NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Challa 25,000 Year BIT Index 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 Kenya, Eastern Africa. The time period coverage is from 24922 to -30 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/da6x-9z97
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/13539
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/eastafrica/challa2009bit-noaa.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 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 Verschuren, D., J.S. Sinninghe Damste, J. Moernaut, I. Kristen, M. Blaauw, M. Fagot, G. H. Haug, and CHALLACEA project members, 2009: Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African Equator. Nature, 462, 637-641, 10.1038/nature08520 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08520
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

Tags

  • nesdis
  • eastern africa
  • what: depth
  • longitude 37.7
  • ocean/lake records
  • continent
  • noaa
  • lake challa
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • geochemistry
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • paleolimnology
  • kenya
  • latitude -3.3167
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: age
  • hydrology
  • intertropical convergence zone (itcz)
  • national centers for environmental information
  • material: sediment
  • what: branched and isoprenoid tetraether index

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