California Current SST: readme file
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

CONTRIBUTOR: Fredrick Prahl, Oregon State University
IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER:  95-028
NAME OF DATA SET: California Current SST 
LAST UPDATE: 12/95 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)  
GEOGRAPHIC REGION: northeast Pacific Ocean
PERIOD OF RECORD: 0 - 30 KYRBP
LIST OF FILES:  ASCII text files w8709a.txt, readme. 

DESCRIPTION:
Table 1A of alkenones data from 2 cores in the California Current region of the
northeast Pacific Ocean, used for SST reconstructions over the past 30Kyrs.
Core location 42 16'N, 127 01'N.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:
Prahl, F., et al, 1995, Assessment of sea-surface temperature at 42N in the 
California Current over the past 30,000 years, Paleoceanography 10(4), pp 763-773.

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION:
Prahl, F., 1995, Alkenone Data for Cores W88709A-8TC and 8PC.  IGBP PAGES/World Data
Center-A for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 95-028.  NOAA/NGDC
Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.