CLIMAP 120K Database: Climap120.readme file
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!


NAME OF DATA SET: CLIMAP 120K Database
LAST UPDATE:  1984
CONTRIBUTORS: CLIMAP Project Members
IGBP PAGES/WDCA Data Contribution Series #:  84-001

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: 
CLIMAP Project Members , 1984, CLIMAP 120K Database.  IGBP PAGES/
World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 84-001.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:
THE LAST INTERGLACIAL OCEAN, CLIMAP Members, 
Quaternary Research 21, 123-224, 1984.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global
PERIOD OF RECORD: 120,000 YBP
LIST OF FILES: LDGO.CO3, LDGO.ISO, LDGO.SST, LDGO.BUG

DESCRIPTION:
This directory contains the data files of the CLIMAP project for 
120,000 BP, including planktonic counts, carbonate percentages, 
isotopic ratios, and derived sea surface temperature estimates.  
Formats and contents for the data files are as follows:

File LDGO.CO3:
Ocean Code, Core Code, Sample Depth (cm), Lab Code, Method of 
Analysis, Sediment Fraction Analyzed, %CO3.

File LDGO.ISO: 
Ocean Code, Core Code, Sample Depth (cm), Faunal Analysis, 
Species Analysis, delta O18, delta O18 adjusted (to be in equilibrium 
with Uvigerina spp.), delta Carbon 13, #/gm of Species Analysis, Lab 
code.

File LDGO.SST
Ocean Code, Core Code, Sample Depth, Faunal Type, Transfer 
Function Code, Cold and Warm SST Estimates, #/gm of Faunal type

File LDGO.BUG:
Line 1: Ocean Code, Core Code, Faunal/Floral Type,# of Species,# of 
Samples.
Line 2-?: Species Name Codes
Line Next: Format to Read Sample Depth and Counts
Lines Next: Core ID, Sample depth, 15 counts, Faunal/Floral Type, 
Core Type, Record Number for Sample