NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Malawi 1.3MYr Geochemical Data and Principal Components Analysis

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 Malawi, Eastern Africa. The time period coverage is from 1277697 to 10694 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/xk88-6t61
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/19424
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 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 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/malawi2015pca.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/malawi2015density.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/malawi2015color.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/malawi2015carb.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/malawi2015ca.txt
53 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/malawi2015.xlsx
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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 Robert P. Lyons, Christopher A. Scholz, Andrew S Cohen, John W. King, Erik T. Brown, Sarah J. Ivory, Thomas C. Johnson, Alan L. Deino, Peter N. Reinthal, Michael M. McGlue, and Margaret W. Blome, 2015: Continuous 1.3 million-year record of East African hydroclimate, and implications for patterns of evolution and biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, , , 10.1073/pnas.1512864112 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1512864112

Tags

  • what: organic carbon
  • lake malawi
  • longitude 34.43722
  • latitude -11.29389
  • nesdis
  • what: principal component
  • eastern africa
  • what: depth
  • what: lightness
  • ocean/lake records
  • continent
  • noaa
  • what: calcium
  • what: delta 13c
  • malawi
  • material: wet sediment
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • physical properties
  • core glad7-mal05-1
  • geochemistry
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • paleolimnology
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: age
  • material: organic matter
  • what: density
  • national centers for environmental information
  • material: sediment
  • carbon isotopes

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