Indian Summer Monsoon Evolution Across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition from IODP Site U1448

Planktic foraminifera records from IODP Expedition 353 Site U1448 in the Andaman Sea, used to study the evolution of the Indian summer monsoon across the mid-Pleistocene transition. The dataset was authored by Jiajian Lin and is available as a 111.1 KB XLSX file. It was last updated on 2026-04-17.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past monsoon intensity based on planktic foraminifera species composition.
• Analyzing climate variability across the mid-Pleistocene transition based on the temporal record.
• Calibrating or validating paleoclimate models based on proxy data from the Andaman Sea.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (111.1 KB), facilitating quick download and inspection.
• Data is published under a permissive CC0-1.0 license, allowing unrestricted reuse.
• Source is clearly identified as IODP Expedition 353 Site U1448, providing geographic specificity.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset's temporal coverage is not explicitly stated in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 353, Site U1448.

Collection Method

Planktic foraminifera records from marine sediment cores.

Time Range

Mid-Pleistocene transition (time range not explicitly specified).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 04:03:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Andaman Sea.