Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures for 27 Myr 
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               World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                     NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures for 27 Myr
LAST UPDATE: 5/2002 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo)

CONTRIBUTOR: Katharina Billups, University of Delaware

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-031

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Billups, K. and D.P. Schrag, 2002,
Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures for 27 Myr, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series # 2002-031.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:  Billups, K. and D.P. Schrag, 2002, 
Paleotemperatures and ice volume of the past 27 Myr revisited 
with paired Mg/Ca and 18O/16O measurements on benthic foraminifera,
Paleoceanography, V. 17, No. 2, February 2002.


GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global

PERIOD OF RECORD: 27 MMYrBP - present.

LIST OF FILES: 
Billups2002.xls (Microsoft Excel format),
Billups2002.txt (tab-delimited text format).


DESCRIPTION:
Billups and Schrag 2002 Foraminiferal d18O, Mg/Ca, and Paleotemperatures 
for the past 27 Myr.