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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Chesapeake Bay Core MD99-2209 2,000 Year Multiproxy Susquehanna Flood 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 North Atlantic Ocean. The time period coverage is from 1938 to -33 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: Toomey, M.R.; Cantwell, M.; Colman, S.M.; Cronin, T.M.; Donnelly, J.P.; Giosan, L.; Heil, C.W.; Korty, R.L.; Marot, M.; Willard, D.A. (2020-11-03): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Chesapeake Bay Core MD99-2209 2,000 Year Multiproxy Susquehanna Flood Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/qjvv-8593. Accessed [date].
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DistributorNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact Data Center Contact
NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
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Coverage DescriptionDate Range: 12 CE to 1983 CE; Date Range: 1938 cal yr BP to -33 cal yr BP;
Time Period12 to 1983
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
N: 38.89
S: 38.89
E: -76.39
W: -76.39
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • The Mighty Susquehanna - Extreme Floods in Eastern North America During the Past Two Millennia
    • Associated Reference published 2019
      Michael Toomey, Meagan Cantwell, Steven Colman, Thomas Cronin, Jeffrey Donnelly, Liviu Giosan, Clifford Heil, Robert Korty, Marci Marot, Debra Willard, 2019: The Mighty Susquehanna - Extreme Floods in Eastern North America During the Past Two Millennia. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 3398-3407, 10.1029/2018GL080890
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2020-11-03
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress StatusComplete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: Multiproxy data set of Susquehanna River flood indicators from Chesapeake Bay sediment core MD99-2209, collected near Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Data cover the past 2,000 years, and include coarse silt fraction, x-ray fluorescence zirconium/rubidium ratio, and Ambrosia pollen abundance.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The hazards posed by infrequent major floods to communities along the Susquehanna River and the ecological health of Chesapeake Bay remain largely unconstrained due to the short length of streamgage records. Here we develop a history of high-flow events on the Susquehanna River during the late Holocene from flood deposits contained in MD99-2209, a sediment core recovered in 26 m of water from Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, United States. We identify coarse-grained deposits left by Hurricane Agnes (1972) and the Great Flood of 1936, as well as during three intervals that predate instrumental flood records (~1800-1500, 1300-1100, and 400-0 CE). Comparison to sedimentary proxy data (pollen and ostracode Mg/Ca ratios) from the same core site indicates that prehistoric flooding on the Susquehanna often accompanied cooler-than-usual winter/spring temperatures near Chesapeake Bay - typical of negative phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation and conditions thought to foster hurricane landfalls along the East Coast.
PurposeRecords of past climate and ocean circulation derived from marine sediments. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Toomey, M.R.; Cantwell, M.; Colman, S.M.; Cronin, T.M.; Donnelly, J.P.; Giosan, L.; Heil, C.W.; Korty, R.L.; Marot, M.; Willard, D.A. (2020-11-03): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Chesapeake Bay Core MD99-2209 2,000 Year Multiproxy Susquehanna Flood Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/qjvv-8593. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Toomey, M.R.
  • Cantwell, M.
  • Colman, S.M.
  • Cronin, T.M.
  • Donnelly, J.P.
  • Giosan, L.
  • Heil, C.W.
  • Korty, R.L.
  • Marot, M.
  • Willard, D.A.
Originators
  • Toomey, M.R.
  • Cantwell, M.
  • Colman, S.M.
  • Cronin, T.M.
  • Donnelly, J.P.
  • Giosan, L.
  • Heil, C.W.
  • Korty, R.L.
  • Marot, M.
  • Willard, D.A.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Ocean/Lake Records
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleoceanography
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleoceanography
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleoceanography
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleoceanography
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleoceanography
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleocean > population abundance
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleocean > physical properties
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleocean > geochemistry
  • Other Hydroclimate Reconstruction
Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
  • What: depth; Material: null
  • What: silt; Material: sediment
  • What: zirconium/rubidium; Material: sediment
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: depth; Material: null
Data Center keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > MD99-2209 > LATITUDE 38.89 > LONGITUDE -76.39
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Toomey, M.R.; Cantwell, M.; Colman, S.M.; Cronin, T.M.; Donnelly, J.P.; Giosan, L.; Heil, C.W.; Korty, R.L.; Marot, M.; Willard, D.A. (2020-11-03): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Chesapeake Bay Core MD99-2209 2,000 Year Multiproxy Susquehanna Flood Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/qjvv-8593. Accessed [date].
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