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    <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.
 
          STUDY NOTES: DESCRIPTION:  
Dongge Cave Stalagmite Oxygen Isotope Data.  
These data also available as supplementary information for the 
primary reference from www.sciencemag.org. 

DATA:  
230Th dating and oxygen isotope data from Dongge and Hulu Caves.

230Th dating of stalagmites from Dongge Cave by thermal ionization 
mass spectrometry (TIMS) and magnetic sector inductively coupled 
plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).</Abstract>
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