[Keyword='SEDIMENTS']
Ecuador Alluvial Sediment Gray Scale Data
Entry ID: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-004

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Summary
Abstract: Ecuador Alluvial Sediment Gray Scale Data, used as long term El Nino proxy. Light-colored laminae of inorganic clastic sediments are indicitive of El- Nino-driven heavy precipitation events.

Laguna Pallcacocha, Ecuador
Latitude 2 46'N, Longitude 79 14'W, Elevation 4060m
Core length 9.2m
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 2.77   S: 2.77   E: -79.14   W: -79.14
Max Depth: 9.2 M

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Donald T. Rodbell, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, David M. Anderson, Mark B. Abbott, David B. Enfield, and Jeremy H. Newman.
Dataset Title: Ecuador Alluvial Sediment Gray Scale Data
Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2000-004
Dataset Release Date: 1/2000
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Issue Identification: 2000-004
Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program
Online Resource: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/ecuador/readm...
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 15000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 YBP
Chrono Unit:
PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY
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Use Constraints FUNDING SOURCE: National Science Foundation (USA) EAR9418886 and 9422424
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NOAA/NCDC
Data Center
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER
Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160
Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513
Email: paleo at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Format: text, Excel
Fees: none
Personnel
DONALD T. RODBELL
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Geology Department
Union College
City: Schenectady
Province or State: New York
Postal Code: 12308
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Rodbell, D.T., Seltzer, G.O., Anderson, D.M., Abbott, M.B., Enfield, D.B., and
Newman, J.H., 1999, An ~15,000-Year Record of El Niño-Driven Alluviation in
Southwestern Ecuador, Science 283 516-520, January 22, 1999.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-12-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-06-22

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