NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - South China Sea Planktonic Foraminifer Mg/Ca and d18O Data and Ocean Heat Content (OHC) Reconstruction during the last 21 kyr

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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 South China Sea, Western Pacific Ocean. The time period coverage is from 20831 to 630 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 - South China Sea Planktonic Foraminifer Mg/Ca and d18O Data and Ocean Heat Content (OHC) Reconstruction during the last 21 kyr