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North Atlantic ice rafting during the last glacial cycle

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Bond, G.C., H. Heinrich, W. Broecker, L. Labeyrie, J.F. McManus, J. Andrews, S. Huon, R. Jantschik, S. Clasen, C. Simet, K. Tedesco, M. Klas, G. Bonani, and S. Ivy. 1992. Evidence for massive discharges of icebergs into the North Atlantic Ocean during the last glacial period. Nature 360:245-249.
Data Coverage North: 49.88 * South: 49.88
West: -24.23 * East: -24.23
Altitude: -3884 m

Start Year: 35500 14C yr BP * End Year: 0 14C yr BP

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  bond1992
  dsdp-609-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 (Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (left coiling)); Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (left coiling) percent; Lithic grains ( >150 micron) per gram; Foraminifers (>150 micron) per gram; radiocarbon years before 1950AD

Complete XML Record:

noaa-ocean-2513  (Last Revised: 2007-12-21 )

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