TY - GEN T1 - Vanuatu fossil coral SST reconstruction for 4200 yr BP AU - Corrège, Thierry AU - Delcroix, Thierry AU - Recy, Jacques AU - Beck, Warren AU - Cabioch, Guy AU - Le Cornec, Florence DO - 10.1594/PANGAEA.855312 UR - https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.855312 AB - We present a 47-year-long record of sea surface temperature (SST) derived from Sr/Ca and U/Ca analysis of a massive Porites coral which grew at ~4150 calendar years before present (B.P.) in Vanuatu (southwest tropical Pacific Ocean). Mean SST is similar in both the modern instrumental record and paleorecord, and both exhibit El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) frequency SST oscillations. However, several strong decadal-frequency cooling events and a marked modulation of the seasonal SST cycle, with power at both ENSO and decadal frequencies, are observed in the paleorecord, which are unprecedented in the modern record. KW - Core drilling PY - 2000 PB - PANGAEA LA - en ER -