NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Turkana and Victoria, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Data over the Past 20 ka

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 Lake Victoria, Eastern Africa. The time period coverage is from 19665 to 473 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 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/karp2023/karp2023-victoria.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 Allison Karp, Kevin Uno, Melissa Berke, James Russell, Christopher Scholz, Jennifer Marlon, Tyler Faith, Carla Staver, 2023: Nonlinear rainfall effects on savanna fire activity across the African Humid Period. Quaternary Science Reviews, 304, , 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107994 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107994
0 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/74ec-ph15
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/37384
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
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/karp2023/karp2023-turkana.txt

Tags

  • turk10-4p and turk10-14p)
  • what: factor score
  • latitude
  • nesdis
  • lake victoria
  • eastern africa
  • longitude
  • what: sample identification
  • fire history|paleolimnology
  • what: depth
  • ocean/lake records
  • continent
  • noaa
  • what: organic compound index
  • what: aromatic compound
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • lake victoria core v95-1p
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • what: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  • longitude 33.1983
  • geochemistry
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • paleolimnology
  • kenya
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • lake turkana (turk10-46p
  • africa
  • latitude -1.2317
  • what: age
  • national centers for environmental information
  • material: sediment

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