Identification_Information: 
  Citation: 
    Citation_Information: 
      Originator: Linsley, B.K.
      Originator: Ren, L.
      Originator: R.B. Dunbar
      Originator: Howe, S.S.
      Publication_Date: 200009
      Title: Clipperton Atoll Core 4B Stable Isotope (delta 13C, delta 18O) Data for 1893 to 1994
      Series_Information: 
        Series_name: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series
        Issue_Identification: 2000-048
      Publication_Information: 
        Publication_Place: Boulder
        Publisher: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
  Description: 
    Abstract: 101 year stable isotope record from P. lobata, core 4B, Clipperton Atoll, eastern Pacific.  Sampling at annual and 12/year resolution, files clipperton.4B.iso.txt and clipperton.4B.iso.12yr.txt.  25 year stable isotope record, spanning 1994 to 1970, from cores 3C and 2B, Clipperton Atoll, as shown in Linsley et al 1999.  Files clipperton.2B.iso.txt and clipperton.3C.iso.txt.
    Purpose: Paleoclimatic Research
  Time_Period_of_Content: 
    Time_Period_Information: 
      Range_of_Dates/Times: 
        Beginning_Date: 1893
        Ending_Date: 1994
    Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
  Status: 
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned
  Spatial_Domain: 
    Bounding_Coordinates: 
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.2
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.2
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.3
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.3
  Keywords: 
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Delta 18O
      Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Coral Records > Delta 13C
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
      Theme_Keyword: Numeric Data Sets > Paleoclimatology
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
      Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
      Theme_Keyword: 004
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
      Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > French Polynesia > Clipperton Island (10N109W0001)
      Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Clipperton Island > Clipperton Island (10N109W0001)
    Temporal: 
      Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Temporal Thesaurus
      Temporal_Keyword: Holocene, Modern
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Please cite original reference when using this data.
  Data_Set_Credit: Linsley, B.K., Ren, L., R.B. Dunbar, and Howe, S.S., 2000, El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and decadal-scale climate variability at 10N in the eastern Pacific from 1893 to 1994: A coral-based reconstruction of from Clipperton Atoll, Paleoceanography, vol 15, No. 3, pp 322-335, June 2000.
Entity_and_Attribute_Information: 
  Detailed_Description: 
    Entity_Type: 
      Entity_Type_Label: coral variable
      Entity_Type_Definition: coral variable
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: coral variable
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: del13C
      Attribute_Definition: delta 13C (per mil)
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Craig, H., 1957.  Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide.  Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140; Fairbanks, R.G., and R.E. Dodge, Annual periodicity of the O-18/O-16 and C-13/C-12 ratios in the coral Montastrea annularis, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 43, 1979.
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Range_Domain: 
          Range_Domain_Minimum: unknown
          Range_Domain_Maximum: unknown
          Attribute_Units_of_Measure: per mil
          Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: del18O
      Attribute_Definition: delta 18O (per mil) relative to PDB
      Attribute_Definition_Source: Craig, H., 1957.  Isotopic standards for mass spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide.  Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 12:113-140
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Range_Domain: 
          Range_Domain_Minimum: unknown
          Range_Domain_Maximum: unknown
          Attribute_Units_of_Measure: per mil
          Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01
Distribution_Information: 
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    Contact_Information: 
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        Contact_Organization: NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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              Network_Resource_Name: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/coral/east_pacific/clipperton_4b_2000.txt
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Metadata_Reference_Information: 
  Metadata_Date: 20110401
  Metadata_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
      Contact_Position: Data Manager
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: Mailing Address
        Address: 325 Broadway, Code E/CC23
        City: Boulder
        State_or_Province: Colorado
        Postal_Code: 80305-3328
        Country: U.S.A.
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 497-6280
      Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: (303) 497-6958
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 497-6513
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  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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CoRIS: 
  CoRIS_ID: 20020325082738
  CoRIS_Children: None
  CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 18930101
  CoRIS_Ending_Date: 19941231
  CoRIS_Metadata_Link: http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/paleoclimatology_clipperton_4b_2000.html
  CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 17