Palawan Island Coral Radiocarbon Measurements from 1947-1981

Radiocarbon data from corals and sclerosponges collected near Palawan Island in the South China Sea. The dataset covers a time period from 3 to -31 calendar years before present, corresponding to the years 1947-1981 CE. The data are archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program.

Use Cases

• Calibrating marine radiocarbon reservoir ages for the South China Sea using coral sample measurements.
• Reconstructing surface ocean radiocarbon variability from 1947-1981 using the time-series data.
• Analyzing the relationship between coral proxy data and known atmospheric nuclear bomb-testing signals during the covered period.

Strengths

• Data spans a 34-year period from 1947 to 1981 CE.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Sample size and number of measurement parameters are unknown.
• Temporal coverage ends in 1981, lacking recent decades of observations.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Radiocarbon analysis of coral and sclerosponge samples.

Time Range

1947 CE to 1981 CE (3 to -31 calendar years BP).

Freshness

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Geography

South China Sea, Western Pacific Ocean, near Palawan Island.