Global Benthic \(\delta^{18}O\) Stack

A global Pliocene-Pleistocene benthic \(\delta^{18}O\) stack.

Usage

lisiecki2005

Format

A data.frame with 2115 observations and 3 variables:

age

numeric: calendar age (kilo year cal BP).

delta

numeric: benthic \(\delta^{18}O\) (per mil).

error

numeric: standard error (per mil).

Source

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/5847

Details

The LR04 stack spans 5.3 Myr and is an average of 57 globally distributed benthic \(\delta^{18}O\) records (which measure global ice volume and deep ocean temperature) collected from the scientific literature.

References

Lisiecki, L. E. and Raymo, M. E. (2005). A Pliocene-Pleistocene stack of 57 globally distributed benthic d18O records. Paleoceanography, 20, PA1003. doi:10.1029/2004PA001071

See also

Other palaeoenvironment data: epica2008, law2006, ngrip2004, ngrip2010, spratt2016

Other isotopic data: ngrip2004, ngrip2010, nydal1996, spratt2016, vegetation

Examples

plot(
  x = lisiecki2005$age,
  y = lisiecki2005$delta,
  type = "l",
  xlim = c(500, 0),
  xlab = "kilo year BP",
  ylab = expression(delta^{18}*"O")
)