Identification

Title

Middle Miocene terrestrial climate reconstructions

Abstract

Middle Miocene terrestrial climate reconstructions from fossil plant remains. 197 sites are reconstructed from across the globe. These are presented with latitude-longitude co-ordinates (both modern and palaeo), published minimum and maximum ages of each site and a 1/0 column to denote those sites relating to the mid Miocene climatic optimum. Reconstructed variables are: bio1 (mean annual temperature in °C), bio8 (mean temperature of the wettest quarter in °C), bio10 (mean temperature of the warmest quarter in °C), bio11 (mean temperature of the coldest quarter in °C), bio12 (mean annual precipitation in mm), bio14 (Precipitation of Driest Month in mm), bio17 (Precipitation of Driest Quarter in mm), bio18 (Precipitation of Warmest Quarter in mm) and bio19 (Precipitation of coldest Quarter in mm). bios are presented as an optima with 0.5 and 0.95 uncertainty

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item186846

name: Data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608334

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Fossils

Miocene

NGDC Deposited Data

Climatology

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.0000

East bounding longitude

180.0000

North bounding latitude

90.0000

South bounding latitude

-90.0000

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

WORLD [id=100000]

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2021-05-03

End position

2024-12-16

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2024-12-23

Frequency of update

notApplicable

Quality and validity

Lineage

crestr climate reconstruction using previously published data. Details on crestr are available from (https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-821-2022) and fossil plant data came from (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.02.005)

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

Excel (xlsx)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Northumbria University

email address

not available

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

NOTTINGHAM

NG12 5GG

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-10

Metadata language