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Marine Geology Data

LDEO carbon 14 data files

NGDC Data Set G00996

World Data Center for Geophysics & Marine Geology, Boulder

NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THESE DATA

CONTRIBUTOR:W.F. Ruddiman and staff, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
NAME OF DATA SET:LDEO c14 data
LAST UPDATE:1989 (original receipt by WDC GMG, Boulder)
VOLUME OF DATA:.08 mbytes
MGG IDENTIFICATION:MGG01995006

LIST OF FILES

LDEO Carbon 14 data (data),
README (format info & documentation)

SUMMARY

Carbon-14 data in this file were compiled by W.F. Ruddiman and staff at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Data include 974 carbon-14 dates from 309 ocean sediments cores, covering the period from 40,000 years bp to the present worldwide. Estimated error range is given. Also included are core identifier, latitude/longitude, water depth, depth in core, institutional source, laboratory number, and sediment fraction analyzed (total, bulk, or fine fraction).

Data fields included:

CORE
NUMBER		 POSITION
LAT  LONG		 DEPTH
(M)		 SAMPLE
TOP  BOT		 C14
AGE		 ERROR
+  -		 RESEARCH
LABORATORY		 SAMPLE
NUMBER		 WHAT
DATE

SEARCHABLE DATA INVENTORY

NGDC/WDC GMG, Boulder archives a wide variety of digital marine geology data collections, paper reports, microfilm, etc. containing sediment and hardrock data. Many of the digital files are available for direct download. Sample-by-sample inventory information for all data, regardless of format available from NGDC are fully searchable through the marine geology inventory (GEOLIN).