NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Lake Turkana, Kenya, 6000 Year TEX86 Temperature

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 Kenya, Eastern Africa. The time period coverage is from 6022 to -40 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 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/16589
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/turkana2012lt94.txt
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/turkana2012lt84-2p.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 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/turkana2012lt84-7p.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 NCEI landing page with general information and links to access the data. https://doi.org/10.25921/r0w8-wd59
0 Melissa A. Berke, Thomas C. Johnson, Josef P. Werne, Stefan Schouten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, 2012: A mid-Holocene thermal maximum at the end of the African Humid Period. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 351-352, 95-104, 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.008
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

  • latitude 3.76
  • longitude 36.487
  • nesdis
  • eastern africa
  • what: depth
  • latitude 2.7
  • 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
  • latitude 2.7125
  • lake turkana lt94-14fc
  • material: glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether index
  • lake turkana lt84-7p
  • paleolimnology
  • what: lake surface temperature
  • kenya
  • lake turkana lt84-2p
  • longitude 36.537
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • longitude 35.95
  • africa
  • what: age
  • what: notes
  • national centers for environmental information
  • what: tetraether index of 86 carbon atoms
  • material: sediment
  • what: branched and isoprenoid tetraether index

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