Galapagos Coral Radiocarbon Data --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOAA Paleoclimatology Program and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: Galapagos Coral Radiocarbon Data LAST UPDATE: 12/2004 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo) CONTRIBUTOR: Ellen Druffel, University of California, Irvine IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2004-087 SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Druffel, E.R.M.. 2004. Galapagos Coral Radiocarbon Data. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #2004-087. NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. ORIGINAL REFERENCES: Druffel, E.R.M. 1981. Radiocarbon in annual coral rings from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, vol.8, No.1, pgs. 59-62, January 1981. Druffel, E.R.M. 1980. Radiocarbon in Annual Coral Rings of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Ph.D. dissertation, UCSD, 213pp. GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Eastern tropical Pacific PERIOD OF RECORD: 1967 to 1977 AD DESCRIPTION: Radiocarbon data from annually banded corals in the Galapagos Islands, eastern tropical Pacific. Sample UB16, Isabela Island (0° 25'S, 91° 15'W) Pavona clavus Collected May 1977 by P. Glynn and G. Wellington Found above sea level DATA: LJ# YEAR 14C Error (± 2yrs) ‰ ‰ 4841 1929-1931 -63 ±7 4842 1932-1933 -70 ±6 4844 1934-1935 -76 ±7 4840 1936-1937 -67 ±5 4843 1938-1939 -69 ±4 4562 1940 -67 ±7 4641 1941 -80 ±7 4591 1942 -81 ±4 4558 1943 -66 ±5 4552 1944-1945 -69 ±7 4589 1944 -73 ±4 4642 1945 -70 ±8 4592 1946 -72 ±4 4556 1947 -72 ±4 4559 1948 -76 ±5 4590 1949 -78 ±4 4555 1950 -70 ±4 4561 1951 -75 ±3 4557 1952 -69 ±3 4560 1953 -75 ±3 4640 1954 -72 ±4