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  <Entry_ID>noaa-lake-5489</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Lake Valencia, Venezuela 12,000 Year Stable Isotope and Carbonate Data</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Curtis, J.H.; Hodell, D.A.; Brenner, M.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Lake Valencia, Venezuela 12,000 Year Stable Isotope and Carbonate Data</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2002-09-01</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/5489</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>J.H.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Curtis</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>D.A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Hodell</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>M.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Brenner</Last_Name>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
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    <Detailed_Variable>delta 18O,ostracod,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Cypria obtusa</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,gastropod,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Pyrgophorus sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>depth,null,null,centimeter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>calcium carbonate,sediment,null,weight percent,null,paleolimnology,null,carbon coulometry,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,ostracod,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Cytheridella boldi</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,ostracod,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Heterocypris communis</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,ostracod,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Cypria obtusa</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age,null,null,radiocarbon year before present,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 18O,ostracod,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleolimnology,null,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Heterocypris communis</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>oxygen isotopes</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>geochemistry</Variable_Level_1>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>PAGES 2k Network</Keyword>
  <Keyword>PAGES LOTRED SA2k</Keyword>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>12664 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>-43 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
  </Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>10.1667</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>10.1667</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-67.75</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-67.75</Easternmost_Longitude>
    <Minimum_Altitude>402</Minimum_Altitude>
    <Maximum_Altitude>402</Maximum_Altitude>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>South America</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>Venezuela</Location_Subregion1>
    <Detailed_Location>Lake Valencia core 16-VII-94&gt;LATITUDE 10.1667&gt;LONGITUDE -67.75</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>
    <Author>Curtis, J.H., Brenner, M., and Hodell, D.A.</Author>
    <Publication_Date>1999</Publication_Date>
    <Title>Climate change in the Lake Valencia Basin, Venezuela, ~12600 yr BP to present</Title>
    <Series>The Holocene</Series>
    <Volume>9</Volume>
    <Issue>5</Issue>
    <Pages>609-619</Pages>
  </Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract> 
          STUDY NOTES: Lake Valencia, Venezuela Gastropod and Ostracod Stable Isotope and Carbonate Data. Included are isotopes for Heterocypris communis, Cytheridella boldi, Pyrgophorus sp., Cypria obtusa, and %CaCO3</Abstract>
  </Summary>
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    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/venezuela/valencia.txt</URL>
  </Related_URL>
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  <DIF_Creation_Date>2018-12-11</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2018-12-11</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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