NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - West Turkana, Kenya 1.9-1.4 Ma Leaf Wax Hydrogen and Carbon Isotope 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 Kenya, Eastern Africa. The time period coverage is from 1867200 to 1378900 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/qqke-s157
0 Study page with data access information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/23690
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 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 R.L. Lupien, J.M. Russell, C. Feibel, C. Beck, I. Castañeda, A. Deino, A.S. Cohen, 2018: A leaf wax biomarker record of early Pleistocene hydroclimate from West Turkana, Kenya. Quaternary Science Reviews, 186, 225-235, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.012
47 Direct download links for dataset files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/eastafrica/wturkana2018iso.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 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

  • nesdis
  • eastern africa
  • what: depth
  • ocean/lake records
  • continent
  • noaa
  • what: delta 13c
  • paleoclimate
  • latitude 4.1097
  • material: null
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • what: delta 2h
  • earth science
  • climate reconstructions|paleolimnology
  • material: precipitation
  • what: c3 plants
  • climate indicators
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • longitude 35.8718
  • paleolimnology
  • kenya
  • paleoclimate indicators
  • africa
  • material: c28 n-alkanoic acid
  • what: age
  • national centers for environmental information
  • hydrogen isotopes
  • material: delta 13c
  • west turkana hspdp-wtk13-1a
  • carbon isotopes

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