Late Paleocene Osmium Isotope Data: Readme file
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                   NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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              World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Late Paleocene Osmium Isotope Data

LAST UPDATE: 6/2001 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)  
CONTRIBUTOR: Greg Ravizza, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2001-051

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION:  Ravizza, G., et al., 2001,
Late Paleocene Osmium Isotope Data. 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center A for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series #2001-051. 
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. 

ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Ravizza, G., R.N. Norris, J. Blusztajn, 
and M.-P. Aubry, 2001, An osmium isotope excursion associated with the 
late Paleocene thermal maximum: Evidence of intensified chemical weathering, 
Paleoceanography, vol. 16, p. 155-163, 2001.


GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global 
PERIOD OF RECORD: ~55 MMYrBP

LIST OF FILES: Readme_Ravizza2001.txt (this file), 
dsdp213_isotope.txt, Re-Os_tables.txt (tab-delimited ASCII format).


DESCRIPTION:
Marine Osmium records during the late Paleocene thermal maximum 
interpreted as proxies of terrestrial chemical weathering.

Core DSDP-213 Indian Ocean  
Core DSDP-549 North Atlantic Ocean