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  <Entry_Title>Laguna Pallcacocha, Ecuador Holocene Sediment Color Intensity Data</Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Moy, C.M.; Seltzer, G.O.; Rodbell, D.; Anderson, D.M.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Laguna Pallcacocha, Ecuador Holocene Sediment Color Intensity Data</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2002-11-01</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NCDC-Paleoclimatology</Dataset_Publisher>
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    <First_Name>C.M.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Moy</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>D.M.</First_Name>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>15142 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
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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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    <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>
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    <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>
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        <Address>325 Broadway, E/NE31</Address>
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  <Reference>
    <Author>Moy, C.M., G.O. Seltzer, D.T. Seltzer, and D.M. Anderson</Author>
    <Publication_Date>2002</Publication_Date>
    <Title>Variability of El Nino/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial time scales during the Holocene epoch</Title>
    <Series>Nature</Series>
    <Volume>420</Volume>
    <Issue>6912</Issue>
    <Pages>162-165</Pages>
  </Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract> 
          STUDY NOTES: A continuous lacustrine sedimentary record of Holocene ENSO variability from 
Laguna Pallcacocha, Southern Ecuadorian Andes, Ecuador.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: 
Martin, L. et al. Southern-Oscillation signal in South-American paleoclimatic 
data of the last 7000 years. Quaternary Research 39, 338-346 (1993).

Moy, C. M. A Continuous Record of Late-Quaternary El Nino-Southern Oscillation 
From the Southern Ecuadorian Andes. MS Thesis, Syracuse University (2000).

Moy, C. M., Seltzer, G. O., Rodbell, D. T. &amp; Anderson, D. M. 
Variability of El Nino-Southern Oscillation activity at millenial
timescales during the Holocene. Nature 420, 162-165 (2002).

Rodbell, D. T. et al. An ~15,000-year record of El Nino-driven alluviation in 
southwestern Ecuador. Science 283, 516-520 (1999)</Abstract>
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