Lingtai Loess Stratigraphy Data: readme file
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCES WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

CONTRIBUTORS: Zhongli Ding, et al, Chinese Academy of Sciences

NAME OF DATA SET:  Lingtai Loess Stratigraphy Data

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 1998-043

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Zhongli Ding, et al, 1999, 
Lingtai Loess Stratigraphy Data.  
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series #1998-043.  
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Zhongli Ding, et al, 1999,  
"Pedostratigraphy and paleomagnetism of a ~7.0 Ma eolian 
loess-red clay sequence at Lingtai, Loess Plateau, north-central China and 
the implications for paleomonsoon evolution",
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v152 (1-2), pp49-66, 
15 August 1999.

LAST UPDATE:  12/1998 (Original receipt by WDC-A Paleo)
GEOGRAPHIC REGION: China
PERIOD OF RECORD: 0-7MMYrBP

LIST OF FILES: readme.ding1999.txt (this file), 
Dingdata.txt (ASCII text), Dingdata.doc (Microsoft Word).

DESCRIPTION:
Appendices from the Original Reference, giving details of loess deposition sites.