Species composition and distribution data of benthic foraminifera from the straits of malacca during the early holocene

Fatin Izzati Minhat,Mohd Lokman Husain,Abdullah Sulaiman

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104214

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Abstract

The data presented herein were collected from the Straits of Malacca, along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. A 3.9 m core sample was retrieved from the Straits of Malacca in 2001. This core was continuously sub-sampled at 5-cm intervals between selected core depths of 220 cm and 380 cm. The 32 sub-samples obtained were analysed to understand the species composition of benthic Foraminifera in them and the changes in lithology during the Holocene. The data available in this article include the raw counts of different species of Foraminifera and the weight percentages of sediment of different grain sizes and organic matter at different depth. In addition, the estimated ages of the sediment samples are also provided. The chronostratigraphic framework of the core was based on radiocarbon-14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dates estimated from three selected sediment intervals. The results of carbon dating were calibrated to calendar years (cal BC/AD) and calibrated radiocarbon years (cal BP). Calibration was done using the INTCAL program with a Delta R value of −19 ± 70.

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Species composition and distribution data of benthic foraminifera from the straits of malacca during the early holocene
The chronostratigraphic framework of the core was based on radiocarbon-14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)
The data in this article provide the overview of the species composition and distribution of benthic Foraminifera during the Holocene from cores collected at the Straits of Malacca, Malaysia

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Fatin Izzati Minhat a, b, *, Mohd Lokman Husain b, Abdullah Sulaiman c a School of Marine and Environmental Sciences (PPSMS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala. The data presented were collected from the Straits of Malacca, along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. A 3.9 m core sample was retrieved from the Straits of Malacca in 2001. This core was continuously sub-sampled at 5-cm intervals between selected core depths of 220 cm and 380 cm. The 32 sub-samples obtained were analysed to understand the species composition of benthic. The data available in this article include the raw counts of different species of Foraminifera and the weight percentages of sediment of different grain sizes and organic matter at different depth. The estimated ages of the sediment samples are provided. Dates estimated from three selected sediment intervals.

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