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PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

North Atlantic Mollusc Isotopes

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Weidman, C.R., and G.A. Jones. 1994. The long-lived mollusc Arctica islandica: A new paleoceanographic tool for the reconstruction of bottom temperatures for the continental shelves of the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research 99:18305-18314.
Data Coverage North: 40.67 * South: 40.67
West: -69.67 * East: -69.67
Altitude: -54 m

Start Year: -7 14C yr BP * End Year: -22 14C yr BP

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  weidman1994
  nantuck-tab.txt

Summary:

Records of past climate and ocean circulation derived from marine sediments. 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:

delta O18 PDB (water); Age in years BC/AD; Salinity; delta O18 PDB (Arctica islandica); Temperature (C)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-ocean-2498  (Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )

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