Table 1 Description of a selection of metadata fields with examples given for the eleven proxy datasets used in the technical validation section.

From: A palaeoclimate proxy database for water security planning in Queensland Australia

Brief Citation

DOI

Dataset ID

Location

Latitude

Longitude

Archive Type

Proxy Type

Start Year (CE)

End Year (CE)

Overlap with 1 ka (years)

Continuity

Resolution

Duncan et al., 2010138

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0794-2

156

South Island and Lower North Island

−43.27

172.18

Tree Ring

Tree Ring Width

1457

1999

542.0

Continuous

Annual

Barr et al., 2019139

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38626-3

199

Swallow Lagoon

−27.50

153.45

Leaf Material

Delta Leaf (Carbon Isotope Discrimination)

−5743

1993

974.0

Continuous With Gaps

Multi-Annual

Hendy et al., 2003140

https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683603hl606rp

269

Great Barrier Reef

−18.50

146.75

Coral

Luminescence

1612

1985

373.0

Continuous

Annual

Griffiths et al., 2016141

https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11719

408

Liang Luar Cave

−8.53

120.43

Speleothem

Delta-Carbon-13

−20

1997

978.0

Continuous

Multi-Annual

Dixon et al., 20174

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1403-2017

470

Lake Logung, East Java

−8.04

113.31

Sediment

Calcium-Titanium Ratio

1975

2007

32.5

Continuous

Sub-Annual

Dixon et al., 20174

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1403-2017

497

Makassar Strait

3.88

119.45

Foraminifera

Aluminium-Calcium Ratio

1664

1971

306.8

Continuous

Multi-Annual

Jones et al., 2014142

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1253-2014

595

Siple Dome

−81.66

−148.72

Ice Core

Delta-Oxygen-18

1919

1995

76.0

Continuous With Gaps

Seasonal

  1. The extended version of this table is included in PalaeoWISE26 which details all records in the database.