearly annual banding patterns. For Mn/Ca data prior to 1962 in LDGO-44, ages were determined by extrapolation based on density band data, as isotopic data only extends to 1962 in LDGO-44. Purpose: Paleoclimatic Research Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1959 Ending_Date: 1979 Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 172 East_Bounding_Coordinate: 172 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 1 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 1 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Delta 18O Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Delta 13C Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Mn/Ca Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Paleoclimatology Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Theme_Keyword: 004 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Kiribati > Tarawa > Tarawa (01N173E0004) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Gilbert Islands > Tarawa (01N173E0004) Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Temporal Thesaurus Temporal_Keyword: Holocene, Modern Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Please cite original reference when using this data. Data_Set_Credit: Cole, J. E., R. G. Fairbanks, and G.T. Shen, 1993, The Spectrum of Recent Variability in the Southern Oscillation: Results from a Tarawa Atoll Coral. Science 260, 1790-1793. and Cole, J. E., and R. G. Fairbanks, The Southern Oscillation recorded in the oxygen isotopes of corals from Tarawa Atoll, Paleoceanography, 5, 669-683, 1990. and Shen, G. T., L. J. Linn, T. M. Campbell, J. E. Cole, and R. G. Fairbanks, A chemical indicator of trade wind reversal in corals from the western tropical Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 12,689-12,698, 1992b. Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: coral variable Entity_Type_Definition: coral variable Entity_Type_Definition_Source: coral variable Attribute: Attribute_Label: del13C Attribute_Definition: delta 13C (per mil) Attribute_Definition_Source: Craig, H., 1957. Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140; Fairbanks, R.G., and R.E. Dodge, Annual periodicity of the O-18/O-16 and C-13/C-12 ratios in the coral Montastrea annularis, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 43, 1979. Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: unknown Range_Domain_Maximum: unknown Attribute_Units_of_Measure: per mil Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: del18O Attribute_Definition: delta 18O (per mil) relative to PDB Attribute_Definition_Source: Craig, H., 1957. Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140 Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: unknown Range_Domain_Maximum: unknown Attribute_Units_of_Measure: per mil Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MnCa Attribute_Definition: Mn/Ca Ratio Attribute_Definition_Source: Shen, G. T., J. E. Cole, D. W. Lea, L. J. Linn, T. A. McConnaughey, and R. G. Fairbanks, 1989, Surface ocean variability at Galapagos from 1936-1982: calibration of geochemical tracers in corals: Paleoceanography, v. 7, p. 563-588; Shen, G.T., T.M. Campbell, R.B. Dunbar, G.M. Wellington, M.W. Colgan, and P.W. Glynn, Paleochemistry of manganese in corals from the Galapagos Islands, Coral Reefs, 10, 91-101, 1991 Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: unknown Range_Domain_Maximum: unknown Attribute_Units_of_Measure: nmol/mol Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NOAA Paleoclimatology Program Contact_Position: Data Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing Address Address: 325 Broadway, Code E/CC23 City: Boulder State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80305-3328 Country: U.S.A. 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