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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Abrupt Holocene climate transitions in the northern North Atlantic region recorded by synchronized lacustrine records in Iceland

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Lake. The data include parameters of paleolimnology with a geographic location of Iceland, Northern Europe. The time period coverage is from 10300 to -56 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

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issued 2014-02-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "What: carbon; Material: sediment",
  "What: organic carbon; Material: sediment",
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modified 2014-02-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Abrupt Holocene climate transitions in the northern North Atlantic region recorded by synchronized lacustrine records in Iceland

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