Sea surface temperature offshore northeastern Australia@en

Planktic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber (white) Mg/Ca-based sea-surface temperature (SST) estimates from three sediment cores that were retrieved along along the East Australian Current (EAC) path between 15°S and 26°S off northeastern Australia were reconstructed in order to estimate changes in the EAC heat transport over the past 4000 years and its potential driving mechanisms. The analyzed sediments were recovered by multiple corers GeoB22202-1 (26°07.818'S, 153°59.366'E, water depth 965 m), GeoB22222-1 (17°17.698'S; 146°56.354'E, water depth 1168 m) and GeoB22230-2 (15°26.473'S, 145°52.198'E, water depth 968 m) during R/V SONNE cruise SO-256 in the Coral Sea, offshore NE Australia in 2017.