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Global Database of Borehole Temperatures and Climate Reconstructions from University of Michigan and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology

Entry ID: NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_BOREHOLE

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Summary

Abstract: [From descriptive information at
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/borehole/borehole.html]

The borehole data at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology is
from the University of Michigan's Global Database of Borehole
Temperatures and Climate Reconstructions. This project has as its goal
the design, assembly, analysis and interpretation of geothermal
observations on continents relevant to ...

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Description: Access to borehole and climate reconstruction data

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Caption: Temeprature reconstruction from borehole data

Description: Temeprature reconstruction from borehole data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 90.0	S: -90.0	E: 180.0	W: -180.0

Min Depth: -20 METER Max Depth: -600 METER

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Huang, S. and Pollack, H.N

Dataset Title: Global Borehole Temperature Database for Climate Reconstruction

Dataset Release Date: 1998

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Version: 2001

Issue Identification: Data Contribution Series #1998-044

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/borehole/borehole.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1500-01-01

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 500 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp
Chrono Unit:

PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC > QUATERNARY > HOLOCENE

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Project

IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

PAGES > Past Global Changes, IGBP

Ancillary Keywords

BOREHOLES

CLIMATE CHANGE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC

Data Center

World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder

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: online WWW

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: None

Personnel

SHAOPENG HUANG

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (734) 763-3169

Fax: (734) 763-4690

Email: shaopeng at umich.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Michigan

4509 C.C. Little Building

City: Ann Arbor

Province or State: MI

Postal Code: 48109-1063

Country: USA

HENRY N. POLLACK

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (734) 763-0084

Fax: (734) 763-4690

Email: hpollack at umich.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Michigan

4508 C.C. Little Building

City: Ann Arbor

Province or State: MI

Postal Code: 48109-1063

Country: USA

Publications/References

Huang, S., Pollack, H. N., and Shen, P.Y., 2000. Temperature trends over the past five centuries reconstructed from borehole temperatures. Nature, 403: 756-758.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-08-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-08-29

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