Global Paleoclimatic Data for 6000 Yr B.P.

Webb, T.

doi:10.3334/CDIAC/cli.ndp011

Title: Global Paleoclimatic Data for 6000 Yr B.P.

Abstract

To determine regional and global climatic variations during the past 6000 years, pollen, lake level, and marine plankton data from 797 stations were compiled to form a global data set. Radiocarbon dating and dated tephras were used to determine the ages of the specimens. The data available for the pollen data are site number, site name, latitude, longitude, elevation, and percentages of various taxa. For lake-level data, the data are site number, site name, latitude, longitude, and lake-level status. And for marine plankton, the data are site number, site name, latitude, longitude, water depth, date, dating control code, depth of sample, interpolated age of sample, estimated winter and summer sea-surface temperatures, and percentages of various taxa. The data are in 55 files: 5 files for each of 9 geographic regions and 10 supplemental files. The files for each region include (1) a FORMAT file describing the format and contents of the data for that region, (2) an INDEX file containing descriptive information about each site and its data, (3) a DATA file containing the data and available climatic estimates, (4) a PUBINDEX file indexing the bibliographic references associated with each site, and (5) a REFERENCE file containing the bibliographic references.more »« less

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Webb, T.

Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences

Publication Date:: Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018

Other Number(s):: cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/cli.ndp011; doi:10.3334/CDIAC/CLI.NDP011

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) (United States)

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Keywords:: Lake Level; Marine Plankton; Percentages of Taxa; Pollen; Sea Surface Temperature; Lakes; Geographic Distribution; NDP-011; date; dating control code; depth; elevation; estimated winter and summer sea-surface temperatures; interpolated age; lake-level; latitude; longitude; site name; site number; taxa; water depth

OSTI Identifier:: 1394919

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/cli.ndp011

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                    Webb, T. 2018.  
"Global Paleoclimatic Data for 6000 Yr B.P.".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/cli.ndp011.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1394919. Pub date:Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018

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  abstractNote = {To determine regional and global climatic variations during the past 6000 years, pollen, lake level, and marine plankton data from 797 stations were compiled to form a global data set. Radiocarbon dating and dated tephras were used to determine the ages of the specimens. The data available for the pollen data are site number, site name, latitude, longitude, elevation, and percentages of various taxa. For lake-level data, the data are site number, site name, latitude, longitude, and lake-level status. And for marine plankton, the data are site number, site name, latitude, longitude, water depth, date, dating control code, depth of sample, interpolated age of sample, estimated winter and summer sea-surface temperatures, and percentages of various taxa. The data are in 55 files: 5 files for each of 9 geographic regions and 10 supplemental files. The files for each region include (1) a FORMAT file describing the format and contents of the data for that region, (2) an INDEX file containing descriptive information about each site and its data, (3) a DATA file containing the data and available climatic estimates, (4) a PUBINDEX file indexing the bibliographic references associated with each site, and (5) a REFERENCE file containing the bibliographic references. The files range in size from 2 to 66 kB.},

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