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  <Entry_Title>Wang et al. 2008 Sanbao Cave, China 224 KYr Stalagmite d18O Data</Entry_Title>
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    <Last_Name>Chen</Last_Name>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>224400 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
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    <Southernmost_Latitude>31.667</Southernmost_Latitude>
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    <Westernmost_Longitude>110.433</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>110.433</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Location_Type>Asia</Location_Type>
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    <Detailed_Location>Sanbao Cave&gt;LATITUDE 31.667&gt;LONGITUDE 110.433</Detailed_Location>
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  <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>
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      <Long_Name>National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce </Long_Name>
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      <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>
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        <Address>325 Broadway, E/NE31</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
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  <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.
 
          STUDY NOTES: 230Th dating information:

Lamda230 = 9.1577 x 10-6 y-1, Lamda234 = 2.8263 x 10-6 y-1, Lamda238 = 1.55125 x 10-10 y-1 (S10). 
Corrected 230Th ages assume the initial 230Th/232Th atomic ratio of 4±2 x10-6. 
Those are the values for a material at secular equilibrium, with the crustal 232Th/238U value of 3.8. 
The errors are arbitrarily assumed to be 50%.
</Abstract>
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