NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana 2700 Year Spatial Geochemical and Isotope Data

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 Lake. The data include parameters of paleolimnology with a geographic location of Ghana, Western Africa. The time period coverage is from 2668 to -53 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 General information for this data type. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/lake
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/africa/bosumtwi2013spatial-xrf.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/africa/bosumtwi2013spatial-surface.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/africa/bosumtwi2013spatial-gs.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/africa/bosumtwi2013spatial-chem-iso.txt
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/17349
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/fte5-3k97
0 Timothy M. Shanahan, Nicholas McKay, Jonathan T. Overpeck, John A. Peck, Christopher Scholz, Clifford W. Heil Jr., John King, 2013: Spatial and temporal variability in sedimentological and geochemical properties of sediments from an anoxic crater lake in West Africa: Implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 374, 96-109, 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.008
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • what: aluminum
  • what: organic carbon
  • what: grain size standard deviation
  • nesdis
  • what: sample identification
  • what: carbon/nitrogen
  • ocean/lake records
  • continent
  • noaa
  • what: calcium
  • ghana
  • what: delta 13c
  • what: nitrogen
  • what: longitude
  • longitude -1.4167
  • paleoclimate
  • what: grain size mean
  • material: null
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • latitude 6.5
  • geochemistry
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • western africa
  • paleolimnology
  • what: manganese
  • lake bosumtwi
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: latitude
  • what: titanium
  • what: age
  • material: organic matter
  • what: silicon
  • what: notes
  • what: iron
  • national centers for environmental information
  • what: collection water depth
  • material: sediment
  • what: delta 15n

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