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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":"2012-04-20","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"OTHER COLLECTIONS","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/other-collections","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-other-12904.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":500000,"earliestYearCE":-498050,"entryId":"noaa-other-12904","funding":[{"fundingAgency":"US Geological Survey","fundingGrant":null},{"fundingAgency":"US National Science Foundation","fundingGrant":null}],"investigators":"Rockwell, T.K.; Nolan, J.; Johnson, D.L.; Patterson, R.H.; Kennedy, G.L.; Wehmiller, J.F.","mostRecentYearBP":1000,"mostRecentYearCE":950,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/12904","originalSource":null,"publication":[{"abstract":"Uplifted marine terraces along the coast of California between \r\nPoint Conception and Gaviota, Santa Barbara County are mapped \r\nand defined based on elevation, faunal characteristics, and amino \r\nacid racemization (AAR) data.  At least five distinct terraces \r\nare recognized, ranging in elevation up to ~100 m, with likely \r\noffsets along the South Branch of the Santa Ynez Fault. \r\nThe lowest two terrace platforms are assigned ages of ~80 ka \r\nand ~ 120 ka based on AAR. \r\n","author":null,"citation":"Rockwell, T.K., J. Nolan, D.L. Johnson, and R.H. Patterson. 1992. \r\nAges and deformation of marine terraces between Point Conception \r\nand Gaviota, Western Transverse Ranges, California. \r\nIN:  Quaternary Coasts of the United States, Marine and Lacustrine \r\nSystems.  C.H. Fletcher III and J.F. Wehmiller, editors. \r\nSEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 48, \r\npp. 333-341.","edition":null,"identifier":null,"issue":null,"journal":"SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)","pages":null,"pubRank":"1","pubYear":1992,"reportNumber":null,"title":"Ages and deformation of marine terraces between Point Conception  and Gaviota, Western Transverse Ranges, California","type":"publication","volume":null}],"reconstruction":"N","scienceKeywords":null,"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"53038","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":["34.46899","-120.24127"],"type":"POINT"},"properties":{"easternmostLongitude":"-120.24127","maxElevationMeters":null,"minElevationMeters":null,"northernmostLatitude":"34.46899","southernmostLatitude":"34.46899","westernmostLongitude":"-120.24127"}},"locationName":"Continent>North America>United States Of America>California","mappable":"Y","paleoData":[{"NOAADataTableId":"21246","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>others"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/aar/rockwell1992santabarbara/rockwell1992santabarbara.txt","linkText":"rockwell1992santabarbara.txt","urlDescription":"Data","variables":[]},{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>others"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/aar/rockwell1992santabarbara/rockwell1992santabarbara.xls","linkText":"rockwell1992santabarbara.xls","urlDescription":"Data","variables":[]}],"dataTableName":"DJH-20","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":500000,"earliestYearBP":500000,"earliestYearCE":-498050,"mostRecentYear":1000,"mostRecentYearBP":1000,"mostRecentYearCE":950,"species":[],"timeUnit":"cal yr BP"}],"siteName":"DJH-20 "}],"studyCode":null,"studyName":"Santa Barbara County California Marine Terrace Quaternary Aminostratigraphy","studyNotes":"Extent of Racemization (D/L) data for mollusks from Pleistocene \nmarine terrace deposits along the California coast between Point \nConception and Gaviota. \n\nSamples collected by numerous investigators, primarily K.R. Lajoie \n(US Geological Survey), G.L. Kennedy (USGS and Los Angeles County \nMuseum of Natural History), J.F. Wehmiller, and R.H. Patterson \n(Dames and Moore). Some samples from existing USGS collections \nalso included.  Samples collected and prepared between 1975 and 1981.\nSamples prepared and analyzed at the University of Delaware, Newark DE, \nLab PI John F. Wehmiller.  Some samples shared also with P.E. Hare, \nGeophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution of Washington. \n\nLocality ID = formal or informal name used by collectors and maintained \nin U Delaware database \nSite name  =  similar to locality ID; refers to designations \nin Rockwell et al., 1992 \nTerrace number: from Rockwell et al., 1992 and Kennedy et al., 1992 \nAll collection sites are located within the area of the Point Conception \n1:100,000 US Geological Survey Topographic Map. \n\nPretreatment: Fragments cut from shell valves; surface cleaning \nwith dental tools; dilute HCl and distilled water wash; air dry \nAA fraction=\"amino fraction\" \nTHAA = total hydrolyzable amino acids;  \nFAA = free amino acids (zero hydrolysis time) \nHydrolysis procedure: 6N HCl 22 hours 105 deg C (for THAA only) \nBleach: No \nInstrumental programming: GC temperature program; HPLC buffer gradient \nBlank corrections: no \nResponse factors: no  \nD/L values reported as peak height ratios \nLab Code UDEL= University of Delaware; GL CIW = Geophysical Laboratory, \nCarnegie Institution of Washington\nSample ID = identity of specific shell analyzed\nAnalytical method: GC = gas chromatography, used for multiple amino acids; \nHPLC used for determination of A/I values\nSubsample ID =  usually the same as sample ID; repeat fragments of same \nshell will have unique identification\nRatio type = Peak Height ratios used for all results from GC; \npeak area ratios assumed for all results for HPLC\n\nD/L values are reported as the means of multiple chromatograms, \nusually at least 3. For GC results, in most cases sample derivatives \nwere analyzed using more than one GC column.\n\nSamples selected for analysis were chosen because they appeared \nto be the most robust specimens among those available,  In most cases, \nsamples were not whole valves.  Abraded, rounded, or chalky fragments \nwere avoided where possible, and multiple shells from each collection \nwere analyzed in almost all cases.\n\nSample quality:\n1 = whole valve\n2 = fragment >50%\n3 = fragment < 50%\n4 = chalky throughout the shell\n5 = robust and mechanically strong\n6 = good luster\nA = articulated\n\nAbbreviations:\n\nA/I     D-alloisoleucine/L-isoleucine\nAla     Alanine\nAsx     Aspartic acid and asparagine\nGlx     Glutamic acid and glutamine\nLeu     Leucine\nPhe     Phenylalanine\nPro     Proline\nVal     Valine\n\nP = Protothaca\nS = Saxidomus\nM = Macoma\n\nIn the \"Published data summaries\", mean values and number of \nsamples may not correspond exactly to the raw data reported \nin the \"Individual sample results\" because of the way results \nwere grouped in Rockwell et al. (1992), or because of the way \nanalytical results have been re-evaluated.  Conclusions in the \noriginal publication are not affected. \n","version":"1.0","xmlId":"10968"}