IK: Imbrie and Kipp foraminifera data

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Imbrie and Kipp foraminifera data

Description

Core-top foraminifera data from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and core V12.122 from the Carribean published by Imbrie and Kipp (1971). The data are a list with the following named components: spec relative abundances (percentages) of 22 foraminifera taxa in 61 core-top samples, (env) sea surface temperature and salinity measurements for the core-top samples, and (core) relative abundances of 28 foraminifer taxa in 110 samples from core V12.122.

Usage

  data(IK)

References

Imbrie, J. & Kipp, N.G. (1971). A new micropaleontological method for quantitative paleoclimatology: application to a Late Pleistocene Caribbean core. In The Late Cenozoic Glacial Ages (ed K.K. Turekian), pp. 77-181. Yale University Press, New Haven.

Examples

data(IK)
names(IK$spec)
pairs(IK$env)

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