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Historical August Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates Utilising a Diatom Transfer Function with Core MD88-787

The purpose of this study was to estimate past sea-surface temperature in the Southeast Indian Ocean. The accumulation of diatom microplankton assemblages in sediments being the proxy for these records of climatic change.

A transfer function is a mathematical method that allows quantitative estimations of environmental parameters from past biogenic sedimentation. In this study, a diatom transfer function was established to relate biological species to selected environmental parameter of the ocean (sea-surface temp). These equations were then employed on observed fossil species from core samples to provide quantitative estimates of sea-surface temperature.

Estimates of sea-surface temperature (SST) are given here based on the assemblages of diatoms found in core MD88-787. The information provided gives the extrapolated age-scale through the core, and an estimate of August SST based on a diatom transfer function - DTF 109/24/6.

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Field Value
Title Historical August Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates Utilising a Diatom Transfer Function with Core MD88-787
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia
Data Status inactive
Update Frequency never
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6805a7b3-3fc6-4c7f-b0e5-4bc0b5c339c1
Date Published 2017-06-24
Date Updated 2023-08-11
Contact Point
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
leanne.armand@mq.edu.au
Temporal Coverage 2017-06-24 21:02:14
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[145.0, -56.5], [145.5, -56.5], [145.5, -56.0], [145.0, -56.0], [145.0, -56.5]]]}
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Data Portal data.gov.au
Publisher/Agency Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University