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  <Entry_Title>Fremont Glacier - Mercury Data and Description</Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Schuster, P.F.; Krabbenhoft, D.P.; Naftz, D.L.; Cecil, L.D.; Olson, M.L.; Dewild, J.F.; Susong, D.D.; Green, J.R.; Abbott, M.L.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Fremont Glacier - Mercury Data and Description</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2002-07-01</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/2459</Online_Resource>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>P.F.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Schuster</Last_Name>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
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    <Last_Name>Krabbenhoft</Last_Name>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>D.L.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Naftz</Last_Name>
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    <Last_Name>Cecil</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>M.L.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Olson</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>J.F.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Dewild</Last_Name>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>D.D.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Susong</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>J.R.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Green</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>M.L.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Abbott</Last_Name>
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    <Paleo_Stop_Date>1993 AD</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>230 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>-43 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>43.12</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>43.12</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-109.62</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-109.62</Easternmost_Longitude>
    <Minimum_Altitude>4100</Minimum_Altitude>
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    <Location_Subregion2>Wyoming</Location_Subregion2>
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  <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>
  <Data_Center>
    <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>
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    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
  </Distribution>
  <Reference>Schuster, P.F., D.P. Krabbenhoft, D.L. Naftz, L.D. Cecil, M.L. Olson, J.F. Dewild, D.D. Susong, J.R. Green, and M.L. Abbott. 2002. Atmospheric mercury deposition during the last 270 Years: a glacial ice core record of natural and anthropogenic sources. Environmental Science and Technology 36(11):2303-2310.</Reference>
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    <Abstract>Records of past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric trace gases, and other aspects of climate and environment derived from ice cores drilled on glaciers and ice caps around the world.  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>
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      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
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  <DIF_Creation_Date>2019-03-15</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2019-03-15</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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