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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - SPECMAP Archive #1

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2003-11-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
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 Global. The time period coverage is from 400000 to 0 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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Material: null What: age; Material: null What: Globigerinoides ruber white; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: Globigerina bulloides; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: Trilobatus sacculifer; Material: null What: Globigerinoides ruber pink; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: Globigerinoides ruber; Material: null What: Trilobatus sacculifer without sac; Material: null What: Globorotalia crassaformis; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: Globorotalia tumida; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: Globorotalia inflata; Material: null What: Globorotalia truncatulinoides; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: Globorotalia menardii; Material: null What: depth; Material: null What: delta 18O; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null What: identified foraminifer; Material: null Geographic Region > Global > Global > LATITUDE > LONGITUDE DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

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temporal 1950-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1950-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - SPECMAP Archive #1

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