parameter group
parameter
microfossil
assemblages % foraminifera species
% foraminifera species
% coccoliths species
% radiolaria species
% diatom species
% silicoflagellate species
% ostracod species
% pollen species
stable isotopes
Oxygen, d180
Carbon, d13C
Nitrogen, d15N
Strontium, 87Sr/86Sr
Osmium,
1870s/1860s
Boron
radionuclides
Lead, 210Pb
Thorium, 230Th
Protactinium, 231Pa
biogenic compounds
Organic carbon, TOC
Calcium carbonate, CaC03
Opal, Si02
Biomarker, Uk37
elements
Rare earth elements
Sr/Ca
sedimentology
Ge/Si
Cd/Ca
Ba/Ca
Barium
Vanadium
Uranium
Phosphorus
Iron/Manganese hydroxides
Ice rafted debris
Grain size distribution
Clay mineral assemblage
Mineralogy
source
planktonic foraminifera
benthic foraminifera
coccoliths
radiolaria
diatoms
silicoflagellates
ostracods
pollen
foraminifera
foraminifera
organic matter
sediment
sediment
foraminifera
sediment
sediment
sediment
sediment
sediment
sediment
coccoliths
sediment
corals
biogenous opal
foraminifera
foraminifera
barite/sediment
foraminifera
foraminifera
sediment
sediment
sediment
sediment
sediment
sediment
used as proxy for
sea surface temp., surface productivity
oxygen in bottom water, export productivity
sea surface temp.
sea surface temp., export productivity
sea surface temp., export productivity, sea ice distribution
sea surface temp., export productivity
sea surface temp., salinity
terrestrial vegetation
sea surface temp.
utilization/regeneration of organic matter, productivity
nutrients, surface productivity
seawater chemistry, continental weathering
seawater chemistry, continental weathering
pH
particle fluxlrain rate
particle flux/rain rate
particle flux/rain rate
pC02, export productivity, terrestrial input
export productivity, history
of carbonate compens. depth
export productivity
sea surface temp.,
pC02, surface productivity
particle flux/rain rate
sea surface temp.
nutrients, seawater chemistry, continental weathering
nutrients
alkalinity
productivity
distribution of anoxic sediments
carbon cycling in ocean/atmosphere
nutrients, continental weathering
redox conditions
activity
of glaciers and continental ice sheets
velocity of bottom currents
velocity and direction of bottom currents
source of sediment, direction of transport
Table 1. List of parameters/parameter groups used as paleoclimatic proxy data for the reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions. All proxy parameters are
defined
in the PANGAEA parameter table, the import
of data is organized by means of a unique parameter ID in the header ofthe matrix to be imported.
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