NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Cold Air Cave Geochemical Data from 4400 to 470 Cal Yr BP

Description

This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Cave. The data include parameters of speleothems with a geographic location of South Africa, Southern Africa. The time period coverage is from 4378 to 465 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/nav2-my41
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/40769
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 General information for this data type. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/speleothem
47 Speleothem https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/SISAL-v3/noaa_templates/Repinski1999-T5.txt
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Repinski, P.; K. Holmgren; S.E. Lauritzen; J.A. Lee-Thorp, 1999: A late Holocene climate record from a stalagmite, Cold Air Cave, Northern Province, South Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 150, 269-277, 10.1016/s0031-0182(98)00223-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-0182(98)00223-5
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • speleothems
  • south africa
  • nesdis
  • what: depth
  • cave deposits
  • what: delta 18o
  • oxygen isotopes
  • southern africa
  • continent
  • land records
  • noaa
  • what: delta 13c
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • longitude 29.11
  • material: aragonite
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • cold air cave
  • what: sample thickness
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: age
  • latitude -24.02
  • national centers for environmental information
  • carbon isotopes

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