The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothems
Journal
Earth System Science Data
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
3
Pages
1687
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Kamolphat Atsawawaranunt
Laia Comas-Bru
Sahar Amirnezhad Mozhdehi
Michael Deininger
Sandy P. Harrison
Andy Baker
Meighan Boyd
Nikita Kaushal
Syed Masood Ahmad
Yassine Ait Brahim
Monica Arienzo
Petra Bajo
Kerstin Braun
Yuval Burstyn
Sakonvan Chawchai
Wuhui Duan
István Gábor Hatvani
Jun Hu
Zoltán Kern
Inga Labuhn
Matthew Lachniet
Franziska A. Lechleitner
Andrew Lorrey
Carlos Pérez-Mejías
Robyn Pickering
Nick Scroxton
SISAL Working Group Members
Abstract
© Author(s) 2018. Stable isotope records from speleothems provide information on past climate changes, most particularly information that can be used to reconstruct past changes in precipitation and atmospheric circulation. These records are increasingly being used to provide
out-of-sampleevaluations of isotope-enabled climate models. SISAL (Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and Analysis) is an international working group of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) project. The working group aims to provide a comprehensive compilation of speleothem isotope records for climate reconstruction and model evaluation. The SISAL database contains data for individual speleothems, grouped by cave system. Stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon (18O, 13C) measurements are referenced by distance from the top or bottom of the speleothem. Additional tables provide information on dating, including information on the dates used to construct the original age model and sufficient information to assess the quality of each data set and to erect a standardized chronology across different speleothems. The metadata table provides location information, information on the full range of measurements carried out on each speleothem and information on the cave system that is relevant to the interpretation of the records, as well as citations for both publications and archived data. The compiled data are available at
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Publisher
Copernicus {GmbH}
Type
journal article