NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Tanganyika 1500 Year TEX86 LST, BSi, and Charcoal 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 climate reconstructions|paleolimnology with a geographic location of Lake Tanganyika, Eastern Africa. The time period coverage is from 1446 to -6 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
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
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/tanganyika2010.txt
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 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/10428
53 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/tanganyika2010.xls
0 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/9j1r-ss18
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Tierney, J.E., M.T. Mayes, N. Meyer, C. Johnson, P.W. Swarzenski, A.S. Cohen, and J.M. Russell, 2010: Late-twentieth-century warming in Lake Tanganyika unprecedented since AD 500. Nature Geoscience, 3, 422–425, 10.1038/NGEO865 https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO865
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

  • pages 2k network
  • what: charcoal
  • nesdis
  • eastern africa
  • longitude 28.53
  • fire history|paleolimnology
  • what: depth
  • ocean/lake records
  • continent
  • noaa
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • reconstruction
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • climate reconstructions|paleolimnology
  • geochemistry
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • material: glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether index
  • latitude -6.03
  • paleolimnology
  • what: lake surface temperature
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • lake tanganyika
  • what: age
  • pages africa 2k
  • national centers for environmental information
  • what: tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms
  • material: sediment
  • what: biogenic silica

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