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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

Other Subject Keywords

Paleoclimate, Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction, Ocean records, Alkenone

Place Keywords

Nansemond River, Atlantic Ocean, Virginia, Greenland Sea, Arctic Ocean, United States, Suffolk, South China sea, Pacific Ocean

PRISM late Pliocene (Piacenzian) alkenone - derived SST data

This dataset collects sea surface temperature data generated through alkenone analysis of late Pliocene sediments collected from cores and outcrops

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Author(s) Harry J Dowsett orcid, Marci M Robinson orcid, Kevin M Foley orcid, Timothy D. Herbert orcid
Publication Date 2017
Beginning Date of Data 2008
Ending Date of Data 2017
Data Contact
Harry J. Dowsett
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7959G1S
Citation Dowsett, H.J., Robinson, M.M., Foley, K.M., and Herbert, T.D., 2017, PRISM late Pliocene (Piacenzian) alkenone - derived SST data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7959G1S.
Metadata Contact
Kevin Foley
Metadata Date 2020-08-19
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