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Wara, Michael W; Ravelo, Ana Christina; Delaney, Margaret Lois (2005): Stable oxygen isotope record and Mg/Ca ratios of the Pliocene warm period [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772021, Supplement to: Wara, MW et al. (2005): Permanent El Niño-like conditions during the Pliocene warm period. Science, 309(5735), 758-761, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1112596

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Abstract:
During the warm early Pliocene (~4.5 to 3.0 million years ago), the most recent interval with a climate warmer than today, the eastern Pacific thermocline was deep and the average west-to-east sea surface temperature difference across the equatorial Pacific was only 1.5 ± 0.9°C, much like it is during a modern El Niño event. Thus, the modern strong sea surface temperature gradient across the equatorial Pacific is not a stable and permanent feature. Sustained El Niño-like conditions, including relatively weak zonal atmospheric (Walker) circulation, could be a consequence of, and play an important role in determining, global warmth.
Project(s):
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 0.234976 * Median Longitude: -130.426432 * South-bound Latitude: 0.193080 * West-bound Longitude: 159.361000 * North-bound Latitude: 0.318667 * East-bound Longitude: -95.319810
Date/Time Start: 1990-02-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-31T00:00:00
Event(s):
130-806 * Latitude: 0.318667 * Longitude: 159.361000 * Date/Time Start: 1990-02-17T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1990-02-25T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2520.5 m * Penetration: 1603.2 m * Recovery: 1275.9 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg130 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 149 cores; 1414.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 90.2% recovery
138-847 * Latitude: 0.193117 * Longitude: -95.320167 * Date/Time Start: 1991-05-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: -3334.5 m * Penetration: 618.9 m * Recovery: 611 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg138 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 67 cores; 616.9 m cored; 0 m drilled; 99% recovery
138-847B * Latitude: 0.193210 * Longitude: -95.320450 * Date/Time Start: 1991-05-28T06:50:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-05-29T18:40:00 * Elevation: -3334.3 m * Penetration: 247 m * Recovery: 242.19 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg138 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 27 cores; 247 m cored; 0 m drilled; 98.1 % recovery
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
3 datasets

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  1. Wara, MW; Ravelo, AC; Delaney, ML (2005): (Table S1) Stable oxygen isotope record and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides sacculifer from ODP Site 130-806. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772018
  2. Wara, MW; Ravelo, AC; Delaney, ML (2005): (Table S2) Stable oxygen isotope record and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides sacculifer from ODP Site 138-847. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772019
  3. Wara, MW; Ravelo, AC; Delaney, ML (2005): (Table S3) Stable oxygen isotope record Globorotalia tumida from ODP Site 138-847. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.772020