Sr/Ca and linear extension data for a modern Orbicella faveolata coral from Marquesas Keys, Florida, USA

Description

This data release contains new subannual Strontium/Calcium (Sr/Ca) and annual linear extension records from a colony of the massive coral, Orbicella faveolata. The colony was collected live from the Marquesas Keys, Florida (FL) in August 1980 from core MK1. The coral Sr/Ca paleothermometer can provide a powerful proxy for centennial-scale sea-surface temperature (SST) variability in the Caribbean/Atlantic Ocean region.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.24c5a19b-9104-4ca5-8ece-03673f3273c0.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q01QJJ

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  • coelenterates
  • oceans
  • biota
  • sr-ca
  • paleoclimatology
  • usgs-24c5a19b-9104-4ca5-8ece-03673f3273c0
  • sclerochronology
  • sea-surface-temperature
  • strontium-calcium
  • marquesas-keys
  • florida
  • climate-change
  • coral
  • florida-keys

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