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ICE CORE

GISP2 - Last Glacial Transition d18O, d15N, d40Ar,CH4 Data

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Severinghaus, J.P., and E.J. Brook. 1999. Abrupt climate change at the end of the last glacial period inferred from trapped air in polar ice. Science 286:930-934.

Data Coverage North: 72.6 * South: 72.6
East: -38.5 * West: -38.5
Altitude: 3200 m

Start Year: -107175 AD   End Year: 2000 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  greenland/summit/gisp2/gases/readme_severinghaus1999.txt
  greenland/summit/gisp2/gases/severinghaus_1999.txt

Summary:

Records of past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric trace gases, and other aspects of climate and environment derived from ice cores drilled on glaciers and ice caps around the world. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
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Parameters:

delta Argon 40 ratio; 15N/14N ratio in N2 gas (per mille); Readme; methane concentration (parts per billion by volume); 18O/16O ratio in O2 gas (per mille)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2446  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )

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