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  <Entry_Title>Miocene Mediterranean Foraminiferal Abundance and Isotope Data </Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Turco, E.; Hilgen, F.J.; Lourens, L.J.; Shackleton, N.J.; Zachariasse, W.J.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Miocene Mediterranean Foraminiferal Abundance and Isotope Data </Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2001-07-01</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/2574</Online_Resource>
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    <First_Name>E.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Turco</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>F.J.</First_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>L.J.</First_Name>
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    <First_Name>N.J.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Shackleton</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>W.J.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Zachariasse</Last_Name>
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    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>notes,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Bolboforma sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Globigerina falconensis</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>Neogloboquadrina pachyderma sinistral,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Orbulina sp.</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>Globigerina bulloides,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>Globorotalia menardii,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Neogloboquadrina atlantica small</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Globoturborotalita apertura - Globigerinoides obliqua group percent</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>Globigerinella siphonifera,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>principal component,null,null,dimensionless,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Neogloboquadrina atlantica large</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Sphaeroidinella dehiscens</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Tenuitella clemenciae</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age,null,null,radiocarbon year before present,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Globigerinoides subquadrata</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Turborotalita quinqueloba</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Paragloborotalia mayeri</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 18O,planktic foraminifer,null,per mil PDB,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>foraminifer fragmentation,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Globigerina bulloides plus Globigerina falconensis</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>Neogloboquadrina pachyderma dextral,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>total planktic foraminifers,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,planktic/(planktic plus benthic foraminifera)</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>depth,null,null,centimeter,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified foraminifer,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,Globigerinoides triloba</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleocean</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>oxygen isotopes</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleocean</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>population abundance</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleocean</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>age control</Variable_Level_1>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>12122642 14C yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>9776832 14C yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>12122642 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>9776832 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>37.25</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>37.25</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>14.5</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>14.5</Easternmost_Longitude>
    <Minimum_Altitude>0</Minimum_Altitude>
    <Maximum_Altitude>0</Maximum_Altitude>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Ocean</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Atlantic Ocean</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>North Atlantic Ocean</Location_Subregion1>
    <Detailed_Location>Monte Gibliscemi&gt;LATITUDE 37.25&gt;LONGITUDE 14.5</Detailed_Location>
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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>
    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference>Turco, E., F.J. Hilgen, L.J. Lourens, N.J. Shackleton, and W.J. Zachariasse. 2001. Punctuated evolution of global climate cooling during the late Middle to early Late Miocene: high-resolution planktonic foraminiferal and oxygen isotope records from the Mediterranean. Paleoceanography 16(4):405-423.</Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Records of past climate and ocean circulation derived from marine sediments. 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/contributions_by_author/turco2001</URL>
  </Related_URL>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/sediment_files/complete/montegib-tab.txt</URL>
  </Related_URL>
  <IDN_Node>
    <Short_Name>USA/NOAA</Short_Name>
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  <Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
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  <DIF_Creation_Date>2019-01-30</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2019-01-30</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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