Papua New Guinea fossil Porites coral H95-6

Latitude	147º 34'E	
Longitude	6º 04'S	
Bathymetry/elevation	Current elevation of ~113 m above sea-level.  
Depth of water in which coral grew estimated at 5-15 m based on coral assemblages 
and reef structure.  	
	
References	Tudhope et al., 2001, Science, 291, 1511-1517
	
Variable names	
a)  'seasonal date' in years, with the lowest date value given to the base (oldest part) 
of the coral core. 
b)  interpolated seasonal-resolution coral skeletal d18O 	

Variable units	permil (‰) on the P.D.B. scale	

Data precision	Long-term analytical precision of ± 0.16 ‰ d18O (2s) based on 
analysis of internal consistency standards 	
	
Sample collected from Huon raised reef VII (terraces described in:  Chappell, 1974, 
Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 85, 553;  Chappell et al., 1996, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 141, 227)
	
Results of analysis of a core collected from a 'fossil' massive Porites coral exposed 
in the raised reefs of the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea.  The coral grew about 130 ka BP, 
during the penultimate deglaciation, when sea-level was about 61-96 m below present day level. 
The core was collected vertically down the axis of maximum growth of the colony.  
This core was subsampled into 1mm growth increments, resulting in an average of 
9 samples/annual growth increment.  These samples were analysed for d18O, then the data 
interpolated to seasonal resolution (presented here).  In this region, seasonal and 
interannual variations in skeletal d18O are due to the combined effects of changes in 
precipitation/evaporation balance and temperature; see Tudhope et al., 1995, 
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 136, 575, and Tudhope et al., 2001, Science, 291, 1511-1517 
for further discussion of climatic interpretation.
	
Chronostratigraphic information	130 ± 2 ka (based on stratigraphic location and U-series dates).	

H95-6	
seasonal	H95-6
date	seasonal
(midpoint)	del18O

30.792	-3.913
30.542	-3.950
30.292	-4.072
30.042	-4.077
29.792	-3.978
29.542	-3.921
29.292	-4.115
29.042	-4.095
28.792	-4.086
28.542	-4.003
28.292	-4.116
28.042	-4.039
27.792	-3.962
27.542	-3.893
27.292	-4.061
27.042	-4.123
26.792	-3.964
26.542	-3.967
26.292	-4.068
26.042	-4.002
25.792	-3.975
25.542	-3.906
25.292	-3.929
25.042	-3.835
24.792	-3.953
24.542	-3.903
24.292	-3.966
24.042	-4.059
23.792	-4.065
23.542	-4.087
23.292	-4.195
23.042	-4.128
22.792	-4.099
22.542	-3.796
22.292	-3.824
22.042	-3.909
21.792	-3.924
21.542	-3.912
21.292	-3.977
21.042	-4.031
20.792	-3.777
20.542	-3.751
20.292	-3.816
20.042	-4.004
19.792	-3.933
19.542	-3.920
19.292	-3.950
19.042	-4.056
18.792	-3.977
18.542	-3.821
18.292	-3.854
18.042	-3.853
17.792	-3.859
17.542	-3.881
17.292	-3.891
17.042	-4.103
16.792	-4.077
16.542	-4.085
16.292	-4.266
16.042	-4.179
15.792	-4.130
15.542	-4.079
15.292	-4.119
15.042	-4.067
14.792	-4.074
14.542	-3.857
14.292	-3.965
14.042	-3.914
13.792	-3.946
13.542	-3.884
13.292	-4.018
13.042	-4.023
12.792	-4.146
12.542	-4.039
12.292	-3.940
12.042	-4.030
11.792	-3.850
11.542	-3.797
11.292	-3.908
11.042	-3.843
10.792	-3.829
10.542	-3.664
10.292	-3.704
10.042	-3.883
9.792	-3.851
9.542	-3.834
9.292	-4.124
9.042	-4.101
8.792	-4.134
8.542	-4.010
8.292	-4.042
8.042	-4.190
7.792	-3.993
7.542	-3.857
7.292	-3.957
7.042	-4.017
6.792	-3.974
6.542	-3.850
6.292	-3.927
6.042	-3.878
5.792	-3.816
5.542	-3.808
5.292	-3.899
5.042	-3.858
4.792	-3.822
4.542	-3.804
4.292	-3.889
4.042	-4.079
3.792	-4.060
3.542	-3.968
3.292	-4.037
3.042	-4.109
2.792	-4.159
2.542	-4.017
2.292	-4.049
2.042	-4.019
1.792	-3.875
1.542	-3.885
1.292	-4.048
1.042	-4.010
0.792	-3.846
0.542	-3.750