http://bolin.su.se/data/miocene-temperature-portal-2 Kira Lawrence, Helen Coxall, Sindia Sosdian, Margret Steinthorsdottir Bolin Centre Database 2021 Datafile Marine Temperature Paleoceanography Miocene Climate proxy data Sea surface temperature Bottom water temperature Mg/Ca Uk'37 TEX86 Earth science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/lake records Helen Coxall 2021-12-15T11:40:41+00:00 English 2 This dataset consists of a table with key information about published Miocene temperature records, which can be downloaded as a comma-separated values (csv) text file having the following content for each site: * ID number in the database * Site name * Type of temperature record * Proxy data type * Ocean basin * Modern latitude (degrees, positive is North) * Modern longitude (degrees, positive is East) * Modern sea surface temperature (°C) * Modern bottom water temperature (°C) (if applicable) * Modern water depth (m) * Paleo water depth (m) (if applicable) * Age description (see list with abbreviations for definitions) * Starting age (Ma) * Ending age (Ma) * Average Sample Resolution (kyr) * References to papers describing the data * Data repository * Web address to the data The csv file is saved with utf-8 encoding. It can be opened in any standard text editor, spreadsheet or other data analysis software. Several guides for how to import this type of file in Excel are available on the web, e.g. at the [Institute for Advanced Study](https://www.itg.ias.edu/content/how-import-csv-file-uses-utf-8-character-encoding-0).