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 | ||
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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 |