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  <Entry_ID>noaa-cave-5416</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Ku and Li 1998 Speleothem Isotopic Records from ShiHua Cave, Beijing, China</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Li, H.-C.; Ku, T.-L.; Schellenberg, S.A.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Ku and Li 1998 Speleothem Isotopic Records from ShiHua Cave, Beijing, China</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2004-05-13</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NCDC-Paleoclimatology</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Data_Presentation_Form>ONLINE Files</Data_Presentation_Form>
    <Dataset_DOI>Pending</Dataset_DOI>
    <Online_Resource>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5416</Online_Resource>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>H.-C.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Li</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>T.-L.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Ku</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>S.A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Schellenberg</Last_Name>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>depth,null,null,millimeter,null,speleothems,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>depth,null,null,millimeter,null,speleothems,null,null,N,depth measured relative to bottom of core</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age,null,null,calendar year before present,null,speleothems,null,null,N,present defined as 1994 CE</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,calcium carbonate,null,per mil PDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 18O,calcium carbonate,null,per mil PDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>carbon isotopes</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>speleothems</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>oxygen isotopes</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>1526 AD</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>1992 AD</Paleo_Stop_Date>
  </Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>424 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>-42 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
  </Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>39.78</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>39.78</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>115.93</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>115.93</Easternmost_Longitude>
    <Minimum_Altitude>251</Minimum_Altitude>
    <Maximum_Altitude>251</Maximum_Altitude>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Asia</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>Eastern Asia</Location_Subregion1>
    <Location_Subregion2>China</Location_Subregion2>
    <Detailed_Location>Shihua Cave&gt;LATITUDE 39.78&gt;LONGITUDE 115.93</Detailed_Location>
  </Location>
  <Access_Constraints>None</Access_Constraints>
  <Use_Constraints>Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.</Use_Constraints>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
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    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce </Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>DATA Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>Bruce</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>Bauer</Last_Name>
      <Email>bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov</Email>
      <Email>paleo@noaa.gov</Email>
      <Phone>303-497-6280</Phone>
      <Fax>303-497-6513</Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>325 Broadway, E/NE31</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80305-3328</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
  </Distribution>
  <Reference/>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Records of past temperature, precipitation, and other aspects of climate derived from mineral deposits found in caves. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set.  Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
</Abstract>
  </Summary>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/china/shihua1998.txt</URL>
    <Description>Text Data File; ShiHua Cave Stable Isotope Data</Description>
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  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2018-12-11</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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