1. The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothems
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Atsawawaranunt, Kamolphat, Comas-Bru, Laia, Mozhdehi, Sahar Amirnezhad, Deininger, Michael, Harrison, Sandy P., Baker, Andy, Boyd, Meighan, Kaushal, Nikita, Ahmad, Syed Masood, Brahim, Yassine Ait, Arienzo, Monica, Bajo, Petra, Braun, Kerstin, Burstyn, Yuval, Chawchai, Sakonvan, Duan, Wuhui, Hatvani, Istvan Gabor, Hu, Jun, Kern, Zoltan, Labuhn, Inga, Lachniet, Matthew, Lechleitner, Franziska A., Lorrey, Andrew, Perez-Mejias, Carlos, Pickering, Robyn, Scroxton, Nick, Atkinson, Tim, Ayalon, Avner, Baldini, James, Bar-Matthews, Miriam, Pablo Bernal, Juan, Breitenbach, Sebastian, Boch, Ronny, Borsato, Andrea, Cai, Yanjun, Carolin, Stacy, Cheng, Hai, Columbu, Andrea, Couchoud, Isabelle, Cruz, Francisco, Demeny, Attila, Dominguez-Villar, David, Dragusin, Virgil, Drysdale, Russell, Ersek, Vasile, Finné, Martin, Fleitmann, Dominik, Fohlmeister, Jens, Frappier, Amy, Genty, Dominique, Holzkamper, Steffen, Hopley, Philip, Kathayat, Gayatri, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Koltai, Gabriella, Luetscher, Marc, Li, Ting-Yong, Lone, Mahjoor Ahmad, Markowska, Monika, Mattey, Dave, McDermott, Frank, Moreno, Ana, Moseley, Gina, Nehme, Carole, Novello, Valdir F., Psomiadis, David, Rehfeld, Kira, Ruan, Jiaoyang, Sekhon, Natasha, Sha, Lijuan, Sholz, Denis, Shopov, Yavor, Smith, Andrew, Strikis, Nicolas, Treble, Pauline, Unal-Imer, Ezgi, Vaks, Anton, Vansteenberge, Stef, Veiga-Pires, Cristina, Voarintsoa, Ny Riavo, Wang, Xianfeng, Wong, Corinne, Wortham, Barbara, Wurtzel, Jennifer, Zong, Baoyun, Veiga-Pires, C., Atsawawaranunt, Kamolphat, Comas-Bru, Laia, Amirnezhad Mozhdehi, Sahar, Deininger, Michael, Harrison, Sandy P., Baker, Andy, Boyd, Meighan, Kaushal, Nikita, Ahmad, Syed Masood, Ait Brahim, Yassine, Arienzo, Monica, Bajo, Petra, Braun, Kerstin, Burstyn, Yuval, Chawchai, Sakonvan, Duan, Wuhui, Hatvani, István Gábor, Hu, Jun, Kern, Zoltán, Labuhn, Inga, Lachniet, Matthew, Lechleitner, Franziska A., Lorrey, Andrew, Pérez-Mejías, Carlo, Pickering, Robyn, Scroxton, Nick, and Tim Atkinso, Avner Ayalon, James Baldini, Miriam Bar-Matthews, Juan Pablo Bernal, Sebastian Breitenbach, Ronny Boch, Andrea Borsato, Yanjun Cai, Stacy Carolin, Hai Cheng, Andrea Columbu, Isabelle Couchoud, Francisco Cruz, Attila Demény, David Dominguez-Villar, Virgil Dragusin, Russell Drysdale, Vasile Ersek, Martin Finné, Dominik Fleitmann, Jens Fohlmeister, Amy Frappier, Dominique Genty, Steffen Holzkämper, Philip Hopley, Gayatri Kathayat, Duncan Keenan-Jones, Gabriella Koltai, Marc Luetscher, Ting-Yong Li
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010506 paleontology ,Climate Research ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate change ,Speleothem ,F800 ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,Klimatforskning ,Cave ,Paleoclimatology ,lcsh:Environmental sciences ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,lcsh:GE1-350 ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Database ,Stable isotope ratio ,speleothems ,PALEOCLIMATOLOGIA ,lcsh:QE1-996.5 ,lcsh:Geology ,Metadata ,13. Climate action ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Environmental science ,Climate model ,computer ,Chronology - Abstract
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-sample” evaluations 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 (δ18O, δ13C) 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 https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.147.
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