Benthic Foraminiferal Stable Isotope Data, ODP Sites 846 and 849: Readme file
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              World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                   NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Benthic Foraminiferal Stable Isotope Data, ODP Sites 846 and 849

LAST UPDATE: 6/2000 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)  
CONTRIBUTOR: Alan Mix, Oregon State University

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2000-041

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Mix, A., 2000, 
Benthic Foraminiferal Stable Isotope Data, ODP Sites 846 and 849, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center A for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series #2000-041.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. 

ORIGINAL REFERENCES: Mix, A.C., N.G. Pisias, W. Rugh, J. Wilson, 
A. Morey, T. Hagelberg, 1995, Benthic foraminiferal stable isotope 
record form Site 849, 0-5 Ma: Local and global climate changes. 
In: N.G. Pisias, L. Mayer, T. Janecek, A. Palmer-Julson, T.H. vanAndel (eds.) 
Proc. ODP, Scientific Results 138, College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program) 
371-412.

Mix, A.C., J. Le, and N.J. Shackleton, 1995, Benthic foraminiferal stable
isotope stratigraphy of Site 846: 0-1.8 Ma. 
In: N.G. Pisias, L. Mayer, T. Janecek, A. Palmer-Julson, T.H. vanAndel (eds.) 
Proc. ODP, Scientific Results 138, College Station TX (Ocean Drilling Program) 
839-854.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Eastern equatorial Pacific
PERIOD OF RECORD: 0-5 Ma

LIST OF FILES: Readme.Mix1995.txt (this file), 849_final.d18O_d13c.age, 
849_appendix_a.txt, 849_appendix_b.txt, 849_appendix_c.txt, 
849_appendix_d.txt,849_appendix_e.txt, 849_appendix_f.txt, 
846_final.d18O_d13C.age, 846_appendix_a.txt, 846_appendix_b.txt.
(Space-delimited ASCII text format).


DESCRIPTION: 
ODP Site 846:   3 deg  5.7' S,  90 deg 49.1' West, Water Depth 3296M.
ODP Site 849:   0 deg 11.0 'N, 110 deg 31.1' West, Water Depth 3839M.

File Contents:
849_final.d18O_d13c.age   (depth-rmcd, age-Ma, d18O, d13C)
849_appendix_a.txt (raw data with depth scale)
849_appendix_b.txt (age model for Site 849)
849_appendix_c.txt (smoothed, interpolated age, d18O, d13C)
849_appendix_d.txt (Site 677 age model (depth, age))
849_appendix_e.txt (Site 607 age model (depth, age))
849_appendix_f.txt (Site 704 age model (depth, age))

846_final.d18O_d13C.age    (depth-rmcd, age-Ma, d18O, d13C)
846_appendix_a.txt  (raw data with depth scales)
846_appendix_b.txt  (age model - age, depth, sedrate)