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  <Entry_ID>noaa-insect-5793</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Alaska Fossil Insect Faunal Data</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Elias, S.A.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Alaska Fossil Insect Faunal Data</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2004-07-15</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/5793</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>S.A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Elias</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Parameters>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Aphodius sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Bledius sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Cicadella sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Lathrobium sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Tachinus brevipennis Sahlb.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus similis Mann.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Formica sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Laemophloeus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus (Cryobius) sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus pinguedineus (Eschz.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Stereocerus haematopus (Dej.)</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Cyphon sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Bembidion sulcipenne hyperboroides Lth</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Colymbetes sculptillis Harris</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Colymbetes sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Enochrus or Cymbiodyta sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Eucnecosum brachypterum</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Geodromicus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Heterothops fusculus LeC.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Olophrum latum Mäkl.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus brevicornis Kby.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Silpha trituberculata Kby.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Cercyon marinus Thoms.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Agonum consimile (Gyll.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Amara bokori Csiki</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Apion sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Byrrhus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Carphacis nepigonensis (Bernh.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Plateumaris sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus arcticola Chaud.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Simplocaria sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Gyrinus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Hydroporus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Aegialia lacustris Lec.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Agabus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Apion alaskanum Fall</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Bembidion mckinleyi Fall</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Colymbetes dolobratus (Payk.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Dyschirius frigidus</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Gymnusa atra Csy.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Helophorus sempervarians Angus</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Helophorus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Hydraena angulicollis Notm.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Ips sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Lepidophorus inquinatus (Mann.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Lepidophorus lineaticollis Kby.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Myrmica alaskensis Whlr.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus cf. gerstlensis Ball</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus empetricolla Dej.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Scolytus piceae (Sw.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Tachyporus rulomus</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Tachyporus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Agabus arcticus</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Aleocharinae gen. et sp. indet.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Camponotus herculeanus L.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Catops beringiensis Peck</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Diptera</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Homophylax sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Hydrobius fuscipes L.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Orthotomicus caelatus (Eich.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Stenus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Tachyporus nimbicola Campbl.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Araneida</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Arpedium brachypterum Grav.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Bembidion grapii Gyll.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Bembidion scopulinum Kby.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Bembidion spp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Cercyon sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Diacheila polita (Fald.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Dyschirius nigricornis Mots.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Formica neorufibarbis Emery</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Morychus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Polygraphus rufipennis Kby.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Serica sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Tachinus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Agabus arcticus Payk.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Agonum sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified insect,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Arachnida</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Ctenicera sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Ochthebius sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Olophrum consimile (Gyll.)</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Olophrum sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Phloeotribus lecontei Schedl.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pityophthorus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Pterostichus caribou Ball</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,Quedius (Microsaurus) sp.</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insecta</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>population abundance</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>142000 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>120000 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
  </Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>66.83</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>68.083</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-161</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-144.5</Easternmost_Longitude>
    <Minimum_Altitude>220</Minimum_Altitude>
    <Maximum_Altitude>325</Maximum_Altitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>North America</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>United States Of America</Location_Subregion1>
    <Location_Subregion2>Alaska</Location_Subregion2>
    <Detailed_Location>Birch Creek&gt;LATITUDE 66.83&gt;LONGITUDE -144.5</Detailed_Location>
  </Location>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>North America</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>United States Of America</Location_Subregion1>
    <Location_Subregion2>Alaska</Location_Subregion2>
    <Detailed_Location>Noatak River&gt;LATITUDE 68.083&gt;LONGITUDE -161</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>
  <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>
  </Data_Center>
  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
  </Distribution>
  <Reference/>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Records of past temperature and environment derived from beetle and other insect fossils. 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/insecta/alaska_fossil/</URL>
  </Related_URL>
  <IDN_Node>
    <Short_Name>USA/NOAA</Short_Name>
  </IDN_Node>
  <Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>Version 9.8.4</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2018-12-11</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2018-12-11</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
