The Potential of Speleothems from Western Europe as Recorders of Regional Climate
A Critical Assessment of the Sisal Database
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15801790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franziska A Lechleitner (0000-0002-1697-0429, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Sahar Amirnezhad-Mozhdehi (0000-0001-8776-9856, University College Dublin), Andrea Columbu (0000-0001-5410-062X, University of Bologna), Laia Comas‐Bru (0000-0002-7882-4996, University College Dublin), Inga Labuhn (0000-0003-3755-5264, University of Bremen), Carlos Pérez‐mejía (0000-0002-8370-9271, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología), Kira Rehfeld (0000-0002-9442-5362, Heidelberg University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 30-30 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/quat1030030 |
| OpenAlex | W2898545653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 154 |
Western Europe is the region with the highest density of published speleothem δ18O (δ18Ospel) records worldwide. Here, we review these records in light of the recent publication of the Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis (SISAL) database. We investigate how representative the spatial and temporal distribution of the available records is for climate in Western Europe and review potential sites and strategies for future studies. We show that spatial trends in precipitation δ18O are mirrored in the speleothems, providing means to better constrain the factors influencing δ18Ospel at a specific location. Coherent regional δ18Ospel trends are found over stadial-interstadial transitions of the last glacial, especially in high altitude Alpine records, where this has been attributed to a strong temperature control of δ18Ospel. During the Holocene, regional trends are less clearly expressed, due to lower signal-to-noise ratios in δ18Ospel, but can potentially be extracted with the use of statistical methods. This first assessment highlights the potential of the European region for speleothem palaeoclimate reconstruction, while underpinning the importance of knowing local factors for a correct interpretation of δ18Ospel
Archaeology · Cave · Climate change · Climatology · Database · Geography · Glacial period · Holocene · Physical geography · Speleothem · Stadial · Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Karst Systems and Hydrogeology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 1.29 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |