| CLIMAP 120K bp Sediment Data Files - Micropaleontology, Carbonate Percentages, Carbon
14 Age Dates, and Oxygen Isotope Data for 52 Selected Seafloor Cores |
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The CLIMAP (Climate: Long-range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction) Project was
funded by the National Science Foundation as part of the International Decade of Ocean
Exploration (IDOE). Collection and analysis of cores for the 120K bp CLIMAP set was
carried out by several institutions; data were compiled by the Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory of Columbia University. Data include micropaleontology, carbonate percentages,
carbon 14 age dates, sea surface temperature estimates, and oxygen and carbon isotopic
data for 52 ocean sediment cores. Data cover the period from 140,000 to 100,000 years
before present and are global in extent. The CLIMAP 120k data are available for direct
download via NCDC's Web server. The CLIMAP 120k data set was originally submitted
to NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) for archive, but was subsequently
transferred to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Paleoclimatology Group
for stewardship. |
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