NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Quaternary Arctic Ocean Foraminifer Amino Acid Racemization Data

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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 Paleoceanography. The data include parameters of paleoceanography with a geographic location of Arctic Ocean. The time period coverage is from 781000 to 9000 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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title	NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Quaternary Arctic Ocean Foraminifer Amino Acid Racemization Data

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