Birch Lake, Alaska Sediment Core Data: Readme file
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           World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET: Birch Lake, Alaska Sediment Core Data
LAST UPDATE: 3/2000 (Original Receipt by WDC Paleo)  
CONTRIBUTORS: Mark B. Abbott, Bruce P. Finney, Mary E. Edwards, Kerry R. Kelts

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2000-021

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Abbott, M.B., et al, 2000, 
Birch Lake, Alaska Sediment Core Data, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series #2000-021.
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. 

ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Mark B. Abbott, Bruce P. Finney, Mary E. Edwards, 
and Kerry R. Kelts, 2000, Lake-level Reconstructions and Paleohydrology 
of Birch Lake, Central Alaska Based on Seismic Reflection Profiles and 
Core Transects. Quaternary Research, v.53, No. 2, pp.154-166, March 2000.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Alaska
PERIOD OF RECORD: 13 KYrBP - Present

FUNDING SOURCE: National Science Foundation, USA
NSF-EAR 9707625 

LIST OF FILES: Readme.abbott2000.txt (this file), 
birchlake.xls, (Microsoft Excel Format),
birchlake.coreD.txt, birchlake.coreF.txt, birchlake.coreGH.txt,
birchlake.coreI.txt,  birchlake.coreK.txt, birchlake.14C.txt
(tab-delimited ASCII format).

DESCRIPTION:
Birch Lake, Alaska, Sediment Core Data, used by Abbott et al, 2000,
for paleohydrology and lake level reconstructions.

Birch Lake, Alaska
Latitude:	64o 18' N, 
Longitude:	146o 40' W
Bathymetry:	0-13.5 m
Elevation:	258 m	

Variable names:	Magnetic Susceptibility, Wet Bulk Density, 
Dry Bulk Density, %LOI (500oC), %LOI 850 oC) AMS 14C.	

Data precision:
Magnetic Susceptibility: ± 1 S.I.
Wet Bulk Density, Dry Bulk Density:  ± 0.1 g/cc	
%LOI (500oC), %LOI 850 oC): ± 1.0%