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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Paleo-pCO2 Database Early Paleocene Multiproxy CO2 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 Forcing. The data include parameters of climate forcing with a geographic location of Colorado, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 64000000 to 63600000 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: Kowalczyk, J.B.; Royer, D. (2019-02-07): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Paleo-pCO2 Database Early Paleocene Multiproxy CO2 Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/y01t-z516. Accessed [date].
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Coverage Description Date Range: 64000000 cal yr BP to 63600000 cal yr BP;
Time Period -63998050 to -63598050
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -104.85
East: -104.85
South: 39.38
North: 39.38
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Multiple Proxy Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 From an Early Paleocene Rainforest
    • Associated Reference published 2018
      Jennifer B. Kowalczyk, Dana L. Royer, Ian M. Miller, Clive W. Anderson, David J. Beerling, Peter J. Franks, Michaela Grein, Wilfried Konrad, Anita Roth-Nebelsick, Samuel A. Bowring, Kirk R. Johnson, Jahandar Ramezani, 2018: Multiple Proxy Estimates of Atmospheric CO2 From an Early Paleocene Rainforest. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33, 1427-1438, 10.1029/2018PA003356
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2019-02-07
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: Multiproxy paleo-CO2 data from Kowalczyk et al. 2018, contributed to the Paleo-pCO2 Database.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: Proxy estimates of atmospheric CO2 are necessary to reconstruct Earth's climate history. Confidence in paleo-CO2 estimates can be increased by comparing results from multiple proxies at a single site, but so far this strategy has been implemented only for marine-based techniques. Here we present CO2 estimates for the well-studied early Paleocene Castle Rock site in Colorado using four paleobotanical proxies. Median estimates range from 470 to 813 ppm, demonstrating fair correspondence. The synthesis yields a median of 616 ppm (352-1110 ppm at 95% confidence), considerably higher than previous early Paleocene CO2 estimates (~300 ppm). Ash bed geochronology by the high-precision U-Pb method places the Castle Rock assemblage at 63.844 ± 0.097 Ma (fully propagated 2sigma error). When these results are placed into the broader context of other Cenozoic CO2 estimates from plant-gas-exchange approaches and coeval estimates of global mean surface temperature, a pattern emerges of an Earth system sensitivity around 3C per CO2 doubling during the Paleocene and Eocene, a time with little land ice, then steepening to >7C after the Eocene once land ice was present on Antarctica.
Purpose Records of changes in solar irradiance, volcanic aerosols, atmospheric trace gases, and other properties thought to influence climate in the past. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Kowalczyk, J.B.; Royer, D. (2019-02-07): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Paleo-pCO2 Database Early Paleocene Multiproxy CO2 Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/y01t-z516. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Kowalczyk, J.B.
  • Royer, D.
Originators
  • Kowalczyk, J.B.
  • Royer, D.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Paleoclimate Forcing
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate forcing
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate forcing
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate forcing
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate forcing > carbon dioxide
Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: carbon dioxide; Material: bulk atmosphere
  • What: carbon dioxide; Material: bulk atmosphere
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Colorado > Castle Rock CO > LATITUDE 39.38 > LONGITUDE -104.85
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Kowalczyk, J.B.; Royer, D. (2019-02-07): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Paleo-pCO2 Database Early Paleocene Multiproxy CO2 Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/y01t-z516. Accessed [date].
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