This file contains format information for the USSR pollen data and refers to files 25, 26, 27, 28 on the tape: File 25: USSR.INDEX File 26: USSR.DATA6K File 27: USSR.PUBINDEX File 28: USSR.REFERENC Label 25: USSR.INDEX This file contains information pertaining to each site in the USSR. 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 27: USSR.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 This file contains all the pollen data for each site in the USSR. There are four (4) lines of information for each site in the file. For sites in the Eastern USSR (site no. 100 - 121) the pollen type Alnaster is substituted for Castanea and Myrica is substituted for Pterocarya in Line 3. In Line 4, the following are spore percentages, not pollen percentages: Sphagnum, Bryophytes, Lycopodium, Polypodiaceae, and Other Spores. Line 1: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Site number 1 3 Site name 10 35 Number of C-14 dates 40 41 Oldest date 45 50 Line 2: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Latitude in degrees 3 4 Latitude in minutes 6 7 Longitude in degrees 10 11 Longitude in minutes 13 14 Depth in centimeters 17 19 Arboreal pollen sum 22 25 Non-Arboreal pollen sum 28 31 Spore sum 33 37 Total Pinus 40 43 % Pinus Sylvestrus 46 49 Diploxylon % Pinus Siberica 52 55 Haploxylon % P. Koraensis 58 61 Haploxylon % P. Pumila 64 67 Haploxylon % Picea 70 73 % Larix 76 79 % Carpinus 82 85 % Abies 88 91 % Betula 94 97 Arboreal (Tree) Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- % Betula Nana 4 7 Shrub % Salix 10 13 % Alnus 16 19 % Castanea 22 25 % Deciduous Arboreal 28 31 % Corylus 34 37 % Pterocarya 40 43 % Populus 46 49 % Fraxinus 52 55 % Quercus 58 61 % Tilia 64 67 % Ulmus 70 73 % Acer 76 79 % Other Arboreal 82 85 % Artemisia 88 91 % Ilex 94 97 Line 4: Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- % Chenopodiaceae 4 7 % Gramineae 10 13 % Ericaceae 16 19 % Cyperaceae 22 25 % Compositae 28 31 Excluding Artemisia % Other Non-arboreal 34 37 % Sphagnum 40 43 % Bryophytes 46 49 % Lycopodium 52 55 % Polypodiaceae 58 61 % Other spores 64 67 % Indeterminate 70 73 Arboreal + Non-arboreal 76 79 Chronological level 83 86 In yr B.P. Label 27: USSR.PUBINDEX This file contains the list of publications concerning the USSR. A unique publications index number is given to each publication. Beginning Ending Field Field Name Column Column Description ---------- --------- ------ ----------- Publication number 1 4 Publication 8 80 Label 28: USSR.REFERENC This file contains the actual bibliographic references to the publications listed in USSR.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.