Table 4 Summary of entries by proxy. See text and caption of Fig. 5 for details regarding how preservation was assessed.

From: The PhanSST global database of Phanerozoic sea surface temperature proxy data

Proxy

All entries

Unaltered entries

N

Proportion

N

Proportion

δ18Ocarbonate

81,633

54%

56,691

48%

δ18Ophosphate

6,358

4%

6,014

5%

Mg/Ca

13,249

9%

9,846

8%

TEX86

14,091

9%

11,176

9%

\({{\rm{U}}}_{86}^{K{\prime} }\)

35,360

24%

35,324

30%

Total

150,691

 

119,051