North Atlantic Eocene Oligocene foraminiferal stable isotope and Mg/Ca proxy data

Helen Coxall

Benthic and planktic foraminifera oxygen and carbon stable isotope measurements from four North Atlantic deep sea drill sites from the late Eocene to early Oligocene climate transition. The dataset contains new and existing data and metadata for ODP Site 647, DSDP Site 112, IODP Site U1411 and DSDP Site 612. Mg/Ca data and bottom water temperature reconstructions are included for Southern Labrador Sea Site 647.

Citation

Helen Coxall (2018) North Atlantic Eocene Oligocene foraminiferal stable isotope and Mg/Ca proxy data. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/coxall-2018-north-atlantic-1

References

Coxall HK, Huck CE, Huber M, Lear CH, Legarda-Lisarri A, O'Regan M, Sliwinska KK, van de Flierdt T, de Boer AM, Zachos JC, Backman J. (2018): Export of nutrient rich Northern Component Water preceded early Oligocene Antarctic glaciation. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0069-9

Data description

The dataset is included in one xlsx file with several data tabs. Additional metadata, with further information and references, is provided in a separate ReadMe tab.

Comments

Site locations: ODP Site 647 (53°19.878'N; 45°15.720'W); DSDP Site 112 (54° 0.00'N; 46°36.240'W); IODP Site U1411 (41°37.0992′N; 48°59.9990′W); DSDP Site 612 (38°49.21'N; 72°46.43'W).