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Relative Sea Level Database

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Peltier, W.R. and A.M. Tushingham

Publication_Date: 1993

Title: Relative Sea Level Database

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution
Issue_Identification: 93-016

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/relative_sea_level/

Description:

Abstract:: The Relative Sea Level Database covers sea level data from the present time back to 14,000 years before the present. The authors compiled the database from numerous published sources in addition to their own field work. Methodology for establishing relative sea level histories varies between sites and investigators, but typically entails geomorphologic methods to identify relict shoreline deposits, which are then dated radiometrically from associated carbonate or organic materials. Final results are presented as relative height in meters versus modern mean sea level. The following files are available from the FTP server: "ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/relative_sea_level/" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- rsl.readme - readme file sealevel.* - 392 individual Relative Sea Level data files; There are 392 files named sealevel.*, each containing data from one site. These files are located in the subdirectory sitefiles. sealevel.dat - All Relative Sea Level data files, concatenated; The file sealevel.dat contains radiocarbon-controlled relative sea level histories from 392 sites. rslsite.lst - list of sites and file names in rsl database; A list of site names and locations can be found in the file rslsite.lst. rslform.lst - FORTRAN code used to write sealevel.* data files
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Original Reference: Tushingham, A.M. and W.R.Peltier, Validation of the ICE-3G Model of Wurm-Wisconsin Deglaciation Using a Global Data Base of Relative Sea Level Histories, Journal of Geophysical Research, v97, B3, 3285-3304, 1992.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: The microfiche appendix of the Original Reference (Tushingham and Peltier, 1992) contains the complete bibliography, and is available from AGU, 2000 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., 20009 USA.
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: NOAA Product Information Catalog. 1988. Washington, DC: US Dept. of Commerce, 171 pp.

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA LEVEL
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > BIOGENIC SEDIMENTS > CARBONATE SEDIMENTS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENTATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA LEVEL
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > RADIOCARBON
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS > SEA LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION
Theme_Keyword: DODS > DISTRIBUTED OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SYSTEM
Theme_Keyword: IGBP > INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME
Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM
Theme_Keyword: PAGES > PAST GLOBAL CHANGES, IGBP
Theme_Keyword: OPENDAP > OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT FOR A NETWORK DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL
Theme_Keyword: Carbon 14
Theme_Keyword: Eustatic Sea Level
Theme_Keyword: Geochemistry
Theme_Keyword: Geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: Ocean Sediment Cores
Theme_Keyword: Paleoclimate
Theme_Keyword: Paleooceanography
Theme_Keyword: Paleotopography
Theme_Keyword: Relative Sea Level
Theme_Keyword: Sea Level
Theme_Keyword: Sedimentology
Theme_Keyword: Stratigraphy
Theme_Keyword: Sea Level Reconstruction
Theme_Keyword: Relict Shorelines
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: W. R. PELTIER

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: A. M. TUSHINGHAM

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (416) 978-2938

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (416) 978-8905

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: peltier@rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: COLUMBIA/LDEO/IRI/CDL > Climate Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Contact_Person: BENNO BLUMENTHAL

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Data Library Manager
Address: International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Address: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Address: Columbia University
City: Palisades
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10964-8000
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (845) 680-4450

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (845) 680-4864

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: benno@iri.ldeo.columbia.edu

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER > World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
Contact_Person: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Address: NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
Address: 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80303
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 497-6160

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 497-6513

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: paleo@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEO_SEALEVEL1

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/r...

Access_Instructions:

FTP site at NOAA/NGDC WDC-A paleoclimatology for Peltier relative sea level database

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.PELTIER/

Access_Instructions:

Peltier paleotopography data set at LDEO/IRI

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.PELTIER/d...

Access_Instructions:

DODS BaseURL to Peltier paleotopography data set at LDEO/IRI

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20050929

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time