Wharton, Jack; Kozikowska, Emilia; Keigwin, Lloyd D; Marchitto, Thomas M; Maslin, Mark; Ziegler, Martin; Thornalley, David J R (2026): Vertical temperature and seawater δ¹⁸O profiles from the North Atlantic during the mid-Holocene (2-6 ka BP) and the Last Glacial Maximum (19-23 ka BP) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.988214, In: Wharton, J et al. (2026): Mid-to-late Holocene and LGM multiproxy temperature, stable isotope, and seawater δ18O data from the North Atlantic [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.988210
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Published: 2026-01-21 • DOI registered: 2026-01-21
Keyword(s):
AMOC; Blake Outer Ridge; Clumped isotope thermometry; Deep ocean circulation; Deep ocean temperatures; Deep water formation; Foraminiferal geochemistry; Last Glacial Maximum; Middle Holocene; North Atlantic; North Atlantic Deep Water; Oxygen and carbon stable isotopes; Paleoceanographic proxies; Paleoceanography; Trace metals Mg/Ca
References:
Wharton, Jack; Renoult, Martin; Gebbie, Geoffrey; Keigwin, Lloyd D; Marchitto, Thomas M; Maslin, Mark; Oppo, Delia W; Thornalley, David J R (2024): Deeper and stronger North Atlantic Gyre during the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07655-y
Funding:
National Science Foundation (NSF), grant/award no. OCE-2233080: Theoretical and Practical Development of Aragonite Li/Mg as a Deep Sea Paleotemperature Proxy
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 39.219856 * Median Longitude: -61.318089 * South-bound Latitude: 30.759694 * West-bound Longitude: -76.290000 * North-bound Latitude: 62.975500 * East-bound Longitude: -16.501400
Date/Time Start: 1989-08-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2006-06-25T00:00:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -5.02 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -1.15 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
172-1055 * Latitude: 32.784333 * Longitude: -76.286278 * Date/Time: 1997-02-21T00:00:00 * Elevation: -1798.1 m * Penetration: 405.4 m * Recovery: 429.4 m * Location: Carolina Slope, North Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg172 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 45 cores; 405.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 105.9% recovery
172-1057 * Latitude: 32.028861 * Longitude: -76.079222 * Date/Time: 1997-02-25T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2583.8 m * Penetration: 341.2 m * Recovery: 364.2 m * Location: Carolina Slope, North Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg172 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 37 cores; 341.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 106.7% recovery
172-1059 * Latitude: 31.674194 * Longitude: -75.418528 * Date/Time: 1997-03-03T00:00:00 * Elevation: -2985.1 m * Penetration: 286 m * Recovery: 301.9 m * Location: Blake Outer Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean * Campaign: Leg172 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Composite Core (COMPCORE) * Comment: 31 cores; 286 m cored; 0 m drilled; 105.6% recovery
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Wharton, Jack | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Wharton, Jack | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Wharton, Jack | |||
| 4 | Site | Site | Wharton, Jack | additional event label | ||
| 5 | Timeslice | Timeslice | Wharton, Jack | |||
| 6 | ELEVATION | Elevation | m a.s.l. | Wharton, Jack | Geocode | |
| 7 | Proxy | Proxy | Wharton, Jack | temperature | ||
| 8 | Species | Species | Wharton, Jack | |||
| 9 | Bottom water temperature | BWT | °C | Wharton, Jack | Calculated | |
| 10 | Bottom water temperature, standard error | BWT std e | ± | Wharton, Jack | Calculated, 2 standard error (2SE) | |
| 11 | Number of measurements | n | # | Wharton, Jack | Number of D47-temperature measurements | |
| 12 | δ18O, seawater, reconstructed | δ18Osw | ‰ SMOW | Wharton, Jack | ||
| 13 | δ18O, seawater, reconstructed, standard error | δ18Osw std e | ± | Wharton, Jack | Calculated, 2 standard error (2SE) | |
| 14 | Foraminifera, benthic δ18O | Foram benth δ18O | ‰ PDB | Wharton, Jack | Corrected | Corrected benthic foraminiferal δ18O (D47) |
| 15 | Foraminifera, benthic δ18O, standard error | Foram benth std e | ± | Wharton, Jack | Calculated, 1 standard error | Corrected benthic foraminiferal δ18O (D47) |
| 16 | Number of measurements | n | # | Wharton, Jack | Number of D47 corrected benthic foraminiferal δ18O measurements |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Size:
258 data points