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1. Jurassic Trees at Jason Peninsula, Antarctica [CDA_AR_GEO_JASON_JURASSIC_TREES]
A new discovery of Jurassic flora (tree trunks and stemps), located in Ramirez nunatak, Jason Peninsula, on the East side of Antarctic Peninsula is described. Together with another fossil flora locality ...


2. GEACEP-ISODYN: Icehouse Earth: Stability Or DYNamism? [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00518]
GEACEP will investigate the relationship between the evolution of Antarctic ice and the changing global environment over the last ~30 million years (My). We will do so through collecting and combining ...


3. The Permian-Triassic Transition in Antarctica: Evaluating the Rates and Variability of Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in Terrestrial Organic Matter [NSF-ANT10-39365]
This project studies the Permian-Triassic extinction event as recorded in sedimentary rocks from the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Two hundred and fifty million years ago most life on Earth ...


4. NCDC: A 2129-Year Reconstruction of Precipitation for Northwestern New Mexico, USA [NCDC_2129YearPrecipitationNWNewMexico]
Extraordinarily long-lived trees have been found growing in the El Malpais volcanic field of west-central New Mexico. Although it seems incongruous to find long-lived trees growing in the seemingly ...


5. NCDC: Pollen-based continental climate reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: a global synthesis [NCDC_Pollen-basedContinentalClimate6-21ka]
Subfossil pollen and plant macrofossil data derived from 14C-dated sediment profiles can provide quantitative information on glacial and interglacial climates. The data allow climate variables related ...


6. TreeFlow: Reconstructed San Francisco Bay annual salinity (1604 -1997) [TreeFlow_SanFranciscoBaySalinity1604-1997]
Background Salinity in San Francisco Bay is controlled primarily by freshwater inflow from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers; during wet years with high discharge from those rivers into the bay, ...


7. NCDC: Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia [NCDC_GlobalSurfaceTemperature200-2000]
Following the suggestions of a recent National Research Council report [NRC (National Research Council) (2006) Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years (Natl Acad Press, Washington, ...


8. NOAA: Reconstructed Streamflow for Boulder Creek 1566-2003 [NOAA_ReconstructedStreamflowBoulderCreek1566-2003]
Variability in streamflow reconstructed from tree-ring data for Boulder Creek near Orodell, CO, shows the 2002 drought was comparable to the lowest flow in the 437-year record. The reconstructed series ...


9. Paleoclimate of Lago Grande di Monticchio, Italy [Paleoclimate_Lago_Grande_di_Monticchio]
The example shows a paleo reconstruction of the past 100,000 years from Lago Grande di Monticchio, Italy. Based on concentrations of preserved pollen grains in lake sediments, scientists reconstructed ...


10. TreeFlow: Reconstructed Sacramento River System Runoff From Tree Rings 901-1977 [TreeFlow_SteamFlowSacramentoRiverFourRiversIndexCA]
Background The Sacramento River and its tributaries (the Feather, Yuba, and American Rivers), together comprising the "Four Rivers Index", represent the primary input into the California State Water ...


11. TreeFlow: Reconstructed annual flow for the Colorado River (1440-2002) [TreeFlow_ColoradoRiverTree-Ring1440-2002]
Denver Water has used the flow reconstructions to help model the yield of their system under a broader range of conditions than those seen in their 45-year model period (1947-1991). Denver Water took ...


12. Spatial and Biological Data for Caves in Tennessee [UTC_caves]
This shapefile was created using Bulletin 64 (Caves of Tennessee) produced by the Tennessee Dept. of Conservation and Commerce Division of Geology. The Bulletin ...


13. Use of Sulfur and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes to Determine the Importance of Whitebark Pine Nuts to Yellowstone Grizzly Bears [NRMSC_sulfurnitrogenstableisotopes]
Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a masting species that produces relatively large, fat- and protein-rich nuts that are consumed by grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis). Trees produce abundant ...


14. Amery Ice Shelf Borehole Measurements in 1968 [AIS_1968_borehole]
In 1968 the Australian Antarctic Division had a group of four men spend over a year on the Amery Ice Shelf. As part of their program of work, they drilled a number of boreholes on the shelf and took ...


15. Rock samples of Prince Albert Mountains, Antarctica, 2011-12 season [KPDC_NVLR_2011_JW_01]
This entry is for the rock samples of Prince Albert Mountains, Antarctica collected in 2011-12 austral summer season. The collection includes volcanic rocks (basalt, dolerite, hyaloclasite, and tuff) ...


16. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessments [IPCC]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was organized in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Four series of reports ...


17. CLIMAS: Climate Reconstructions - Arizona Climate Division 2 (Flagstaff) 1000-2003 [CLIMAS-PrecipitationReconstAZ_ClimateDiv2]
Single-Year Reconstruction and Extremes (graph): The graph below shows the cool season (November-April) precipitation reconstruction for Arizona climate division 2. Values are expressed as a percentage ...


18. CLIMAS: Climate Reconstructions - Arizona Climate Division 7 (Tucson) 1000-2003 [CLIMAS-PrecipitationReconstAZ_ClimateDiv7]
Single-Year Reconstruction and Extremes: The graph shows the cool season (November-April) precipitation reconstruction for Arizona climate division 7. Values are expressed as a percentage of 1000-1988 ...


19. CLIMAS: The relationship between tree growth and cool-season precipitation El Malpais, New Mexico1900-2000 [CLIMAS_NewMexicoTreeGrowthPrecipitation1900-2000]
The relationship between tree growth and cool-season precipitation. The blue line shows the tree-ring growth index for El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico and the red line depicts precipitation ...


20. Reconstructing the foraging ecology and molecular evolution of sub-Antarctic penguins: A pilot study [AAS_3203]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3203 See the link below for public details on this project. Public Summary High-order predators rely on the productivity of the Southern Ocean marine ...


21. Glacier Bay Ecosystem GIS [Inforain_USGS_GBE]
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Interrain Pacific are please to help make available to the public this integrated Geographic Information System for the Glacier Bay / northern Southeast ...


22. Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_ARCTIC]
Abstract (from the online documentation): A compilation of paleoclimate records from lake sediments, trees, glaciers, and marine sediments provides a view of circum-Arctic environmental variability ...


23. Eastern Oregon NOAA Climate Divisions 7 and 8 PDSI and Precipitation Reconstructions, 1705-1979 [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-029]
These data are reconstructed drought index and precipitation for NOAA Oregon climate divisions 7 and 8, derived from tree-ring data by Gregg M. Garfin and Dr. Malcolm K. Hughes of the Laboratory of ...


24. El Malpais Precipitation Reconstruction [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-002]
Water Year Annual Precipitation Reconstruction at El Malpais National Monument near Grants, New Mexico. The tree-ring chronology associated with this reconstruction can be found in the holdings ...


25. Global Six Century Temperature Patterns, WDC Paleoclimatology [NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_6CENTURY]
This data set consists of reconstructed global annual surface temperatures for each year from 1400 to 1995, including statistical uncertainties and reconstructed principal component analyses. This ...


26. Global Temperature Patterns in Past Centuries [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-075]
Data consists of cold-season Nino 3 region (an estimate of El Nino-related temperature variability) reconstructed data. See: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ei/ei_reconsb.html


27. IAI-ScientificArticles-CRN_003_Darrigo_NPI: Tropical-North Pacific Climate Linkages Over the Past Four Centuries [IAIDIS848]   PARENT DIF
This metadata references the scientific article: "Tropical-North Pacific Climate Linkages Over the Past Four Centuries", which can be download from here. Authors: Rosanne DArrigo(1), Rob Wilson(2), ...


28. Mapping Eastern North America Vegetation Change Over the Past 18,000 Years [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_94-007]
These maps are based on 11,700 fossil pollen samples and 1744 modern pollen samples. Twenty-one pollen taxa were included in analyses: Alnus, Fraxinum, Populus, Tilia, Fagus, Betula, Ulmus, Abies, ...


29. Multi-Millennial Nevada Precipitation Reconstruction [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-049]
This data set consists of reconstructed precipitation for Nevada Climate Division 3, annual July through June. Trees used for the reconstruction are bristlecone pine from Methuselah Walk, White ...


30. Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperature Reconstruction Sensitivity Comparisons [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2005-057]
Results are presented from a set of experiments designed to investigate factors that may influence proxy-based reconstructions of large-scale temperature patterns in past centuries. The factors ...


31. Northern Hemisphere Temperature Reconstruction for the Past Millennium [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-014]
Abstract (from the online documentation): Building on recent studies, we attempt hemispheric temperature reconstructions with proxy data networks for the past millennium. We focus not just on the ...


32. Optimal Surface Temperature Reconstructions Using Terrestrial Borehole Data, WDC Paleoclimatology [NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_MANN2003]
This data is an optimal Northern Hemisphere mean surface temperature reconstruction from terrestrial borehole temperature profiles spanning the past five centuries. The pattern of borehole ground ...


33. Precipitation Reconstruction for Huashan, China [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-020]
This data set consists of precipitation reconstructions for Huashan, Shaanxi Province, in the central People's Republic Of China, based on tree-ring data.


34. Sacramento River Annual Flow Reconstruction [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-081]
This data set consists of reconstruction of total annual flow, in millions of acre/feet, of the Sacramento River, based on tree ring chronologies from 869-1977 AD.


35. Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) Reconstruction [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1998-038]
EXPERIMENTAL DENDROCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION This file documents reconstruction of the winter (DJF) season of Allan's version of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). It ...


36. Southwestern USA Linear Regression and Neural Network Precipitation Reconstructions, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-080]
This data set consists of a comparison of the linear regression and neural network models for precipitation reconstruction from a network of tree ring chronologies. Data include the reconstructed ...


37. Upper Colorado River Flow Reconstruction [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2007-052]
New tree-ring records of ring-width from remnant preserved wood are analyzed to extend the record of reconstructed annual flows of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry into the Medieval Climate ...


38. Alaskan Fossil Identification File [EARTH_LAND_USGS_ALASKA_FOSSILS1]
The data base consists of a compilation of reports made by the U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy concerning the identification of fossils collected in Alaska. Data includes ...


39. AAD publications database [AAD_Publications]
This database is a catalogue for the list of publications held by the Australian Antarctic Division. The database is available online at the URL given below. In some cases, pdf downloads are available, ...


40. Genomic Indicators of Climate Chnage - Genetic and isotopic analysis of Adélie penguin tissue from relict colonies at Cape Bird and Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica. [K016_2011_2012_NZ_1]
Our objectives are to identify the molecular basis by which Ad?lie penguins have responded to a -10?C increase in temperature since the last glacial maximum. We will sequence the genomes of a number ...


41. Exposure ages of glacial deposits and bedrock, Scott Glacier, Antarctica [2011_SCOTT_GLACIER_UW_COSMOGENIC_NUCLIDE_DATA]
This data set consists of exposure ages for glacial deposits on nunataks and ice-free areas adjacent to Scott Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains. Most samples are glacially transported clasts deposited ...


42. Paleoenvironment, Geomorphic Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-lake Basins in the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA, 2002-2005 [ARCSS176]
These data are from a study of the origin and associated geomorphological, ecological, and pedological processes of thaw-lake basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. The research utilized high-resolution ...


43. International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature [G02201]
The International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature collection (formerly known as the Discovery and Access of Historic Literature from the IPYs (DAHLI) project) is an online data collection ...


44. Glacial Geology Map of the Toolik Lake and Upper Kuparuk River Region, Alaska [ARCSS117]
This data set consists of a digital glacial geology map of the Toolik and upper Kuparuk River region, Alaska, USA. The map covers a 740 km² area on Alaska's North Slope, in the northern foothills ...


45. Greenland Summit Ice Cores [ARCSS008]
From 1989 to 1994, the U.S. and European scientific communities supported a bold undertaking to acquire an extensive paleoclimate record for the Northern Hemisphere. These efforts, termed the Greenland ...


46. Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska [ARCSS089]
This data set contains measurements taken from 78 drained thaw-lake basins on the Arctic Coastal Plain between Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska. Investigators collected and analyzed sediment cores to determine ...


47. Radiocarbon Dates and Pollen Data, Peterson Erosional Remnant, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska [ARCSS136]
This data set consists of pollen data and radiocarbon (14C) dates resulting from microscopic analysis and mass spectrometry of soil cores taken from the Peterson Erosional Remnant, located ...


48. Radiocarbon dates in the Lutzow-Holm Bay (Antarctica) Region [NIPR_GEO_RADIOCARBON]
A map and booklet are available (special map series of National Institute of Polar Research, No. 6).


49. Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironment of the Marine Plain area (Vestfold Hills) in the Pliocene [ASAC_884]
This project is very closely related to ASAC project 666 (ASAC_666). See that project for more details. A copy of the masters thesis arising from the project is attached to the record. Physical ...


50. Cosmogenic nuclide data for bedrock samples from the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica [2005_FORD_RANGES_BEDROCK_UW_COSMOGENIC_NUCLIDE_DATA]
This data set consists of cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in samples from bedrock surfaces in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. These surfaces have been exposed by ice ...


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