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  <Entry_Title>Colombia Basin DSDP502 6MYr Amino Acid Racemization Data </Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Fletcher, R.R.; Wehmiller, J.F.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Colombia Basin DSDP502 6MYr Amino Acid Racemization Data </Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2011-06-07</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NCDC-Paleoclimatology</Dataset_Publisher>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>R.R.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Fletcher</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>J.F.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Wehmiller</Last_Name>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>others</Term>
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  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>5930000 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>3000 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>11.5</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>11.5</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-79.38</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-79.38</Easternmost_Longitude>
    <Minimum_Altitude>-3051</Minimum_Altitude>
    <Maximum_Altitude>-3051</Maximum_Altitude>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Ocean</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Pacific Ocean</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>North Pacific Ocean</Location_Subregion1>
    <Detailed_Location>DSDP 502&gt;LATITUDE 11.5&gt;LONGITUDE -79.38</Detailed_Location>
  </Location>
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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>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
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      <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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        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
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        <Country>USA</Country>
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    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference/>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Data of past climate and environment derived from unusual proxy evidence.  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.
 
          STUDY NOTES: Extent of racemization (epimerization) in mixed foraminifera samples, 
DSDP Site 502, Colombia Basin, western Caribbean Sea, for the past 
6 million years. 

Fletcher, R.R. 1994. 
Comparative planktonic foraminiferal aminostratigraphy 
of the Colombia Basin and the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. 
PhD Thesis, University of Delaware, Dept. of Geology. 580 pp. 

Fletcher, R.R., J.F. Wehmiller, R.E. Martin, and B.J. Johnson. 1991. 
Comparative planktonic foraminiferal aminostratigraphy of the 
Colombia Basin and the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. 
Meeting presentation, abstract only, AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 75, 
No. 3, 1991, pp. 575.</Abstract>
  </Summary>
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