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
FluvialSediment
Definition
TBD
source: TBD
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
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
TBD
source: TBD
Known synonyms
Marine, Delta
NOAA PaST Thesaurus term
This concept doesn’t exist on PaST
Midden
Definition
TBD
source: TBD
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)
needsToBeChanged
Definition
TBD
source: TBD
Known synonyms
Marl, Meadow, Ocean, Paleosol, Archaeological, Coast, Farmland, Forest, Sediment, Spring, Valley, Wetland
NOAA PaST Thesaurus term
This concept doesn’t exist on PaST
Peat
Definition
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
Bog, Fen, Marsh, Mire, Swamp
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
Known synonyms
LakeDeposit, LakeDeposits
NOAA PaST Thesaurus term
lake levels (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=2298)
Speleothem
Definition
a data type that includes measurements made on cave deposits.
source: PaST
Known synonyms
Cave
NOAA PaST Thesaurus term
speleothems (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=106)
TerrestrialSediment
Definition
TBD
source: TBD
Known synonyms
Dune, Loess
NOAA PaST Thesaurus term
This concept doesn’t exist on PaST
Wood
Definition
a data type that includes measurements made on the rings of trees.
source: PaST
Known synonyms
NOAA PaST Thesaurus term
tree ring (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/cvterms?termId=116)