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PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

Sea-surface temperature in the California Current over the past 30,000 years.
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Prahl, F.G., N.G. Pisias, M.A. Sparrow, and A. Sabin. 1995. Assessment of sea-surface temperature at 42 degrees north in the California current over the last 30,000 years. Paleoceanography 10:763-773.
Data Coverage North: 42.55 * South: 42.55
West: -127.68 * East: -127.68
Altitude: -3111 m

Start Year: 29400 14C yr BP * End Year: 200 14C yr BP

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  prahl1995
  w8709a8p-tab.txt
  w8709a8t-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:

Ume36; Sea Surface Temperature (C); Alkenone saturation index; radiocarbon years before 1950AD

Complete XML Record:

noaa-ocean-2506  (Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )

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