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Williams, Thomas J; Standish, Christopher D; Archambault, Philippe; Godbold, Jasmin A; Solan, Martin; Katsamenis, Orestis; Basford, Philip; Foster, Gavin L (2023): Measured values of Li/Mg, Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca, U/Ca and Sr-U for coral and coralline algae paleothermometer calibrations [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962898, In: Williams, TJ et al. (2023): A global database of measured values of Li/Mg, Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca, U/Ca and Sr-U for coral and coralline algae paleoenvironment calibrations [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962897

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Abstract:
A comprehensive georeferenced database of measured values of Li/Mg, Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca, U/Ca and Sr-U in coral and coralline algae compiled from the scientific literature (1950-2021; http://www.webofknowledge.com, accessed 2022-09-30).
Keyword(s):
aragonite; Ba/Ca; coralline algae; Corals; high-Mg calcitic corals; Li/Mg; Mg/Ca; octocorals; paleotemperature proxy; seawater barium; Sr/Ca; Sr-U; U/Ca
Related to:
Williams, Thomas J; Standish, Christopher D; Archambault, Philippe; Godbold, Jasmin A; Solan, Martin; Katsamenis, Orestis L; Basford, Philip J; Foster, Gavin L (2024): Geochemical proxies for deep-sea temperature and nutrient content in cold-water bamboo corals. Chemical Geology, 654, 122053, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122053
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Funding:
European Research Council (ERC), grant/award no. 884650: From microns to reefs: mechanistic insights into coral biomineralisation and the fate of coral reefs (Microns2Reefs)
Henry Royce Institute, grant/award no. EP/T02593X/1: National Research Facility for Lab X-ray CT
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), grant/award no. NE/S007210/1: INSPIRE: Interdisciplinary Southampton Partnership for Investigators Researching the Environment
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 16.559695 * Median Longitude: -151.873513 * South-bound Latitude: -74.600000 * West-bound Longitude: 8.100000 * North-bound Latitude: 70.759722 * East-bound Longitude: -1.580000
Minimum DEPTH, water: 0.5 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 3950.0 m
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1IdentificationIDWilliams, Thomas JDatasheet ID
2Sample IDSample IDWilliams, Thomas J
3Taxon/taxaTaxaWilliams, Thomas JTaxon simplified
4Taxon/taxa, unique identificationTaxa UIDWilliams, Thomas JAphiaID
5Taxon/taxa, unique identification (Semantic URI)Taxa UID (Semantic URI)Williams, Thomas JAphiaID
6Taxon/taxa, unique identification (URI)Taxa UID (URI)Williams, Thomas JAphiaID
7Taxon/taxaTaxaWilliams, Thomas JTaxon Type
8MineralsMineralsWilliams, Thomas JMinerology
9DEPTH, waterDepth watermWilliams, Thomas JGeocode
10Depth zoneDepth zoneWilliams, Thomas J
11LATITUDELatitudeWilliams, Thomas JGeocode
12LONGITUDELongitudeWilliams, Thomas JGeocode
13Ecoregion, codeEcoregion codeWilliams, Thomas J
14EcoregionEcoregionWilliams, Thomas J
15Ecoprovince, codeEcoprovince codeWilliams, Thomas J
16EcoprovinceEcoprovinceWilliams, Thomas J
17YearsYearsWilliams, Thomas J
18Temperature, waterTemp°CWilliams, Thomas J
19SalinitySalWilliams, Thomas Jpsu
20pH, total scalepHTWilliams, Thomas Jtotal scale
21Data sourceData sourceWilliams, Thomas JEnvironmental data
22Magnesium/Calcium ratioMg/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
23Lithium/Magnesium ratioLi/Mgmmol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
24Phosphorus/Calcium ratioP/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
25Sulfur/Calcium ratioS/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
26Manganese/Calcium ratioMn/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
27Strontium/Calcium ratioSr/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
28Barium/Calcium ratioBa/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
29Uranium/Calcium ratioU/Cammol/molWilliams, Thomas Jsee Method comment
30Strontium-UraniumSr-UWilliams, Thomas JCoral Sr‐U thermometry according to DeCarlo et al. (2016)
31Method commentMethod commWilliams, Thomas JTE methodology
32Publication of dataPubl dataWilliams, Thomas JPreviously published
33Reference/sourceReferenceWilliams, Thomas J
34CommentCommentWilliams, Thomas JNotes
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 4 (ProcLevel4)
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