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ICE CORE

Sajama - Atmospheric Gas Composition Data
Map of data site
Campen, R.K. 2000. Measurements of gasses trapped in a South American ice core: Paleoatmospheric composition and inferred microbial activity. Master's Thesis. Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Data Coverage North: -18 * South: -18
East: -69 * West: -69
Altitude: 6540 m

Start Year: -23050 AD   End Year: 1997 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  trop/sajama/readme_sajama_gas.txt
  trop/sajama/sajama_gas.txt

Summary:

Records of past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric trace gases, and other aspects of climate and environment derived from ice cores drilled on glaciers and ice caps around the world. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
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Parameters:

carbon dioxide/nitrogen ratio (per mille); 15N/14N ratio in N2 gas (per mille); Readme; methane concentration (parts per billion by volume); oxygen/nitrogen ratio (per mille); 18O/16O ratio in O2 gas relative to present (per mille); argon/nitrogen ratio (per mille)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2452  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )

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