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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Yok Balum Cave, Belize 2000 Year Stalagmite Stable Isotope 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 Cave. The data include parameters of speleothems with a geographic location of North Atlantic Ocean. The time period coverage is from 11430 to -54 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

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title NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Yok Balum Cave, Belize 2000 Year Stalagmite Stable Isotope Data

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