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Pelejero, Carles; Grimalt, Joan O; Heilig, S; Kienast, Markus; Wang, Luejiang (2012): Alkenone-derived sea-surface temperature records of sediment cores GIK17940-2, GIK17954-2, GIK17961-2 and GIK17964-2 [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.797445, Supplement to: Pelejero, Carles; Grimalt, Joan O; Heilig, S; Kienast, Markus; Wang, Liping (1999): High-resolution UK37 temperature reconstructions in the South China Sea over the past 220 kyr. Paleoceanography, 14(2), 224-231, https://doi.org/10.1029/1998PA900015

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Abstract:
Past sea surface temperatures (SST) in the northern and southern areas of the South China Sea have been reconstructed for the past 220 kyr using the UK37 alkenone index. The SST profiles follow the glacial/interglacial pattern exhibiting differences between Last Glacial Maximum and Holocene that are 1°-3°C larger than those observed at the same latitudes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In Termination I both planktonic foraminiferal d18O and SST exhibit well-defined Bølling-Allerød and Younger Dryas events with temperature differences between both periods of 0.8° and 0.4°C in north and south, respectively. SSTs record a constant north-south difference of 1°C in the interglacials and nearly 2.5°C in the glacial stages. These differences define two distinct climatic and water circulation patterns that correspond with glacial/interglacial sea level oscillations which opened and closed water exchange with the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean through the present Sunda Shelf
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 12.394583 * Median Longitude: 113.363333 * South-bound Latitude: 6.158333 * West-bound Longitude: 111.525000 * North-bound Latitude: 20.116667 * East-bound Longitude: 117.383333
Date/Time Start: 1994-05-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1994-06-01T00:00:00
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  1. Pelejero, C; Grimalt, JO; Heilig, S et al. (1999): Sea surface temperature estimation for sediment core GIK17940-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.794489
  2. Pelejero, C; Grimalt, JO; Heilig, S et al. (1999): Sea surface temperature estimation for sediment core GIK17954-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.794491
  3. Pelejero, C; Grimalt, JO; Heilig, S et al. (1999): Sea surface temperature estimation for sediment core GIK17961-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.794492
  4. Pelejero, C; Grimalt, JO; Heilig, S et al. (1999): Sea surface temperature estimation for sediment core GIK17964-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.794498