InfTemp {RPANDA}

Paleotemperature data across the Cenozoic

Description

Paleotemperature data across the Cenozoic inferred from delta O18 measurements

Usage

data(InfTemp)

Details

Paleotemperature data inferred from delta 018 measurements using the equation of Epstein et al. (1953). The format is a dataframe with the two following variables:

Age

a numeric vector corresponding to the geological age, in Myrs before the present

Temperature

a numeric vector corresponding to the inferred temperature at that age

References

Epstein, S., Buchsbaum, R., Lowenstam, H.A., Urey, H.C. (1953) Revised carbonate-water isotopic temperature scale Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 64: 1315-1326

Zachos, J.C., Dickens, G.R., Zeebe, R.E. (2008) An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics Nature 451: 279-283

Condamine, F.L., Rolland, J., Morlon, H. (2013) Macroevolutionary perspectives to environmental change Eco Lett 16: 72-85

Examples

data(InfTemp)
plot(InfTemp)