Southwest Pacific Faunal-Based LGM SST Estimates: Readme file
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               World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                     NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Southwest Pacific Faunal-Based LGM SST Estimates 
LAST UPDATE: 4/2002 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo)

CONTRIBUTOR: Timothy Barrows, Australian National University

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-021

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Barrows, T. T., et al., 2002,
Southwest Pacific Faunal-Based LGM SST Estimates, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series # 2002-021.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:  
Barrows, T. T., S. Juggins, P. De Deckker, J. Thiede, J. I. Martinez, 2000, 
Sea-surface temperatures of the southwest Pacific Ocean during the 
Last Glacial Maximum, Paleoceanography, 15: 95-109.


GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Southwest Pacific Ocean 

PERIOD OF RECORD: Last Glacial Maximum, ~22-15 KYrBP

LIST OF FILES: Readme_Barrows2000.txt (this file),
Barrows2000.xls (Microsoft Excel format),
table1.txt, table2.txt, table3.txt, table4.txt, 
appendix_a.txt, appendix_b.txt (tab-delimited text files).


DESCRIPTION: 
Barrows, et al. Southwest Pacific Faunal-Based LGM SST Estimates.

Foraminiferal modern analog technique used with 29 marine sediment cores 
to reconstruct South Pacific Sea Surface Temperature for the 
Last Glacial Maximum.