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Youbin Sun, Delia W. Oppo, Rong xiang, et.al, Last deglaciation in the Okinawa Trough: Subtropical northwest Pacific link to Northern Hemisphere and tropical climate, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, VOL.20, PA4005, doi: 10.1029/2004PA001061, 2005;,参见数据来源中参考文献,该数据集包括南海(19°35′N, 117°38′E,水深3175米)及冲绳海域(27.82N, 126.98E, 水深1264米)两个采样点不同深度的虫梢体Mg/Ca比值,以及由此计算的海表温度。其中南海海域采样间隔0.1米,共280个点数据,冲绳海域采样间隔0.2米,共225个点数据。应用于地质学、地理学、地球科学及其它学科,为研究东亚季风以及西北太平洋亚热带气候与北半球热带气候间联系提供数据支撑。