NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Sudwala Cave Geochemical Data from 41000 to 12700 Cal Yr BP

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 Cave. The data include parameters of speleothems with a geographic location of Botswana, Southern Africa. The time period coverage is from 40991 to 12716 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/10.25921/6ayt-w203
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/40694
47 Speleothem https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/SISAL-v3/noaa_templates/Green2015-SC1.txt
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Green, Helen; Robyn Pickering; Russell Drysdale; Brett C. Johnson; John Hellstrom; Malcolm Wallace, 2015: Evidence for global teleconnections in a late Pleistocene speleothem record of water balance and vegetation change at Sudwala Cave, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 110, 114-130, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.016
0 General information for this data type. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/speleothem
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • speleothems
  • longitude 20.7
  • nesdis
  • latitude -25.37
  • sudwala cave
  • what: depth
  • botswana
  • cave deposits
  • what: delta 18o
  • oxygen isotopes
  • southern africa
  • continent
  • land records
  • material: calcite
  • noaa
  • what: delta 13c
  • paleoclimate
  • material: null
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • what: age
  • national centers for environmental information
  • carbon isotopes

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