South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) Solomon Islands and Vanuatu sediment core age models

Dataset

DOI

Sediment core age model data from South Pacific Convergence Zone sediment cores collected from five freshwater lakes on Tetepare and Rendova Islands in Solomon Islands, and Thion Island in Vanuatu. Age models allow for 500-to-1000-year records of pre-instrumental precipitation variability based on the hydrogen isotope composition of the dinoflagellate biomarker dinosterol, which is inversely correlated with mean annual precipitation rates, and provides quantitative records of rainfall rates from the western portion of the SPCZ. Age models are from 6 cores from 5 lakes: Harai Lake #1, Barora Pond, Lake Tavara, Red Lake, and White Lake (Rendova_SHAR1UC2, Tetepare_SBARUC2, Tetepare_SBARUC3, Tetepare_STAVUC4, Thion_VTRUC3, Thion_VTRUC2).

Identifier
DOI	https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989352
Related Identifier	IsPartOf https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989348
Related Identifier	References https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005891
Related Identifier	References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107421
Related Identifier	References https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920975117
Metadata Access	https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.989352

Provenance
Creator	Ladd, S Nemiah ; Maloney, Ashley E ; Nelson, Daniel B ; Peaple, Mark D ; Richey, Julie N ; Witt, Amanda; Sobeck, Polly; Prebble, M ; Sear, David A; Langdon, Peter G ; Dubois, Nathalie ; Sachs, Julian P
Publisher	PANGAEA
Publication Year	2026
Funding Reference	Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001023 Crossref Funder ID ALNGRA14513 https://www.ainse.edu.au/ ; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001023 Crossref Funder ID ALNGRA16012 https://www.ainse.edu.au/ ; National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Crossref Funder ID 0823503 Late Holocene ITCZ Shifts from Sedimentary Lipids on Tropical Pacific Islands; National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Crossref Funder ID 1068839 IGERT Ocean Change; National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100000001 Crossref Funder ID 1502417 Late Holocene Changes in the SPCZ from Algal Lipid D/H in Lakes Across Oceania; Natural Environment Research Council https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270 Crossref Funder ID NE/W005565/1 http://www.nerc.ac.uk/
Rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess	false

Representation
Resource Type	Dataset
Format	text/tab-separated-values
Size	302 data points
Discipline	Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage	(157.356W, -15.041S, 167.090E, -8.562N); Harai Lake #1, Rendova, Solomon Islands; Barora Pond, Tetepare, Solomon Islands; Lake Tavara, Tetepare, Solomon Islands; Red Lake, Thion, Vanuatu; White Lake, Thion, Vanuatu
Temporal Coverage Begin	2011-06-15T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End	2012-06-27T00:00:00Z