# Aminostratigraphy database
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#                World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder 
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#                     NOAA Paleoclimatology Program 
#             National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
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# Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/1002685
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# Archive: Repository
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# Title 
#	Study_Name: Aminostratigraphy database
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# Investigators
#	Investigators: Wehmiller, J.
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# Description_Notes_and_Keywords
#	Description: A database of amino acid racemization data from projects in North Caroloina, and arctic continental shelf areas. It is searchable by mapping application.
#	Amino acids can have two different configurations, "D" or "L". Living organisms generally have amino acids in the "L" configuration, but when the organism dies, the ratio of D/L moves slowly toward equilibrium, a process called racemization. Measuring the ratio of D/L in a geologic sample containing preserved amino acids can therefore allow calculations of the age of the sample. 
#           KEYWORDS: geologic, coastal
#            DISCIPLINE KEYWORDS: Geochronolgy,  geochemistry, marine geoscience, molecular biology, sedimentology
#            CONTENT KEYWORDS: Subsurface, Data. This resource description was produced with support from the NSF project entitled "EarthCube RCN: C4P: Collaboration and
# Cyberinfrastructure for Paleogeosciences," (NSF ICER-1340301) under the direction of Kerstin A. Lehnert, Mark Uhen, John W. Williams, Christopher J. Jenkins
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# Data:
Data can be found at: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/aar/