Bokhari-Friberg et al. - "Influence of Indian Summer Monsoon on Marine Biological Productivity Across the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene [Dataset]"
Bokhari-Friberg et al. - "Influence of Indian Summer Monsoon on Marine Biological Productivity Across the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene [Dataset]"
This dataset contains palaeoceanographic records from IODP Site U1445 in the Bay of Bengal, spanning approximately 3.5 to 2.3 million years ago. It supports the study “Influence of Indian Summer Monsoon on Marine Biological Productivity Across the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.”
Files:
Bokhari-Friberg_et_al_2025_Indian_Summer_Monsoon_dataset.xlsx: A multi-sheet Excel file containing palaeoceanographic data from IODP Site U1445 in the Bay of Bengal, spanning ~3.5 to 2.3 million years ago. Includes XRF elemental data, δ¹⁸O records, age-depth models, diatom and foraminiferal abundances, and metadata.
README.txt: A plain text file describing the dataset, including authorship, contact details, methods, file structure, units, licence, and acknowledgements.
Authors:
Bokhari-Friberg, Yasmin, ybokfri@gmail.com, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK; School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Anand, Pallavi, Email: pallavi.anand@open.ac.uk, Web: School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Romero, Oscar, oromero@uni-bremen.de, MARUM, Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Littler, Kate, K.Littler@exeter.ac.uk, Camborne School of Mines, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, & Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
Robinson, Marci, mmrobinson@usgs.gov, U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA, USA
Sexton, Philip, philip.sexton@open.ac.uk, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Leng, Melanie, mjl@bgs.ac.uk, National Environmental Isotope Facility, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Murayama, Masafumi, murayama@kochi-u.ac.jp, Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan; Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Isotope Geoscience Facility grant (IP-1839-1118)
UKIODP Moratorium Grant (NE/N012100/1)
U.S. Geological Survey Climate Research and Development Program