(Table 1) Geochemistry, accumulation rates and sea surface temperature estimation of ODP Site 138-846@en

We analyzed the unsaturation ratio (Uk37) of long-chain ketones - a molecular sea-surface temperature (SST) indicator û concentrations of carbonate and organic carbon in sediments from Site 846 in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. Based on an isotopic age model for the composite depth section of 0-46 m below seafloor and on estimates of sediment density, accumulation rates of these biogenic compounds were calculated. Our combined temperature and biogenic flux record traces conditions at the origin of the South Equatorial Current over the last 1.3 m.y. […]