# Western North Atlantic Basin 6,000 Year Paleotempestology Database #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 2.0 # NOTE: Please cite Publication, and Online_Resource and date accessed when using these data. # If there is no publication information, please cite Investigators, Title, and Online_Resource and date accessed. # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21391 # Online_Resource: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/oliva2017/oliva2017intervals.txt # # Original_Source_URL: # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # Archive: Other Collections # # Parameter_Keywords: #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2017-01-16 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Western North Atlantic Basin 6,000 Year Paleotempestology Database #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Oliva, F.; Peros, M.; Viau, A. #-------------------- # Description_and_Notes # Description: Summary of published paleotempestological studies for the western North Atlantic Basin. # Provided Keywords: Paleotempestology, hydroclimatology, tropical cyclones, X-ray fluorescence core scanning, geochemistry # # Definitions: # Table Field Definition Values Type # Intervals Article Integer ID of article 1-59 String # Intervals Author Author Name varies String # Intervals Interval_ID Unique Event ID. Prefix A (for article), followed by article ID (leading zero), followed by "I" (for interval), followed by interval number (01-99, leading zero) 0,1,2,3,4,5 # Intervals Interval_Proxy Flag to indicate if proxy is from a physical sample (core), or from observation (instrumental or historical record). Majority of events identified from cores. Core, Observation String # Intervals Dating_Media Description from article of physical sample used for radiocarbon analysis. "na" if no data. varies String # Intervals Proxy_ID Identification from article of sample name from which the interval was inferred (typically the borehole ID). "na" if no data varies String # Intervals Interval_type Indicates whether recorded interval from the article has either a quantitative return period (in years) associated with it, or only a qualifier (text) of hurricane activity. "Frequency, Quantitative" or "Qualitative" String # Intervals Age_uncal_data 0 if there is no uncalibrated data, but there is calibrated data. 1 if there is uncalibrated data and calibrated data. 2 if there is no calibrated data, JUST uncalibrated data (e.g. liu & fearn 1993) 0,1,2 Integer # Intervals Interval_Age_UnCal_Min_BP Minimum of range of interval age in years before present (1950) - or 14C radiocarbon age. 0 if there is no data with Age_uncal_data flag of 0. 0, 800-4000 Integer # Intervals Interval_Age_UnCal_Max_BP Maximum of range of interval age in years before present (1950) - or 14C radiocarbon age. 0 if there is no data with Age_uncal_data flag of 0. 0, 3200-4500 Integer # Intervals Interval_Age_Cal_Min_BP Minimum of interval age range, calibrated with dating model , in years BP (1950). Zero if no data 0, 50-6700 Integer # Intervals Interval_Age_Cal_Max_BP Maximum of interval of age range, calibrated with dating model , in years BP (1950). Zero if no data 0, -51-6900 Integer # Intervals Recurrence_yrs_min Minimum of range of return period or recurrence, in years, of hurricane event associated with interval, identified as significant by authors. Zero if no data 0, 5-800 Double # Intervals Recurrence_yrs_max Maximum of range of return period or recurrence, in years, of hurricane event associated with interval, identified as significant by authors. Zero if no data 0, 5-800 Double # Intervals Recurrence_Qualified Qualifier used by authors to describe hurricane frequency of intervals varies String # Intervals Data_Source Source of data within the article (e.g. table or figure number, section number) varies string # Intervals Calendar_Date_Min_Year Calibrated calendar year minimum of range. Incorporates age error estimate. Negative values are from calendar year 0 (e.g. -4,000 is 4,000 years BC). -4900 to 1900 Integer # Intervals Calendar_Date_Max_Year Calibrated calendar year maximum of range. Incorporates age error estimate. Negative values are from calendar year 0 (e.g. -4,000 is 4,000 years BC). -4750 to 2002 Integer # Intervals LF_Lat_dec_deg_N Latitude of individual sample location, if available, decimal varies Integer # Intervals LF_Lon_dec_deg_W Longitude of individual sample location, if available, decimal varies Integer # Intervals lat txt Text string representing sample location latitude in degrees, minutes seconds varies string # Intervals lon_txt Text string representing sample location longitude in degrees, minutes seconds varies string # #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Frank Oliva, Matthew Peros, Andre Viau # Published_Date_or_Year: 2017-01-10 # Published_Title: A review of the spatial distribution of and analytical techniques used in paleotempestological studies in the western North Atlantic Basin # Journal_Name: Progress in Physical Geography # Volume: 41 # Edition: # Issue: 1 # Pages: # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1177/0309133316683899 # Online_Resource: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0309133316683899 # Full_Citation: # Abstract: Paleotempestology, the study of past tropical cyclones (TCs) using geological proxy techniques, is a growing discipline that utilizes data from a broad range of sources. Most paleotempestological studies have been conducted using "established proxies," such as grain-size analysis, loss-on-ignition, and micropaleontological indicators. More recently, however, researchers have been applying more advanced geochemical analyses, such as X-ray fluorescence core scanning and stable isotopic geochemistry, to generate new paleotempestological records. In this paper we begin by providing a list of paleotempestological studies for the western North Atlantic Basin and illustrate the spatial coverage of these studies. We then review the premises behind both established and new proxies and discuss their strengths and limitations at resolving past hurricane activity. Lastly, we suggest future directions for paleotempestological research based on our review of the literature that we argue will ultimately lead to a better understanding of TC dynamics under future climate change scenarios. #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: Canada Research Chairs # Grant: #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: NSERC # Grant: #------------------ # Site_Information # Site_Name: Western North Atlantic # Location: Ocean>Atlantic Ocean>North Atlantic Ocean # Country: # Northernmost_Latitude: 50.0 # Southernmost_Latitude: 10.0 # Easternmost_Longitude: -50.0 # Westernmost_Longitude: -100 # Elevation: 0 m #------------------ # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Oliva2017intervals # Earliest_Year: 6000 # Most_Recent_Year: -50 # Time_Unit: Cal. Year BP # Core_Length: m # Notes: #------------------ # Chronology_Information # Chronology: # #---------------- # Variables # # Data variables follow are preceded by "##" in columns one and two. # Data line variables format: Variables list, one per line, shortname-tab-longname-tab-longname components (9 components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data) # # #---------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing Values: # Article Author IntIrval_ID Age_uncal_data Interval_Age_UnCal_Min_BP Interval_Age_UnCal_Max_BP Interval_Age_Cal_Min_BP Interval_Age_Cal_Max_BP Recurrence_yrs_min Recurrence_yrs_max Recurrence_Qualified Data_Source Calendar_Date_Min_Year Calendar_Date_Max_Year LF_Lat_dec_deg_N LF_Lon_dec_deg_W lat txt lon_txt 1 Adomat and Gischler A01I01 0 0 0 4900 6000 0 0 active period Fig 9 and text -4050 -2950 Bivalve shell, Coral fragment, Organic matter, Organic matter of underlying organic mud, Organic matter within sand deposit, Three coral fragments from various core depths, Two coral fragments, Underlying mangrove peat CP2, ML3, CBi1, CBi4, CBi2, MRB1, MRB2, MRB2, CBi5, CBi5, CP6 1 Adomat and Gischler A01I02 0 0 0 3600 4200 0 0 active period Fig 9 and text -2250 -1650 Bivalve shell, Coral fragment, Organic matter, Organic matter of underlying organic mud, Organic matter within sand deposit, Three coral fragments from various core depths, Two coral fragments, Underlying mangrove peat CP2, ML3, CBi1, CBi4, CBi2, MRB1, MRB2, MRB2, CBi5, CBi5, CP6 1 Adomat and Gischler A01I03 0 0 0 1500 2200 0 0 active period Fig 9 and text -250 450 Bivalve shell, Coral fragment, Organic matter, Organic matter of underlying organic mud, Organic matter within sand deposit, Three coral fragments from various core depths, Two coral fragments, Underlying mangrove peat CP2, ML3, CBi1, CBi4, CBi2, MRB1, MRB2, MRB2, CBi5, CBi5, CP6 2 Aharon and Lambert A02I01 0 0 0 0 980 90 90 na Table 2 970 1950 30.260463 -87.663843 2 Aharon and Lambert A02I02 0 0 0 0 470 70 70 na Table 2 1480 1950 30.260463 -87.663843 5 Brandon et al. A05I01 0 0 0 1700 2500 800 800 na text, section 4.4 -550 250 30.097777778 -84.340555556 N 30° 5′ 53.52″ W 84° 19′ 40.86″ 5 Brandon et al. A05I02 0 0 0 600 1700 79 79 na text, section 4.4 250 1350 30.097777778 -84.340555556 N 30° 5′ 53.52″ W 84° 19′ 40.86″ 5 Brandon et al. A05I03 0 0 0 0 600 32 32 na text, section 4.4 1350 1950 30.097777778 -84.340555556 N 30° 5′ 53.52″ W 84° 19′ 40.86″ 14 Das et al. A14I01 0 0 0 0 1000 83 83 na Table 3 950 1950 bulk organic, wood, shells 052109-03, 052209-02, 052209-03 14 Das et al. A14I02 0 0 0 1000 2400 141 141 na Table 3 -450 950 bulk organic, wood, shells 052109-03, 052209-02, 052209-03 14 Das et al. A14I03 0 0 0 0 1000 71 71 na Table 3 950 1950 bulk organic, wood, shells 052109-03, 052209-02, 052209-03 14 Das et al. A14I04 0 0 0 1000 2900 92 92 na Table 3 -950 950 bulk organic, wood, shells 052109-03, 052209-02, 052209-03 14 Das et al. A14I05 0 0 0 0 1000 71 71 na Table 3 950 1950 bulk organic, wood, shells 052109-03, 052209-02, 052209-03 14 Das et al. A14I06 0 0 0 1000 3400 86 86 na Table 3 -1450 950 bulk organic, wood, shells 052109-03, 052209-02, 052209-03 15 Denommee et al. A15I01 0 0 0 -50 50 22.8 22.8 na Figure 4 1900 2000 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I02 0 0 0 50 150 5 5 na Figure 4 1800 1900 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I03 0 0 0 150 250 9.9 9.9 na Figure 4 1700 1800 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I04 0 0 0 350 450 15.7 15.7 na Figure 4 1500 1600 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I05 0 0 0 450 550 18.9 18.9 na Figure 4 1400 1500 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I06 0 0 0 550 650 18.9 18.9 na Figure 4 1300 1400 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I07 0 0 0 650 750 24.7 24.7 na Figure 4 1200 1300 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I08 0 0 0 750 850 25 25 na Figure 4 1100 1200 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I09 0 0 0 850 950 23.4 23.4 na Figure 4 1000 1100 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I10 0 0 0 950 1050 23.4 23.4 na Figure 4 900 1000 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I11 0 0 0 1050 1150 26 26 na Figure 4 800 900 varve na 15 Denommee et al. A15I12 0 0 0 1150 1250 22.3 22.3 na Figure 4 700 800 varve na 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I01 0 0 0 0 238 0 0 Intense Hurricane Landfalls Figure 3 1712 1950 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I02 0 0 0 238 456 0 0 Relatively Few Intense-Hurricane-Induced layers Figure 3 1494 1712 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I03 0 0 0 456 568 0 0 Intense Hurricane Landfalls Figure 3 1382 1494 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I04 0 0 0 568 1006 0 0 Relatively Few Intense-Hurricane-Induced layers Figure 3 944 1382 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I05 0 0 0 1006 2499 0 0 Intense Hurricane Landfalls Figure 3 -549 944 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I06 0 0 0 2499 3596 0 0 Relatively Few Intense-Hurricane-Induced layers Figure 3 -1646 -549 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I07 0 0 0 3596 4854 0 0 Intense Hurricane Landfalls Figure 3 -2904 -1646 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I08 0 0 0 4854 5054 0 0 Relatively Few Intense-Hurricane-Induced layers Figure 3 -3104 -2904 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 17 Donnelly and Woodruff A17I09 0 0 0 5054 6000 0 0 Intense Hurricane Landfalls Figure 3 -4050 -3104 wood, seeds and shells LPG4 21 Donnelly et al. A21I01 0 0 0 800 1800 43.5 43.5 heightened frequency of event bed deposition throughout text 150 1150 plant macrofossils SP2 21 Donnelly et al. A21I02 0 0 0 275 530 25.5 25.5 heightened frequency of event bed deposition throughout text 1420 1675 plant macrofossils SP2 22 Ercolani et al. A22I01 0 0 0 500 1000 45.5 71.4 active period section 3.4 950 1450 plant and wood fragments 1206-22 and 1206-23 31 Kiage et al. A31I01 0 0 0 1100 2000 112.5 112.5 active period figure 6 -50 850 organic sediments Core W-8 31 Kiage et al. A31I02 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 active period figure 6 1850 1950 organic sediments Core W-8 33 Lambert et al. A33I01 0 0 0 490 630 140 140 active period na 1320 1460 sapropel Cores 2 & 11 33 Lambert et al. A33I02 0 0 0 430 490 12 12 active period na 1460 1520 sapropel Cores 2 & 11 33 Lambert et al. A33I03 0 0 0 -52 430 96.4 96.4 active period na 1520 2002 sapropel Cores 2 & 11 34 Lane et al. A34I01 0 0 0 3755 4060 26.31578947 26.31578947 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 -2110 -1805 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 34 Lane et al. A34I02 0 0 0 3492 3640 26.31578947 26.31578947 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 -1690 -1542 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 34 Lane et al. A34I03 0 0 0 3175 3312 22.22222222 22.22222222 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 -1362 -1225 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 34 Lane et al. A34I04 0 0 0 2284 2869 18.18181818 18.18181818 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 -919 -334 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 34 Lane et al. A34I05 0 0 0 1147 1231 26.31578947 26.31578947 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 719 803 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 34 Lane et al. A34I06 0 0 0 906 972 31.25 31.25 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 978 1044 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 34 Lane et al. A34I07 0 0 0 627 755 22.22222222 22.22222222 high threshold frequency significantly higher than historic rate Fig.7, section 3.8 1195 1323 plant fragments, wood, bark MLT1, MLT2 37 Liu and Fearn A37I01 2 1000 3400 0 0 218 218 dramatic increase in frequency and thickness of sand layers, Cat 4 or 5 events p 242 0 0 30.316666667 -86.150000000 N 30° 19′ 31.00″ W 86° 09′ 12.00″ 38 Liu and Fearn A38I01 2 800 3400 0 0 600 600 average recurrence interval, cat 4 or 5 events p 795, 4th para 0 0 30.260463 -87.663843 41 Malaizé et al. A41I01 0 0 0 250 750 125 125 more intense hurricanes Figure 11 & text 1200 1700 18.125000000 -63.052777778 N 18° 06′ 00.90″ W 63° 03′ 08.10″ 41 Malaizé et al. A41I02 0 0 0 1740 1975 47 117.5 more intense hurricanes Figure 11 & text -25 210 18.125000000 -63.052777778 N 18° 06′ 00.90″ W 63° 03′ 08.10″ 41 Malaizé et al. A41I03 0 0 0 2680 3750 107 133.75 more intense hurricanes Figure 11 & text -1800 -730 18.125000000 -63.052777778 N 18° 06′ 00.90″ W 63° 03′ 08.10″ 43 McCloskey and Keller A43I01 0 2500 3200 2500 3200 116.6666667 116.6666667 hurricane cluster event (HCE 13) section 5.3, fig 5 -1250 -550 17.13888889 -88.31666667 N 17° 08′ 30.20″ W 88° 18′ 20.60″ 43 McCloskey and Keller A43I02 1 4000 4500 4500 5500 76.92307692 76.92307692 hurricane cluster event (HCE15 +HCE16) section 5.3, fig 5 -3550 -2550 17.13888889 -88.31666667 N 17° 08′ 30.20″ W 88° 18′ 20.60″ 44 McCloskey and Liu A44I01 0 0 0 200 600 133.3333333 133.3333333 Active period text and figure 8 1350 1750 16.9 -88.3 44 McCloskey and Liu A44I02 0 0 0 1450 2600 127.7777778 230 Active period text and figure 8 -650 500 16.9 -88.3 44 McCloskey and Liu A44I03 0 0 0 3200 4200 166.6666667 166.6666667 Active period text and figure 8 -2250 -1250 16.9 -88.3 44 McCloskey and Liu A44I04 0 0 0 4750 5450 100 100 Active period text and figure 8 -3500 -2800 16.9 -88.3 44 McCloskey and Liu A44I05 0 0 0 5750 6050 100 100 Active period text and figure 8 -4100 -3800 16.9 -88.3 44 McCloskey and Liu A44I06 0 0 0 6700 6900 100 100 Active period text and figure 8 -4950 -4750 16.9 -88.3 45 McCloskey and Liu A45I01 0 0 0 0 800 266.6666667 266.6666667 Active period Figure 5 1150 1950 12.10277778 -83.68611111 N 12° 06′ 45.10″ W 83° 41′ 26.10″ 48 Peros et al. A48I01 0 0 0 1800 2600 0 0 Frequent hurricanes/increase in activity text, p1491 -650 150 foraminifera, fossil pollen, particle size analysis, and macrocharcoal SC01 48 Peros et al. A48I02 0 0 0 250 500 0 0 Frequent hurricanes/increase in activity text, p1491 1450 1700 foraminifera, fossil pollen, particle size analysis, and macrocharcoal SC01 50 Scileppi and Donnelly A50I01 0 0 0 900 2200 0 0 Frequent overwash deposition/frequent intense hurricane lanfalls text, 5.4 and conclusions -250 1050 40.597 -73.58 50 Scileppi and Donnelly A50I02 0 0 0 2800 3500 0 0 Frequent overwash deposition/frequent intense hurricane lanfalls text, 5.4 and conclusions -1550 -850 40.597 -73.58 52 Toomey et al. A52I01 0 0 0 3800 4600 0 0 increased coarse fraction deposition text, section 4.2 -2650 -1850 24.71315 -79.2437 52 Toomey et al. A52I02 0 0 0 1800 2400 0 0 increased coarse fraction deposition text, section 4.2 -450 150 24.71315 -79.2437 52 Toomey et al. A52I03 0 0 0 500 1200 0 0 increased coarse fraction deposition text, section 4.2 750 1450 24.71315 79.2437 52 Toomey et al. A52I04 0 0 0 -50 50 0 0 increased coarse fraction deposition text, section 4.2 1900 2000 24.71315 79.2437 53 van Hengstum et al. A53I01 0 0 0 800 900 0 0 frequent intense hurricane events text section 5.1 1050 1150 Barbatia domingenesis TPBH-C1 53 van Hengstum et al. A53I02 0 0 0 300 600 0 0 heightened hurricane activity text section 5.1 1350 1650 Barbatia domingenesis TPBH-C1 54 van Hengstum et al. A54I01 0 0 0 100 300 0 0 interval of intense hurricane activity text, p 7 (discussion) 1650 1850 terrestrial plant macrofossils BWLD-C1, BWLD-C2 54 van Hengstum et al. A54I02 0 0 0 1000 2500 0 0 interval of intense hurricane activity text, p 7 (discussion) -550 950 terrestrial plant macrofossils BWLD-C1, BWLD-C2 55 Wallace and Anderson A55I01 0 0 0 1582 4235 442.1666667 442.1666667 overwash record text, p.512 -2285 368 mollusc shells core 25, core 30, core 32, core 33 55 Wallace and Anderson A55I02 0 0 0 1433 2382 94.9 94.9 overwash record text, p.512 -432 517 mollusc shells core 25, core 30, core 32, core 33 55 Wallace and Anderson A55I03 0 0 0 940 3558 436.3333333 436.3333333 overwash record text, p.512 -1608 1010 mollusc shells core 25, core 30, core 32, core 33 55 Wallace and Anderson A55I04 0 0 0 2072 5377 300.4545455 300.4545455 overwash record text, p.512 -3427 -122 mollusc shells core 25, core 30, core 32, core 33 59 Woodruff et al. A59I01 0 0 0 -39 1350 138.9 138.9 isolated event layers figure 4 600 1989 wood, seeds, gastropod shells core 4, core 12 59 Woodruff et al. A59I01 0 0 0 1350 2500 127.7777778 127.7777778 isolated event layers figure 4 -550 600 wood, seeds, gastropod shells core 4, core 12 59 Woodruff et al. A59I01 0 0 0 2500 5000 250 250 isolated event layers figure 4 -3050 -550 wood, seeds, gastropod shells core 4, core 12