Tridacna Shell Carbon and Oxygen Stable Isotope Record, 1989-2013

A 24-year stable isotope record from 1989 to 2013, measuring carbon and oxygen isotopes in Tridacna shells from the southern South China Sea. The dataset was created by Xiaolin Ma of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is shared via the Papers with Code platform. It provides a geochemical time series for paleoenvironmental research.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past sea surface temperatures based on oxygen isotope ratios.
• Analyzing changes in marine productivity or carbon cycling based on carbon isotope variations.
• Calibrating climate proxy models using the multi-decadal time series.
• Studying the impact of regional climate events on marine biomineralization.

Strengths

• Provides a continuous 24-year time series from 1989 to 2013.
• Focuses on a specific, well-defined geographic region: the southern South China Sea.
• Measures two key geochemical proxies (carbon and oxygen stable isotopes) for environmental reconstruction.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Xiaolin Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Collection Method

Likely involves geochemical analysis of Tridacna shell samples.

Time Range

1989 to 2013

Geography

Southern South China Sea