Inilchek Glacier Firn Core Isotope and Element Data: Readme file
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              World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                   NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Inilchek Glacier Firn Core Isotope and Element Data
CONTRIBUTOR: Karl Kreutz, University of Maine 

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-023

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Kreutz, K.J., et al., 2002, 
Inilchek Glacier Firn Core Isotope and Element Data,
IGBP Pages/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Data Contribution Series #2002-023.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCES: 
Kreutz, K.J., V.B. Aizen, L.D. Cecil, and C.P. Wake, 2002,
Oxygen isotopic and soluble ionic composition of precipitation 
recorded in a shallow firn core, Inilchek Glacier (Central Tien Shan), 
Journal of Glaciology, 45 (15), in press, 2002.

Kreutz, K.J., and E.R. Sholkovitz, 2000, Major element, 
rare earth element, and sulfur isotopic composition of a high-elevation 
firn core: Sources and transport of mineral dust in Central Asia, 
Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, 1, 2000GC000082, 2000.
http://g-cubed.org/gc2000/2000GC000082/fs2000GC000082.html

LAST UPDATE: April 2002 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo)

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Inilchek Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Central Asia
PERIOD OF RECORD: 1992-1998


LIST OF FILES: readme_TienShan.txt (this file), 
inilchek98_iso_ion.xls, inilchek98_ree.xls (Microsoft Excel Format)
inilchek98_iso_ion.txt, inilchek98_ree.txt (Tab-delimited text). 

DESCRIPTION:
Isotopic, soluable ionic, and rare earth element data from the 1998 firn 
core drilled on the Inilchek Glacier, Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan  
42.16°N, 80.25°E, 5100m.


Files: inilchek98_iso_ion.xls,  inilchek98_iso_ion.txt 
       stable isotope (delta18O) and soluble ion data

Files: inilchek98_ree.xls, inilchek98_ree.txt
       rare earth element data