NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Gueldaman Cave Geochemical Data from 6200 to 3200 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 Algeria, Northern Africa. The time period coverage is from 6190 to 3193 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/10.25921/921j-2q97
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/40776
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/Ruan2016-stm4.txt
47 Speleothem https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/SISAL-v3/noaa_templates/Ruan2016-stm2.txt
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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 Ruan, J.; F. Kherbouche; D. Genty; D. Blamart; H. Cheng; F. Dewilde; S. Hachi; R. L. Edwards; E. Régnier; J.-L. Michelot, 2016: Evidence of a prolonged drought ca. 4200 yr BP correlated with prehistoric settlement abandonment from the Gueldaman GLD1 Cave, Northern Algeria. Climate of the Past, 12, 1-14, 10.5194/cp-12-1-2016 https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1-2016
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

  • latitude 36.4333
  • speleothems
  • nesdis
  • what: depth
  • cave deposits
  • what: delta 18o
  • oxygen isotopes
  • continent
  • land records
  • material: calcite
  • noaa
  • what: delta 13c
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • algeria
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • gueldaman cave
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • northern africa
  • longitude 4.5667
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: age
  • national centers for environmental information
  • carbon isotopes

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