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These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","fax":"303-497-6513","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","phone":"303-497-6280","postalCode":"80305-3328","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","state":"CO","type":"CONTACT INFORMATION"},"contributionDate":"1999-03-01","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"SPELEOTHEMS","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/speleothem","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-cave-8757.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":168732,"earliestYearCE":-166782,"entryId":"noaa-cave-8757","funding":[{"fundingAgency":"The S.A. 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The Mediterranean Sea was the most probable source \r\nof local precipitation throughout the last glacial cycle.","author":null,"citation":"Frumkin, A., D.C. Ford, and H.P. Schwarcz. 1999. \r\nContinental Oxygen Isotopic Record of the Last 170,000 Years \r\nin Jerusalem.  Quaternary Research, Vol. 51, pp. 317-327. 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