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Sediment core data from Dry Valleys lakes

Entry ID: Dry_Valleys_Lake_Cores

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Summary

Abstract: Our data includes mineralogic, stable isotope, grain size, diatom, and
chronologic data for sediment cores from lakes in the Dry Valleys, extending
from present back to as much as ~50,000 years.

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Description: Millennial-scale fluctuations of Dry Valleys Lakes

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -76.0	S: -78.0	E: 163.75	W: 163.0
Min Altitude: 16 Max Altitude: 350

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 50000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp
Chrono Unit:

PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC > QUATERNARY

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > LAKE LEVELS

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > OXYGEN ISOTOPES

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > RADIOCARBON

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Instrument

SEDIMENT CORERS

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

Data Center

Climate Change Institute, University of Maine

Data Center URL: http://climatechange.umaine.edu/
Dataset ID: DVLakes

Data Center Personnel
Name: BRENDA HALL Phone: 207-581-2190 Fax: 207-581-1203 Email: BrendaH at maine.edu Contact Address: Climate Change Institute University of Maine 303 Bryand Global Science Center City: Orono Province or State: Maine Postal Code: 04469 Country: USA