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Tropical Pacific Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Isotope and Mg/Ca Data

Entry ID: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2006-006

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Summary

Abstract: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) has been attributed to a rapid
rise in greenhouse gas levels. If so, warming should have occurred at all
latitudes, although amplified toward the poles. Existing records reveal an
increase in high-latitude sea surface temperatures (SSTs) (8° to 10°C) and in
bottom water temperatures (4° to 5°C). To date, however, the character of the
tropical SST ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 32.39	S: 32.39	E: 158.3	W: 158.3

Max Depth: 2387 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: James Zachos

Dataset Title: Tropical Pacific Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Isotope and Mg/Ca Data

Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2006-006

Dataset Release Date: 2006-02

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology

Issue Identification: 2006-006

Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Online Resource: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/by_contributor/zac...

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 55 Ma
Paleo Stop Date: 0
Chrono Unit:

PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC > PALEOGENE > PALEOCENE

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > TROPICS > Tropical Pacific

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > ISOTOPES

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > OXYGEN ISOTOPES

PALEOCLIMATE > PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

INLAND WATERS

OCEANS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

Education

Icebergs

Sea Ice

Service Provider

UWI-MAD/SSEC/SOSE > Satellite Observations in Science Education, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Service Organization URL: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/index.html

Service Provider Personnel
Name: TOMMY JASMIN Phone: 608.263.8568 Email: tommy.jasmin at ssec.wisc.edu Contact Address: SSEC University of Wisconsin 1225 W. Dayton Street, Room 239 City: Madison Province or State: WI Postal Code: 53706 Country: USA