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A precisely dated climate record for the last 9 kyr from three high alpine stalagmites, Spannagel Cave, Austria
Author(s) -
Vollweiler Nicole,
Scholz Denis,
Mühlinghaus Christian,
Mangini Augusto,
Spötl Christoph
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2006gl027662
Subject(s) - stalagmite , speleothem , cave , geology , holocene , ice core , δ18o , climate change , physical geography , paleoclimatology , paleontology , climatology , archaeology , geography , stable isotope ratio , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics
Here we use the δ 18 O time‐series of three stalagmites from the high alpine Spannagel cave (Austria) which grew in small distance from each other to construct a precisely dated, continuous δ 18 O curve for the last 9 kyr (COMNISPA). This speleothem record is not influenced by effects of kinetic isotope fractionation due to the low temperatures in the cave. Thus, the variations in δ 18 O can be interpreted in terms of past climate change. COMNISPA exhibits several oscillations within the Holocene, and their timing and duration is in agreement with that documented by other alpine archives.