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  <Entry_ID>noaa-ocean-8748</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Marchal and Curry 2008 Atlantic LGM Benthic Foram Stable Isotope Data</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Marchal, O.; Curry, W.B.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Marchal and Curry 2008 Atlantic LGM Benthic Foram Stable Isotope Data</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2008-09-18</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/8748</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>O.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Marchal</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>W.B.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Curry</Last_Name>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,benthic foraminifer,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 13C,Cibicidoides sp.,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>longitude,null,null,degree east,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>instrumental</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 18O,sea water,null,per mil PDB,null,instrumental,null,null,N,calculated d18Ow from the salinity:d18O relationship: d18OPDB = S * 0.5445 - 18.77 - 0.27</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Term>instrumental</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>instrumental</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>sea water temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,null,instrumental,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
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    <Detailed_Variable>notes,null,null,null,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,source publication</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <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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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>delta 18O,Cibicidoides sp.,null,per mil VPDB,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>notes,null,null,null,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,core</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleocean</Term>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>-60</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>70</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-84</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>20</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Maximum_Altitude>0</Maximum_Altitude>
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    <Location_Category>Ocean</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Atlantic Ocean</Location_Type>
    <Detailed_Location>Atlantic Ocean&gt;LATITUDE &gt;LONGITUDE </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>
  </Distribution>
  <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>
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      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/marchal2008/marchal2008.txt</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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