noaa-cave-40126 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology Data Center Contact 828-271-4800 303-497-6513 325 Broadway, E/NE31 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA paleo@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2025-02-20 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Crevice Cave Geochemical Data from 90500 to 53100 Cal Yr BP 2024-09-02 publication doi:10.25921/r898-8k15 noaa-cave-40126 NCEI DSI 1200_02 NCEI DSI 1200_01 Bar-Matthews, M. originator Bar-Matthews, M. author Marean, C.W. originator Marean, C.W. author Jacobs, Z. originator Jacobs, Z. author Karkanas, P. originator Karkanas, P. author Fisher, E.C. originator Fisher, E.C. author Herries, A.I.R. originator Herries, A.I.R. author Brown, K. originator Brown, K. author Williams, H.M. originator Williams, H.M. author Bernatchez, J.A. originator Bernatchez, J.A. author Ayalon, A. originator Ayalon, A. author Nilssen, P.J. originator Nilssen, P.J. author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher tableDigital This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Cave. The data include parameters of speleothems with a geographic location of South Africa, Southern Africa. The time period coverage is from 90500 to 53060 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data. Records of past temperature, precipitation, and other aspects of climate derived from mineral deposits found in caves. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations. completed NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology Data Center Contact 828-271-4800 303-497-6513 325 Broadway, E/NE31 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA paleo@noaa.gov pointOfContact https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/webimages/pc-default-cave.png Paleoclimatology - Speleothem PNG Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Land Records > Cave Deposits Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Speleothems Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Cave Deposits theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2025 revision 22 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian What: delta 18O; Material: calcite What: age; Material: null What: depth; Material: null What: delta 13C; Material: calcite theme Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus PaST Thesaurus information publisher Continent > Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa > Crevice Cave > LATITUDE -34.21 > LONGITUDE 22.09 place DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2025 revision 22 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian otherRestrictions Cite as: Bar-Matthews, M.; Marean, C.W.; Jacobs, Z.; Karkanas, P.; Fisher, E.C.; Herries, A.I.R.; Brown, K.; Williams, H.M.; Bernatchez, J.A.; Ayalon, A.; Nilssen, P.J. (2024-09-02): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Crevice Cave Geochemical Data from 90500 to 53100 Cal Yr BP. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/r898-8k15. Accessed [date]. otherRestrictions Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose otherRestrictions None otherRestrictions Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site. A high resolution and continuous isotopic speleothem record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from 90 to 53 ka from Pinnacle Point on the south coast of South Africa 2010 publication Bar-Matthews, Miryam; Curtis W. Marean; Zenobia Jacobs; Panagiotis Karkanas; Erich C. Fisher; Andy I.R. Herries; Kyle Brown; Hope M. Williams; Jocelyn Bernatchez; Avner Ayalon; Peter J. Nilssen author Quaternary Science Reviews publisher https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.009 HTTPS Web Browser Associated Reference published 2010 Bar-Matthews, Miryam; Curtis W. Marean; Zenobia Jacobs; Panagiotis Karkanas; Erich C. Fisher; Andy I.R. Herries; Kyle Brown; Hope M. Williams; Jocelyn Bernatchez; Avner Ayalon; Peter J. Nilssen, 2010: A high resolution and continuous isotopic speleothem record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from 90 to 53 ka from Pinnacle Point on the south coast of South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 2131-2145, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.009 information crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA geoscientificInformation Date Range: 90500 cal yr BP to 53060 cal yr BP; 22.09 22.09 -34.21 -34.21 Study Coordinates -34.21 22.09 -88550 -51110 STUDY NOTES: Data contributed as part of SISAL v3 Global Speleothem Isotope and Trace Element Database (https://doi.org/10.25921/jajq-qg60). Notes from the SISAL database: The host rock of the site is a Palaeozoic quartzite, the source of the carbonate to form speleothems are overlying aeolianites of Pleistocene age. Current land_use above the cave is a mix of a golf course, shrubland and built-up structures. \\ Entity Crevice_composite (SISAL entity_id = 745) is a composite record of the entities 32206, 46623, 46624, 46856-1C2, 46857-SA3, 46859-SA4, 50103, 110620 (age models for individual samples no longer avaialable). The composite records was constructed by choosing the samples with the highest resolution and good overlap with the stable isotope records of other samples ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: Coastal South Africa draws interdisciplinary interests due to the co-occurrence of a rich record for early human behavioral modernity, hyper-diverse vegetation with very high endemism (the Cape Floral Region), and globally influential oceanic and climate systems. High resolution and continuous climate and environmental records are needed to provide the context for the evolution of behavioral modernity and this diverse flora. Here we present the first such record for climate and environmental change from 90 000 to 53 000 years ago from the southern Cape coast. This important time span covers a burst of expression of several indicators of human behavioral modernity, as well as several key cycles in global climate change. Our research location is ideally placed near the location of several critical archaeological sites, near the boundary of the winter and summer rainfall regimes, and close to isotopically distinct floral zones. We used isotopic analysis of precisely dated speleothems to document shifting vegetation and rainfall, and show that the presence of winter rain and C3 grasses waxes and wanes in response to Southern Hemisphere shifts in SSTs and global temperature. When proxies of global temperatures indicate warmer conditions, δ18O and δ13C indicate more winter rain and more C3 grasses, respectively, and vice versa. This record displays abrupt and short-term changes previously undocumented. It is often argued that the Cape Floral Region partially owes its high diversity to relative climatic stability. Our record shows isotopic variability that at least matches that displayed in the Levantine Mediterranean system, so climatic stability may not have characterized the south coast. One short-lived phase of human technological innovation (the Still Bay) associated with early evidence for behavioral modernity occurs synchronous with an abrupt environmental perturbation. Early modern humans in this region confronted a variable climate and adapted quickly in a manner similar to behaviorally modern humans. 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