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PALEOCEANOGRAPHY

Atlantic and Pacific paleochemical records for the last 215,000 years

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Imbrie, J., E.A. Boyle, S.C. Clemens, A. Duffy, W.R. Howard, G. Kukla, J. Kutzbach, D.G. Martinson, A. McIntyre, A.C. Mix, B. Molfino, J.J. Morley, L.C. Peterson, N.G. Pisias, W.L. Prell, M.E. Raymo, N.J. Shackleton, and J.R. Toggweiler. 1992. On the structure and origin of major glaciation cycles. 1. Linear responses to Milankovitch forcing. Paleoceanography 7:701-738.

Data Coverage North: 78 * South: -43.52
West: -96 * East: 159
Altitude: -4194 m

Start Year: 736000 14C yr BP * End Year: 0 14C yr BP

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  a107-131-tab.txt
  chn82-24-tab.txt
  k-11-tab.txt
  k708-1-tab.txt
  ps21-295-tab.txt
  rc11-120-tab.txt
  rc13-110-tab.txt
  rc13-110-tab.txt
  rc13-229-tab.txt
  rc17-177-tab.txt
  rc27-61-tab.txt
  v19-27-tab.txt
  v19-30-tab.txt
 paleocean/specmap/specmap2

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:

Nitrogen percent; delta O18 PDB (Planktonic Foraminifers); Sea Surface Temperature (C, February); delta N15; Dust flux (g/cm2/kyr); delta O18 PDB (Benthic Foraminifers); Radiocarbon ages; Cadmium/Calcium ratio; Sea Surface Temperature (C, August); delta delta O18 PDB; delta O18 PDB; delta C13 PDB (Benthic Foraminifers); Globigerina bulloides percent; Thorium age; radiocarbon years before 1950AD; Calcium Carbonate percent; DH-11 age

Complete XML Record:

noaa-ocean-2511  (Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )

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