Data set name	W8709A-13PC
Latitude	42o 07.01'
Longitude	-125o 45.00'
Bathymetry	2712 m
Contributor	Gardner, J.V.
Funding source	US Geological Survey
References	Gardner, J.V., Dean, W.E., and Dartnell, P., 1997, 
Biogenic sedimentation beneath the California Current system
 for the past 30 kyr and its paleoceanographic significance.  
Paleoceanography, in press.


Variable names:
depth	depth in core (cm)
age		corrected radiocarbon age
biopal	biogenic opal (%)
CaCO3	calcium carbonate (%)
Corg	organic carbon (%)
DBD*	dry bulk density (g cm-3)
sed rate	linear sedimentation rate (cm kyr-1)
bulk MAR	bulk mass accumulation rate (g cm-2 kyr-1)
biopal MAR	biogenic opal mass accumulation rate  (g cm-2 kyr-1)
CaCO3 MAR	calcium carbonate mass accumulation rate  (g cm-2 kyr-1)
Corg MAR	organic carbon mass accumulation rate  (g cm-2 kyr-1)
terr MAR	terrigenous mass accumulation rate  (g cm-2 kyr-1)

*NOTE:  DBD from Lyle et al., 1992, Paleoceanography, v. 7, p. 251-272.
Data precision:
biopal	0.2%
CaCO3	0.1%
Corg	0.2%

Data format	tab delimited ASCII

Contact:  James V. Gardner, US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, 
Menlo Park, CA 94025, phone 415-354-3087, fax 415-354-3191, email jim@octopus.wr.usgs.gov.


Note:
File w8709a-13pcdata.txt also contains data from  trigger core W8709A-13TC
(the first four depths 1, 11, 21, 31cm.). Walt Dean, Oct. 2, 2004.