NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Ejulve Cave Geochemical Data from 119300 to 2700 Cal Yr BP

New speleothem records from northeastern Iberian caves provide data to explore the climatic patterns during the Holocene. We present δ13C and Mg/Ca from three speleothems from two different caves located in the Iberian Range allowing replication of the climatic signal for several millennia. Through the integration of those stalagmites covering since the Holocene onset to 2 ka, the early Holocene (11.7–8.5 ka) appears as the wettest interval. A marked change towards aridity is observed during the middle Holocene (8.5–4.8 ka) and an increase of humidity afterwards (4.8–2 ka). This three-part pattern, contrasting with other Iberian sequences, seems to be associated with the different role that seasonality has played in the response of different proxies (or records) to changes in water availability. Interpreting our speleothem records as changes in winter-spring precipitation along the Holocene allows reconciling previous data on hydrological variability from the western Mediterranean borderlands.

本归档古气候学研究数据集可从美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）下属的国家环境信息中心（National Centers for Environmental Information, NCEI）获取，该数据集隶属于古气候学世界数据服务中心（World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, WDS）。该研究的NCEI分类类型为洞穴类。数据集涵盖位于南欧西班牙的洞穴沉积（speleothems）相关参数。时间覆盖范围为距今119346年至37117年（日历纪年，Before Present, BP）。有关参数与研究地点的详细信息，请参阅元数据。使用本数据集时，请引用该研究。