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  <Entry_ID>noaa-ocean-2625</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>East China Sea High-Resolution Grain Size Data </Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Xiao, S.; Li, A.; Jiang, F.; Li, T.; Huang, P.; Xu, Z.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>East China Sea High-Resolution Grain Size Data </Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2015-04-01</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/2625</Online_Resource>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>S.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Xiao</Last_Name>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Li</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>F.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Jiang</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>T.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Li</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>P.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Huang</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Z.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Xu</Last_Name>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>grain size mean,sediment,null,dimensionless,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleocean</Term>
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    <Term>paleocean</Term>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>1530 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>29.58</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>29.58</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>122.63</Westernmost_Longitude>
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    <Minimum_Altitude>-44</Minimum_Altitude>
    <Maximum_Altitude>-44</Maximum_Altitude>
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  <Location>
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    <Location_Type>Pacific Ocean</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>North Pacific Ocean</Location_Subregion1>
    <Detailed_Location>DD2&gt;LATITUDE 29.58&gt;LONGITUDE 122.63</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>
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    <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>
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  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference>Xiao, S., A. Li, F. Jiang, T. Li, P. Huang, and Z. Xu. 2005. Recent 2000-year geological records of mud in the inner shelf of the East China Sea and their climatic implications. Chinese Sciences Bulletin, 50(5), 466-471.</Reference>
  <Reference>Xiao, S. and A. Li. 2005. A study on environmental grain-size population in inner shelf of the East China Sea. Acta sedimentologica sinica. 34(1): 27-34.</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>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/sediment_files/complete/dd2-tab.txt</URL>
  </Related_URL>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/xiao2005</URL>
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  <DIF_Creation_Date>2019-04-25</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2019-04-25</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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