noaa-cave-40750 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 2025-08-29 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Entrische Kirche Cave Geochemical Data from 126900 to 113400 Cal Yr BP 2025-01-28 publication doi:10.25921/mgzt-zh88 noaa-cave-40750 NCEI DSI 1200_02 NCEI DSI 1200_01 Meyer, M. originator Meyer, M. author Spötl, C. originator Spötl, C. author Mangini, A. originator Mangini, A. 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 Austria, Western Europe. The time period coverage is from 126889 to 113389 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: age; Material: null What: delta 18O; Material: calcite 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 > Europe > Western Europe > Austria > Entrische Kirche Cave > LATITUDE 47.16 > LONGITUDE 13.15 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: Meyer, M.; Spötl, C.; Mangini, A. (2025-01-28): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Entrische Kirche Cave Geochemical Data from 126900 to 113400 Cal Yr BP. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/mgzt-zh88. 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. 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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. The demise of the Last Interglacial recorded in isotopically dated speleothems from the Alps 2008 publication Meyer, Michael C.; Christoph Spötl; Augusto Mangini author Quaternary Science Reviews publisher https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.11.005 HTTPS Web Browser Associated Reference published 2008 Meyer, Michael C.; Christoph Spötl; Augusto Mangini, 2008: The demise of the Last Interglacial recorded in isotopically dated speleothems from the Alps. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27, 476-496, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.11.005 information crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA geoscientificInformation Date Range: 126889 cal yr BP to 113389 cal yr BP; 13.15 13.15 47.16 47.16 Study Coordinates 47.16 13.15 -124939 -111439 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: Vegetation: Alpine mats and shrubs. Land use: wilderness. Geology: calcite mylonites.\\ TKS (SISAL entity_id=252) has unclear U isotope notation in the original paper (dU). Because of this, U isotope data is missing in the dating table. ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The transition from interglacial to glacial climate has attracted much attention in paleoclimatic research, partly because orbital forcing dictates that such a return to a new ice age is inescapable (albeit in the distant future only). The detailed series of steps that leads to glacial inceptions remains poorly understood, however, and studies of past glacial inceptions are often compromised by incomplete records, imprecise chronological control, and/or uncertainties associated with proxy-transfer functions. Here we present results from U–Th-dated speleothems from a cave in the Austrian Alps (Entrische Kirche cave) which grew continuously between ca 127 and 114 ka and intermittently also during subsequent stadials and interstadials. The alpine setting of this cave is prone to periglacial and glacial processes as well as temperature and precipitation changes which are recorded in these cave deposits. We use high-resolution stable isotope data to constrain paleoenvironmental changes associated with the demise of the Last Interglacial, unprecedented in detail for central Europe. Peak interglacial conditions are characterized by high δ18O values and high growth rates from ca 127 to 124 ka. A major drop in δ18O by 3‰ occurred at ca 118 ka, which coincided with cold event C26 in the North Atlantic. This isotopic shift, which occurred at or close to isotopic equilibrium, cannot be explained by simple uniform cooling. Modelling suggests that enhanced seasonality, dominated by significant changes in winter precipitation, are required to reconcile the isotope data with the fact that calcite deposition continued across the MIS 5e/d transition (i.e., no cave freezing). This period of enhanced seasonality lasted for several millennia during which the catchment area of the cave remained geomorphologically stable and ice free. Eventually, speleothem growth terminated at ca 114 ka, which is in line with widespread ice-rafting in the North Atlantic (cold event C24) and the onset of fully stadial conditions during MIS 5d. 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