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In this paper we present the δ18O profile of Globigerinoides ruber measured in the GT90/3 shallow water Ionian sea core, dated with high precision. The δ18O profile covers the period 1200–1900 AD, with a resolution of 3.87 years. This long record of 700 years of δ18O allows us to identify the imprint of the solar cycle in a climatic record. In fact, the spectral analysis of the time series performed with different methods shows a dominant periodicity of about 11 years with an amplitude of ≈0.07‰. The signal is in opposition to the sunspot number cycle. This component is identified at a high significance level by Monte Carlo Singular Spectrum Analysis (MC-SSA).
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Castagnoli, G.C., Bonino, G., Della Monica, P. et al. Solar activity in the last millennium recorded in the δ18O profile of planktonic foraminifera of a shallow water Ionian Sea core. Solar Physics 188, 191–202 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005237111214
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