This file contains format information for Eastern North America (ENA) pollen data and refers to files 10, 11, 12, 13 on the tape: File 10: ENA.INDEX File 11: ENA.DATA6K File 12: ENA.PUBINDEX Label 10: ENA.INDEX This file contains information pertaining to each site in Eastern North America. There is one line of information per site. Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- TAPE ID number 2 6 Dataset ID number 10 12 Site name 15 44 Latitude in degrees 47 48 Latitude in minutes 50 51 Latitude character 53 53 N=North, S=South Latitude in decimal 55 60 Longitude in degrees 63 65 Longitude in minutes 67 68 Longitude character 70 70 W=West, E=East Longitude in decimal 72 78 Elevation in meters 81 86 Postal code 89 90 Refer to Label 3: STATE.CODES Country code 93 94 Refer to Label 2: COUNTRY.CODES Sitetype code 97 98 Refer to Label 5: SITETYPE.CODES Type of data 101 102 Refer to Label 6: DATATYPE.CODES Publication number 105 109 Refer to Label 12: ENA.PUBINDEX Number of C-14 dates 112 115 Dating control code 120 121 Refer to Label 7: DATING.CONTROL Dating method code 124 125 Refer to Label 4: DATING.METHODS Label 11: ENA.DATA6K This file contains all the pollen data for each site in Eastern North America. There are four (4) lines of information for each site in the file. Line 1: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Site number 1 3 Site name 8 15 Latitude in decimal 20 31 Longitude in decimal 34 47 Elevation in meters 50 70 Line 2: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- % Picea 7 11 % Abies 14 18 % Pinus 21 25 % Betula 28 32 % Tsuga 35 39 % Fagus 42 46 % Acer 49 53 % Ulmus 56 60 % Fraxinus 63 67 % Ostrya-Carpinus 70 74 % Quercus 77 81 % Carya 84 88 % Castanea 91 95 % Juniperus-Thuja 98 102 % Populus 105 109 Line 3: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- % Alnus 7 11 % Salix 14 18 % Ericaceae 21 25 % Cyperaceae 28 32 % Gramineae 35 39 % Artemisia 42 46 % Ambrosia 49 53 % Compositae 56 60 % Chenopodiaceae 63 67 % Nyssa 70 74 % Taxodium 77 81 % Pinus Strobus 84 88 % Other Trees 91 95 % Other Shrubs 98 102 % Other Herbs 105 109 Line 4: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Tmeanjul 6K 7 10 July mean Temperature estimated for 6000 yr BP 6K minus Today 14 17 Temperature Difference 6K minus today Label 12: ENA.PUBINDEX This file contains the list of publications concerning Eastern North America. A unique publications index number is given to each publication. Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Publication number 1 3 Publication 8 80 Label 13: ENA.REFERENC This file contains the actual bibliographic references to the publications listed in ENA.PUBINDEX. There is a unique number for each reference listed in this file. The number of lines needed for each reference varies. Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Reference number 1 4 Author & Date 6 80 Title & Reference 10 80 For as many lines as needed.