archiveType

The physical medium in which the response of a proxy sensor to environmental forcing is recorded and upon which the proxy measurements were made.

Borehole

Definition

a data type that consists of direct measurements of subsurface temperature from boreholes drilled into materials such as rock and glacier ice.

source: PaST

Known synonyms

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

borehole (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=114)

Coral

Definition

an identifiable organism that belongs to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Cnindaria.

source: PaST

Known synonyms

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

coral (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=245)

Documents

Definition

Historical documents, artifacts, or artwork that attest to past climate

source: LinkedEarth

Known synonyms

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

This concept doesn’t exist on PaST

FluvialSediment

Definition

Sediments that have been deposited by rivers or streams.

source: LinkedEarth

Known synonyms

Creek, Fluvial, River, Stream

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

This concept doesn’t exist on PaST

GlacierIce

Definition

a data type that includes measurements made on land-based ice.

source: PaST

Known synonyms

glacier ice

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

ice cores (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=102)

GroundIce

Definition

a hydrologic material that is a whole sample of recrystallized and compacted snow, without any separation of components.

source: PaST

Known synonyms

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

bulk ice (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=789)

LakeSediment

Definition

Sediment deposited in a lake

source: LinkedEarth

Known synonyms

Lagoon, Lake, Lake Sediment

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

This concept doesn’t exist on PaST

MarineSediment

Definition

Sediment deposited in the ocean

source: LinkedEarth

Known synonyms

Marine, Delta, Marine Sediment, Ocean

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

This concept doesn’t exist on PaST

Midden

Definition

A refuse heap accumlated by a human or other animal (e.g. packrats)

source: LinkedEarth

Known synonyms

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

This concept doesn’t exist on PaST

MolluskShell

Definition

an identifiable organism including clams and mussels that belongs to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia.

source: PaST

Known synonyms

MolluskShells

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

bivalve (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=1772)

Other

Definition

An allowed term for a rare archiveType that doesn’t fall into another category

source: LinkedEarth

Known synonyms

Marl, Meadow, Archaeological, Coast, Farmland, Forest, Sediment, Spring, Hybrid, Valley

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

This concept doesn’t exist on PaST

a bulk biological material that consists of an unconsolidated combustible deposit of partially carbonized plant remains, common in bogs, fens, and lakes in tundra or periglacial regions (Credit: Smol et al. 2001 Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments).

source: PaST

Known synonyms

Wetland, Bog, Fen, Marsh, Mire, Swamp

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

peat (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=1623)

Sclerosponge

Definition

an identifiable organism that belongs to kingdom Animalia, phylum Porifera, class Demospongiae.

source: PaST

Known synonyms

NOAA PaST Thesaurus term

sclerosponge (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=4574)

Shoreline

Definition

a data type that quantifies past changes in lake elevation or lake depth, either directly or using reconstruction methods, based on shoreline deposits or sediment cores.

source: PaST