Earth System Science Data (Oct 2020)
SISALv2: a comprehensive speleothem isotope database with multiple age–depth models
- L. Comas-Bru,
- K. Rehfeld,
- C. Roesch,
- S. Amirnezhad-Mozhdehi,
- S. P. Harrison,
- K. Atsawawaranunt,
- S. M. Ahmad,
- Y. A. Brahim,
- Y. A. Brahim,
- A. Baker,
- M. Bosomworth,
- S. F. M. Breitenbach,
- Y. Burstyn,
- A. Columbu,
- M. Deininger,
- A. Demény,
- B. Dixon,
- B. Dixon,
- J. Fohlmeister,
- I. G. Hatvani,
- J. Hu,
- N. Kaushal,
- Z. Kern,
- I. Labuhn,
- F. A. Lechleitner,
- A. Lorrey,
- B. Martrat,
- V. F. Novello,
- J. Oster,
- C. Pérez-Mejías,
- D. Scholz,
- N. Scroxton,
- N. Sinha,
- N. Sinha,
- B. M. Ward,
- S. Warken,
- H. Zhang
Affiliations
- L. Comas-Bru
- School of Archaeology, Geography, and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- K. Rehfeld
- Institute of Environmental Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- C. Roesch
- Institute of Environmental Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- S. Amirnezhad-Mozhdehi
- School of Geography, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- S. P. Harrison
- School of Archaeology, Geography, and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- K. Atsawawaranunt
- School of Archaeology, Geography, and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- S. M. Ahmad
- Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
- Y. A. Brahim
- Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- Y. A. Brahim
- now at: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- A. Baker
- Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
- M. Bosomworth
- School of Archaeology, Geography, and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- S. F. M. Breitenbach
- Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Y. Burstyn
- The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
- A. Columbu
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, 40126, Bologna, Italy
- M. Deininger
- Institute for Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, J.-J.-Becher-Weg 21, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- A. Demény
- Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, 1112, Budaörsi út 45, Budapest, Hungary
- B. Dixon
- School of Archaeology, Geography, and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- B. Dixon
- School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010 VIC, Australia
- J. Fohlmeister
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK, Potsdam, Germany
- I. G. Hatvani
- Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, 1112, Budaörsi út 45, Budapest, Hungary
- J. Hu
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, US
- N. Kaushal
- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Z. Kern
- Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, 1112, Budaörsi út 45, Budapest, Hungary
- I. Labuhn
- Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Celsiusstraße 2, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- F. A. Lechleitner
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK
- A. Lorrey
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
- B. Martrat
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Barcelona, Spain
- V. F. Novello
- Institute of Geoscience, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- J. Oster
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
- C. Pérez-Mejías
- Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- D. Scholz
- Institute for Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, J.-J.-Becher-Weg 21, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- N. Scroxton
- School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- N. Sinha
- Center for Climate Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
- N. Sinha
- Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
- B. M. Ward
- Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
- S. Warken
- Institute of Earth Sciences and Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- H. Zhang
- Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2579-2020
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
pp. 2579 – 2606
Abstract
Characterizing the temporal uncertainty in palaeoclimate records is crucial for analysing past climate change, correlating climate events between records, assessing climate periodicities, identifying potential triggers and evaluating climate model simulations. The first global compilation of speleothem isotope records by the SISAL (Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and Analysis) working group showed that age model uncertainties are not systematically reported in the published literature, and these are only available for a limited number of records (ca. 15 %, n=107/691). To improve the usefulness of the SISAL database, we have (i) improved the database's spatio-temporal coverage and (ii) created new chronologies using seven different approaches for age–depth modelling. We have applied these alternative chronologies to the records from the first version of the SISAL database (SISALv1) and to new records compiled since the release of SISALv1. This paper documents the necessary changes in the structure of the SISAL database to accommodate the inclusion of the new age models and their uncertainties as well as the expansion of the database to include new records and the quality-control measures applied. This paper also documents the age–depth model approaches used to calculate the new chronologies. The updated version of the SISAL database (SISALv2) contains isotopic data from 691 speleothem records from 294 cave sites and new age–depth models, including age–depth temporal uncertainties for 512 speleothems. SISALv2 is available at https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.256 (Comas-Bru et al., 2020a).
