CLIMAP 120K Database: README file

                       NGDC Data Set # 0995
                  
                           obtained from:

                    U.S. Department of Commerce
    National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
             U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
               (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/mggd.html)
                          & collocated
                                
           World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics

    data also available from World Data Center Paleoclimatology
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       NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THESE DATA
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CONTRIBUTORS:        CLIMAP Project Members
NAME OF DATA SET:    CLIMAP 120K Database
LAST UPDATE:         1984
GEOGRAPHIC REGION:   Global
PERIOD OF RECORD:    120,000 YBP
DATA VOLUME:         approximately 750 kilobytes
MGG IDENTIFIER:      MGG01995004


                             LIST OF FILES

        ldgo.co3, ldgo.iso, ldgo.bug, README(this file)

    additional files available from WDC Paleoclimatology: ldgo.sst


                              SUMMARY      

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.

                         ORIGINAL REFERENCE

THE LAST INTERGLACIAL OCEAN, CLIMAP Members, 
Quaternary Research 21, 123-224, 1984.

                           AVAILABILITY

Data are available at no charge via NGDC's Web server.
They are available on other media from NGDC's Marine Geology & Geophysics 
Division (WDC for Marine Geology and Geophysics):

For pricing/formats/data orders from NGDC/WDC MGG:

    Robin Warnken
    NOAA/NGDC
    E/GC3 325 Broadway
    Boulder, CO  80305 USA
    phone: 303-497-6338
    fax:   303-497-6513
    email: Robin.R.Warnken@ngdc.noaa.gov

WDC Paleoclimatology Technical Contact:

    Dr. David Anderson
    NOAA/NGDC
    E/GC 325 Broadway
    Boulder, CO 80305 USA
    phone: 303-497-6237
    fax:   303-497-6513


                           DOCUMENTATION

Data files of the CLIMAP project for 120,000 BP include planktonic
counts, carbonate percentages, isotopic ratios, and derived sea
surface temperature estimates.

Formats and contents for the data files are as follows:

File LDGO.CO3:
Ocean Code, Core Code, Sample Depth (cm), Lab Code, Method of 
Analysis, Sediment Fraction Analyzed, %CO3.

File LDGO.ISO: 
Ocean Code, Core Code, Sample Depth (cm), Faunal Analysis, 
Species Analysis, delta O18, delta O18 adjusted (to be in equilibrium 
with Uvigerina spp.), delta Carbon 13, #/gm of Species Analysis, Lab 
code.

File LDGO.SST
Ocean Code, Core Code, Sample Depth, Faunal Type, Transfer 
Function Code, Cold and Warm SST Estimates, #/gm of Faunal type

File LDGO.BUG:
Line 1: Ocean Code, Core Code, Faunal/Floral Type,# of Species,# of 
Samples.
Line 2-?: Species Name Codes
Line Next: Format to Read Sample Depth and Counts
Lines Next: Core ID, Sample depth, 15 counts, Faunal/Floral Type, 
Core Type, Record Number for Sample