All data in the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archive are contributed by research scientists. Contributors and references are available in readme or data file headers. Here is a Sample Data Citation.

Paleolimnological Data are Paleoclimatic proxy data from Lake and Bog Sediments, including Lake Level Histories interpreted from the geomorphology of lake basins. WDC-A for Paleoclimatology archives Pollen and Plant Macrofossil data separately from the Paleolimnological data described on this page.

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Africa

Lake Bosumtwi (2009) 3,000 year δ18O and XRF element data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Bosumtwi (2004) 26,000 year magnetic minerals data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Edward (2007) high resolution 1400 year calcite Mg data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Edward (2003) 5400 year calcite Mg data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Malawi (2005) 25,000 year TEX₈₆ Surface Temperature Reconstruction

Lake Malawi (2002) 25,000 year biogenic silica and mass accumulation rate data, Text or Excel

Lake Malawi (2001) 700 year biogenic silica data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Masoko (2006) 45,000 year magnetic susceptibility data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Masoko (2007) 500 year geochemical data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Naivasha

Lake Tanganyika Deglacial Biogenic Silica and TOC Data Text or Excel

Lake Tanganyika Late Holocene Diatom-inferred Conductivity Data, Text or Excel

Lake Tanganyika and Burundi Highlands Precipitation Reconstruction

Lake Victoria, Pilkington Bay (2005) 1,000 year shallow water diatom data and conductivity reconstruction in text or Excel format.

Lake Victoria, Pilkington Bay (2003) 10,000 year Diatom Correspondence Analysis data.

Lake Victoria (2002) 14,000 year Diatom Correspondence Analysis data.

Ahung Co, Tibet Holocene sediment data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Baikal, Russia Pleistocene biogenic silica data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Huguang Maar, China Ti and Magnetic data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan Cores IK97-10P and IK97-11P, ¹⁴C Dates, and Data Description.

Lake Telmen, Mongolia Pollen and Sediment Data

Stora Vidarvatn, Iceland Chironomid and Geochemical Data, Text or Excel format.

Haukadalsvatn, Iceland Chironomid and Geochemical Data, Text or Excel format.

Aspvatnet, northern Norway sediment data and ELA/WP reconstructions, Text or Excel

Lake Linne', Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway varved sediment data, Text or Excel

Dravladalsvatn/Vassdalsvatn lake data, western Norway, and Folgefonna glacier ELA reconstruction, Text or Excel format.

Lake Korttajärvi, Finland varve data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Lehmilampi, Finland varve data, Text or Excel format.

Lake Nautajärvi, Finland varve data, Text or Excel format.

Fennoscandia Pollen Data and Inferred Temperature, Text or Excel format.

Ammersee, Germany ostracod oxygen isotope data.

Lake Holzmaar, Germany organic carbon isotope data, Text or Excel

Lake Meerfelder Maar, Germany Younger Dryas Varved Sediment Data, Text or Excel

Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland Annual Biogenic Silica and Temperature Reconstruction, Text or Excel

Lago Grande di Monticchio, Italy data, Excel or Text format, plus Data Description.

Lake SFL4 and Lake Naujg1 data, plus Data Description

Canada:

Baffin Island: Big Round Lake Varve Thickness Data, Text or Excel format.

Baffin Island: Donard Lake

Baffin Island: Ogac Lake Varved Sediment Data, Text or Excel format.

Baffin Island: Upper Soper Lake

Baffin Island: Small Lakes Surface Sediment GDGT Data, Text or Excel format.

Devon Island: Lake DV09 Text or Excel.

Ellesmere Island: Lake A Sedimentary Pellet Data, Text or Excel format.

Ellesmere Island: Lake C2 3300 Year Varve Index Data, Text or Excel

Ellesmere Island: Lower Murray Lake 1000 Year Varve Thickness Data, Text or Excel

Ellesmere Island: Lower Murray Lake, 5000 Year Varve Thickness Data, Text or Excel .

Ellesmere Island: Sawtooth Lake Text or Excel

Northwest Territories: Great Slave Lake, Seismic Reflection Profiles

Northwest Territories: Lake S41 Chironomid Inferred Temperature, Text or Excel format.

Nunavut: Lakes SL06 and MB01 Pollen and Geochemical Data, Text or Excel format.

Northwest Territories: Lake V57 Midge Inferred Temperatures, Text or Excel format.

Ontario: Crawford Lake data and description

Ontario: Twiss Pond data and description.

Yukon Territory: Hanging Lake Midge-Inferred July Temperature, Text or Excel format.

Yukon Territory: Jellybean Lake Text or Excel format.

Yukon Territory: Marcella Lake Text or Excel format.

Yukon Territory: Scout and Squanga Lakes Text or Excel format.

United States:

Alaska: Arolik Lake Biogenic Silica Data, Text or Excel format.

Alaska: Arolik and Ongoke Lakes Biogenic Silica Data, Text or Excel format.

Alaska: Birch Lake Core D, Core F, Cores G&H, Core I , Core K , C14 Dates, and Description.

Alaska: Blue Lake, Brooks Range Varve Thickness Data, Text or Excel format.

Alaska: Hallet and Greyling Lakes, Geochemical Data, Text or Excel format.

Alaska: Iceberg Lake, Varve Thickness Data and Temperature Reconstruction, Text or Excel

Alaska: Meli Lake 14C Dates, Bulk Density, C/N Ratio , d13C , d15N , d18O, LOI , Mag. Sus. , and Description.

Alaska: Mica Lake Diatom Isotope Data, Text or Excel format.

Alaska: Ongoke Lake Diatom, Chironomid, and Geochemical Data, Text or Excel format.

Alaska: Tangled Up Lake 14C Dates, Bulk Density, C/N Ratio , d13C , d15N , d18O, Organic C , Mag. Sus. , and Description.

Alaska: Zagoskin & Burial Lakes 39KYr Midge-Inferred Temperature, Text or Excel format.

California: Benson et al. 2003 Mono Lake Data and Description

California: Li et al. 1997 Mono Lake Data and Description

California: Owens Lake Data

California: Wilson Creek Formation Data in Text or Excel format.

Minnesota: Elk Lake

Minnesota: Deep Lake C14 Dates, Isotopes, Pollen, Varves, and Description.

Minnesota: Steel Lake Calcite Oxygen Isotope Data, Text or Excel format.

Montana: Foy Lake Diatom, Chemistry, and Isotope Data, Text or Excel format.

Nevada: Pyramid Lake and Lahontan Basin

New England: Macrofossil Data and Description

New England: Glacial Lake Hitchcock Varves and Description

New England: Terrigenous layers and paleostorms

New England: Crooked Pond, Mass. Lake Level and deuterium Data, Text or Excel format.

New York: Fayetteville Green Lake Glacial-Holocene Stable Isotope Data, Text or Excel format.

North Dakota: Moon Lake

North Dakota: Rice Lake Data and Description.

Utah/Idaho: Bear Lake High Resolution Pollen Data, Text or Excel format.

Utah/Idaho: Bear Lake Geochemical, Mineralogical, Diatom, and Pollen Data, GSA Special Paper 450 (2009), Colman, Dean, Doner, Kaufman, Moser, Rosenbaum, et al.

Central America:

Guatemala: Lake Peten-Itza Ostracod and Gastropod Stable Isotope Data:
Cochliopina spp., Cytheridella ilosvayi, Psudocandona spp., Pyrgophorus spp., and Description.

Mexico: Aguada X'caamal Text or Excel

Mexico: Lake Chichancanab 2005 Sediment Density Data Text or Excel

Mexico: Lake Chichancanab 1995 Stable Isotope Data

Mexico: Punta Laguna Data and Description

Argentina: Laguna Potrok Aike Stage 3 Sediment Data, Text or Excel format.

Argentina: Laguna Potrok Aike Late Glacial and Holocene Sediment Data, Text or Excel format.

Argentina: Laguna Potrok Aike 1,600 year Lake Level Sediment Data, Text or Excel format.

Bolivia: Lake Titicaca 370KYr Carbon and Diatom Data, Text or Excel (3MB file) format.

Bolivia: Lake Titicaca 31KYr Diatom Abundance Data

Bolivia: Salar de Uyuni Natural Gamma Ray Data

Chile: Laguna Aculeo Austral Summer Temperature Reconstruction, Text or Excel format.

Ecuador: El Junco Lake, Galápagos Tychoplanktonic:Epiphytic (T:E) Diatom Index, Text or Excel

Ecuador: El Junco Lake, Galápagos Holocene Grain Size Data, Text or Excel

Ecuador: Laguna Pallcacocha Grey Scale Data and Description, and Sediment Color Intensity Data.

Venezuela: Lake Valencia Isotope and Carbonate Data